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I like the concept of this script a lot, unfortunately, it’s a little slow an not as responsive as I would like. Is there some reason for this that you’re working to correct? For now I think I’ll stick with Mihai Parparita version.

Nice script, much better and faster than previous version.
However, is there anyway to tweak the script so the view for “Reader” is larger than what it is currently?
In list view its fine, but when switching to Expanded view, the viewable space is very confining, especially on a larger screen.
Even with GMail collapsed…its a small view.
EDIT: As I’m typing this I tried something and if I minimize Reader and then expand it…the view is bigger..but not as big as it could be.

Hope this makes sense without images.

Cheers

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Thanks very much! Love it! Now all we need is spanning sync

Wow. Really nice implementation! Just like using reader in it’s own window, only… The same! Thankyou.

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Glad to see that you all find the script useful.
Allyn: For now, I believe that the bottle-neck in performance is because the script is actually checking a few “sites” or api to get all the required information:

1. The main Reader site
2. API: Feeds count
3. API: Default start-page
4. API: Labels

I would try to see if I am able to get all the information by just querying a single site alone.

I wonder if there’s such a thing call javascript optimization?

GregW: I am not sure if I understand you correctly. But you can manually edit the size of the windows for both Gmail and Reader in the script.

Refer to lines 54 and 55 in the script:
const READER_EMBED_HEIGHT = 400;
const GMAIL_SPLIT_HEIGHT = 220;

Change these values to suit your needs? Does this help?

Maybe you might want to send me some screenshots? Sorry.

I don’t get it - it’s not working for me. When I try to expand the reader pane, the page simply refreshes, sometimes it goes back to the previous history item in the tab, all sorts of weird stuff. WTF?

Hmm sorry to hear that..

Are you using some other Greasemonkey scripts which are causing conflict?

Is your Firefox and Greasemonkey extension of the latest version?

Hope to get some more details other than WTF?

Thanks in advance!

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Way better than the previous. Congratulations !

… and thanks!

Raul

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Great script, it has got me using Reader finally! This coupled with the new UI makes Reader now my fav RSS client.

One small thing the Reader pane does not seem to automatically reload with new items unless I press Refresh, is this a bug in your code or the Reader product?

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I seem to be missing something.

When I open the reader via the “reader” link I get a listing of all my unread feeds not the “default start page” as stated above.

Any ideas?
Thanks

Michael: According to the Google Reader Blog, the refresh should be automatic at intervals of a few minutes.

My script did not change anything to do with the refresh of the Reader, but I am not sure if it did broke it? I would need to investigate. Thanks for bringing out this point.

David: What is the \”default start page\” which you have specified in Reader\’s (www.google.com/reader/view/) Settings > Preferences > Start Page?

Did you use the Shared items as the default start page which had a bug earlier? Thank you.

Winston,

Thanks for the reply.

I have my Start Page set to Home. That allows me to get a summary of new topics, etc.

As far as the “Shared Items” I’m not really sure, but I don’t think so.

Thanks, and feel free to email me with any questions. If needed I can get you a screen shot of my start page.

David

David,

I believe I solved your issue? Check out the updated script.

Thank you.

Will do, thanks again!

Winston,
Would you be able to code the expanded view/list view tabs into this script? Other than that, its a great script and has worked very well for me.

thanks
josh

Hi Josh,

Thank you!

I am currently working on adding more functionalities to the script, and I will try to include this if possible.

Anyway, you may like to try keyboard shortcuts for now?
Key “1″: Expanded View
Key “2″: List View

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this is good, but i’m not sure i wouldnt have preferred to have the entire google reader menu available (as in the list of feeds sidebar) rather than just the “river of news” summary. ideally i think all the integration i need would be to have both services 50/50 on the page in their entirety, with either collapsable.

Hi Winston,

I’ve been using this for the last few hours now and I really like it! However, it would be great if I could access the Google Reader features settings menu within the script. It’s a bit of a pain needing to log onto the Google Reader page to change tags or preferences. Also, it would be good if there was less space between Collapse/Expand Gmail and Reader, just so it intergrates a bit better. Keep up the good work.

So, no one has reported any problems with Google/Gmail account lockdowns, huh? I love the script, and tested it on a non-essential account, but I’d like to use it on my main account — but who can afford to have their main email locked down for 24 hours?

Any input would be appreciated.

Also, is there any way to keep Reader open by default? For example, if you check email, or go into a label, the reader closes and one must waste a lot of clicks going back and forth.

Thanks!

When I right click on an inbox line, I’m seeing the mail from the next line in the inbox rather than the one I click on.

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Hi,

I’ve written a new script based on yours. This new script features a sidebar tree menu to conveniently browse feeds and notifications for newly arrived entries.

You can have a look at the script @ http://chandiramani.info/software/gmail-reader/

-Pradeep

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This one makes sence “One’s first step in wisdom is to kuesstion everything - and one’s last is to come to terms with everything.”

hi all.

I’ve been a happy user of this for months - thanks.

I’m sure you already know, but the GReader update today broke the script :-/ Any plans on fixing?

Hello

great job!!!

Bye

Good Day: Thank you for the script! However, the content in the GReader pane does not line up like it should (the content is shifted up and to the right). Is this what Steven mentioned in his post below, regarding the GReader update?

Thanks again for your work!

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just tried out your script, but I must be too dumb or an update has disabled it.. or something. when I open gmail (greasemonkey in installed and enabled) it looks the same - not at all like your fabuluos screenshots. any help would be appreciated.

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just tried out your script, but I must be too dumb or an update has disabled it.. or something. when I open gmail (greasemonkey in installed and enabled) it looks the same - not at all like your fabuluos screenshots. any help would be appreciated.

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