On behalf of the Google Reader Team, I'm happy to announce that we've
just added some exciting new features to Google Reader that will help
you better share what you're interested in on the web! Among them are:
"Share items with a note"
Ever wish you could explain to your friends why you're sharing a
particular item? Now you can post a note to accompany any item you
share! Just click the "Share with note" button, located conveniently
next to your old friend, the regular "Share" button. :)
"Share anything with a bookmarklet"
Ever found something on the web you wished you could share through
Reader only to find that the site in question doesn't offer a relevant
RSS feed? Fear not! Click on the "Notes" section in your sidebar.
Next, drag the "Note in Reader" link to your browser's toolbar. The
link will magically transform into a bookmarklet. From now on,
whenever you'd like to share anything you come across on the web,
whether it has an RSS feed or not, just click the "Note in Reader"
bookmarklet and a pop-up window will appear with sharing options. Try
it out!
"Add a note"
By clicking on the new "Notes" link in your sidebar, you'll be able to
write a standalone item either for your own reference or to appear in
your Shared items!
There's a few other new improvements, too! Head over to the Official
Google Reader Blog for more information!
I'd also like to thank you, the passionate users of Google Reader who
make up this discussion group, for helping make these features
possible. You have been diligently suggesting many of these features
for some time and your keen insight into what makes Reader great and
what could make it better plays no small role in determining the
present and future direction of Google Reader.
Please feel free to post your thoughts, findings, concerns and
(hopefully) praise regarding these new features to this thread. The
Reader Team is eager to hear what you think!
It's awesome!
People have been asking for this for a while, and it's come true. To
me, it's nifty. I have my blog pick up my shared items, and being able
to comment directly on them is pretty awesome.
Two comments:
Being able to tag notes as we post them, after clicking "note in
reader" would be pretty cool.
There is no way to "unnote" something, or at least not as far as I can
tell. What if I made a typo, or don't need it to be noted anymore, or
indeed noted the wrong thing?
Anyways, good stuff chaps. Reader is poised to take over even more of
my life/internets.
> On behalf of the Google Reader Team, I'm happy to announce that we've
> just added some exciting new features to Google Reader that will help
> you better share what you're interested in on the web! Among them are:
> "Share items with a note"
> Ever wish you could explain to your friends why you're sharing a
> particular item? Now you can post a note to accompany any item you
> share! Just click the "Share with note" button, located conveniently
> next to your old friend, the regular "Share" button. :)
> "Share anything with a bookmarklet"
> Ever found something on the web you wished you could share through
> Reader only to find that the site in question doesn't offer a relevant
> RSS feed? Fear not! Click on the "Notes" section in your sidebar.
> Next, drag the "Note in Reader" link to your browser's toolbar. The
> link will magically transform into a bookmarklet. From now on,
> whenever you'd like to share anything you come across on the web,
> whether it has an RSS feed or not, just click the "Note in Reader"
> bookmarklet and a pop-up window will appear with sharing options. Try
> it out!
> "Add a note"
> By clicking on the new "Notes" link in your sidebar, you'll be able to
> write a standalone item either for your own reference or to appear in
> your Shared items!
> There's a few other new improvements, too! Head over to the Official
> Google Reader Blog for more information!
> I'd also like to thank you, the passionate users of Google Reader who
> make up this discussion group, for helping make these features
> possible. You have been diligently suggesting many of these features
> for some time and your keen insight into what makes Reader great and
> what could make it better plays no small role in determining the
> present and future direction of Google Reader.
> Please feel free to post your thoughts, findings, concerns and
> (hopefully) praise regarding these new features to this thread. The
> Reader Team is eager to hear what you think!
Yup, I also like the new noting, but also think the option should be
there to unnote something. Also, you can "add a note" to other items,
but can't "add a note" to previously noted items. And also, when you
note youtube videos the video itself doesn't get noted! (at least the
one i tried - meanwhile, when you note a video from google video
search, the video does get noted, but automatically starts to play
when you go to the notes page, which is a bit annoying!). Whatever,
still a great new feature, thanks.
> It's awesome!
> People have been asking for this for a while, and it's come true. To
> me, it's nifty. I have my blog pick up my shared items, and being able
> to comment directly on them is pretty awesome.
> Two comments:
> Being able to tag notes as we post them, after clicking "note in
> reader" would be pretty cool.
> There is no way to "unnote" something, or at least not as far as I can
> tell. What if I made a typo, or don't need it to be noted anymore, or
> indeed noted the wrong thing?
> Anyways, good stuff chaps. Reader is poised to take over even more of
> my life/internets.
> On May 5, 7:54 pm, Google Reader Guide wrote:
> > Share Anything is here!
> > On behalf of the Google Reader Team, I'm happy to announce that we've
> > just added some exciting new features to Google Reader that will help
> > you better share what you're interested in on the web! Among them are:
> > "Share items with a note"
> > Ever wish you could explain to your friends why you're sharing a
> > particular item? Now you can post a note to accompany any item you
> > share! Just click the "Share with note" button, located conveniently
> > next to your old friend, the regular "Share" button. :)
> > "Share anything with a bookmarklet"
> > Ever found something on the web you wished you could share through
> > Reader only to find that the site in question doesn't offer a relevant
> > RSS feed? Fear not! Click on the "Notes" section in your sidebar.
> > Next, drag the "Note in Reader" link to your browser's toolbar. The
> > link will magically transform into a bookmarklet. From now on,
> > whenever you'd like to share anything you come across on the web,
> > whether it has an RSS feed or not, just click the "Note in Reader"
> > bookmarklet and a pop-up window will appear with sharing options. Try
> > it out!
> > "Add a note"
> > By clicking on the new "Notes" link in your sidebar, you'll be able to
> > write a standalone item either for your own reference or to appear in
> > your Shared items!
> > There's a few other new improvements, too! Head over to the Official
> > Google Reader Blog for more information!
> > I'd also like to thank you, the passionate users of Google Reader who
> > make up this discussion group, for helping make these features
> > possible. You have been diligently suggesting many of these features
> > for some time and your keen insight into what makes Reader great and
> > what could make it better plays no small role in determining the
> > present and future direction of Google Reader.
> > Please feel free to post your thoughts, findings, concerns and
> > (hopefully) praise regarding these new features to this thread. The
> > Reader Team is eager to hear what you think!
Like Phill MV, I'd like to remove and edit my notes. (Perhaps there's
already a way to do this, and I missed it?)
Also, is there a way to share pages without the bookmarklet? For
example, a form where I could enter a URL and hit Submit? It's a low
priority, but it would be useful if I'm on a public computer with a
browser that doesn't allow me to add bookmarks.
> Yup, I also like the new noting, but also think the option should be
> there to unnote something. Also, you can "add a note" to other items,
> but can't "add a note" to previously noted items. And also, when you
> note youtube videos the video itself doesn't get noted! (at least the
> one i tried - meanwhile, when you note a video from google video
> search, the video does get noted, but automatically starts to play
> when you go to the notes page, which is a bit annoying!). Whatever,
> still a great new feature, thanks.
> On May 5, 8:13 pm, Phill MV wrote:
> > It's awesome!
> > People have been asking for this for a while, and it's come true. To
> > me, it's nifty. I have my blog pick up my shared items, and being able
> > to comment directly on them is pretty awesome.
> > Two comments:
> > Being able to tag notes as we post them, after clicking "note in
> > reader" would be pretty cool.
> > There is no way to "unnote" something, or at least not as far as I can
> > tell. What if I made a typo, or don't need it to be noted anymore, or
> > indeed noted the wrong thing?
> > Anyways, good stuff chaps. Reader is poised to take over even more of
> > my life/internets.
> > On May 5, 7:54 pm, Google Reader Guide wrote:
> > > Share Anything is here!
> > > On behalf of the Google Reader Team, I'm happy to announce that we've
> > > just added some exciting new features to Google Reader that will help
> > > you better share what you're interested in on the web! Among them are:
> > > "Share items with a note"
> > > Ever wish you could explain to your friends why you're sharing a
> > > particular item? Now you can post a note to accompany any item you
> > > share! Just click the "Share with note" button, located conveniently
> > > next to your old friend, the regular "Share" button. :)
> > > "Share anything with a bookmarklet"
> > > Ever found something on the web you wished you could share through
> > > Reader only to find that the site in question doesn't offer a relevant
> > > RSS feed? Fear not! Click on the "Notes" section in your sidebar.
> > > Next, drag the "Note in Reader" link to your browser's toolbar. The
> > > link will magically transform into a bookmarklet. From now on,
> > > whenever you'd like to share anything you come across on the web,
> > > whether it has an RSS feed or not, just click the "Note in Reader"
> > > bookmarklet and a pop-up window will appear with sharing options. Try
> > > it out!
> > > "Add a note"
> > > By clicking on the new "Notes" link in your sidebar, you'll be able to
> > > write a standalone item either for your own reference or to appear in
> > > your Shared items!
> > > There's a few other new improvements, too! Head over to the Official
> > > Google Reader Blog for more information!
> > > I'd also like to thank you, the passionate users of Google Reader who
> > > make up this discussion group, for helping make these features
> > > possible. You have been diligently suggesting many of these features
> > > for some time and your keen insight into what makes Reader great and
> > > what could make it better plays no small role in determining the
> > > present and future direction of Google Reader.
> > > Please feel free to post your thoughts, findings, concerns and
> > > (hopefully) praise regarding these new features to this thread. The
> > > Reader Team is eager to hear what you think!
> On behalf of the Google Reader Team, I'm happy to announce that we've
> just added some exciting new features to Google Reader that will help
> you better share what you're interested in on the web! Among them are:
> "Share items with a note"
> Ever wish you could explain to your friends why you're sharing a
> particular item? Now you can post a note to accompany any item you
> share! Just click the "Share with note" button, located conveniently
> next to your old friend, the regular "Share" button. :)
> "Share anything with a bookmarklet"
> Ever found something on the web you wished you could share through
> Reader only to find that the site in question doesn't offer a relevant
> RSS feed? Fear not! Click on the "Notes" section in your sidebar.
> Next, drag the "Note in Reader" link to your browser's toolbar. The
> link will magically transform into a bookmarklet. From now on,
> whenever you'd like to share anything you come across on the web,
> whether it has an RSS feed or not, just click the "Note in Reader"
> bookmarklet and a pop-up window will appear with sharing options. Try
> it out!
> "Add a note"
> By clicking on the new "Notes" link in your sidebar, you'll be able to
> write a standalone item either for your own reference or to appear in
> your Shared items!
> There's a few other new improvements, too! Head over to the Official
> Google Reader Blog for more information!
> I'd also like to thank you, the passionate users of Google Reader who
> make up this discussion group, for helping make these features
> possible. You have been diligently suggesting many of these features
> for some time and your keen insight into what makes Reader great and
> what could make it better plays no small role in determining the
> present and future direction of Google Reader.
> Please feel free to post your thoughts, findings, concerns and
> (hopefully) praise regarding these new features to this thread. The
> Reader Team is eager to hear what you think!
I have wanted to use this as a filing mechanism for interesting pages
I find but don't have the time to read now.
The only thing that seems to be missing for me is I would like to have
Notes start as "unread" like all other feed items, have them show up
in the "All Items" list and allow me to mark them as read as I read
them.
The ability to delete noted items or modify them is not high on my
list, but I'm sure I would use that as well if it were available.
I came here to see how to delete a note. Glad I'm not the only one.
I was testing all of the different things I could do but I don't want
to keep them. Cool feature though.
