google reader RSS feed search?

[pendolino]

can we have a way to use precipitate to index google reader feeds,
articles, etc?

[Stuart Morgan]

Feel free to file it as an enhancement request, but I'm not sure if
there's a way to get all the data for a given user's Google Reader
subscriptions, since it doesn't seem to have a GData API and the
subscription URL for Reader itself is not guessable from the account.

You might try just subscribing an existing local client like
NetNewsWire to the RSS feed of your Reader account; that may do
exactly what you want.

[pendolino]

how does one file an 'enhancement request' ? thanks for the info.

[Stuart Morgan]

On Sep 28, 3:31 pm, pendolino <pendol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> how does one file an 'enhancement request' ? thanks for the info.

I've gone ahead and filed it, but for future reference you use the
form at http://code.google.com/p/precipitate/issues/entry and change
the "Type-Defect" to "Type-Enhancement".

I'd definitely suggest that you try subscribing to the feed that any
RSS-aware browser will detect at http://www.google.com/reader in
NetNewsWire or Vienna though, and seeing if that gives you the
behavior you want. If either works, I'm very unlikely to implement
this in Precipitate even if it's possible, since my goal in building
Precipitate is to enable local access to things that are otherwise
cloud-only, not trying to re-invent the wheel when a good special-
purpose tool already exists.

[DouglasB]

Hi,
I was actually trying to figure out how one would file an
enhancement request to answer his question as you were typing your
answer. However, when I go to:
<http://code.google.com/p/precipitate/issues/entry>, I'm offered two
choices of template:
User Defect Report and Developer Defect Report. Is Type-Defect and
Type-Enhancement something that comes up later on in the bug-filing
process ? (I didn't want to file a fake bug to test this out). Or if
I don't have enough privileges, am I only able to file the bug with
the templates discussed above?

--Douglas

On Sep 30, 9:52 am, Stuart Morgan <stuart.mor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 28, 3:31 pm, pendolino <pendol...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > how does one file an 'enhancement request' ? thanks for the info.
>
> I've gone ahead and filed it, but for future reference you use the

> form athttp://code.google.com/p/precipitate/issues/entryand change

[Stuart Morgan]

Sorry, I didn't realize that the tags aren't part of the form for non-
developers (I'm not sure whether they would show up later or not). So
apparently the instructions should just be "file a issue at
http://code.google.com/p/precipitate/issues/entry and I'll take care
of the rest".

[pendolino]

well if i can find a simple spotlight supporting RSS reader that also
syncs with google reader behind the scenes that that might be a
workable solution. will look at the options. i guess, however, for now
it is easier to use google reader's native online search for finding
what i want. it really is a well-designed tool and i abandoned
netvibes for it partially because of the speed, efficiency, starring,
sharing and countless other usability features. very well done by
google. not flashy but effective and that's the way i like it.

cheers.

[Stuart Morgan]

On Oct 2, 5:04 pm, pendolino <pendol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> well if i can find a simple spotlight supporting RSS reader that also
> syncs with google reader behind the scenes that that might be a
> workable solution.

I'm not sure what you mean by "also syncs with google reader"... If
you go to your Google Reader page, that page itself vends a feed,
which you will see auto-detected in Safari, Firefox, or Camino. From
skimming through it, it appears to be an aggregate feed of everything
that shows up across all of your subscribed feeds; if that's indeed
the case, then all you should have to do is subscribe to that one feed
in any Spotlight-supporting RSS reader, and you'd get the local
search. It doesn't need any specialized Google Reader integration, it
just needs to be an RSS reader.

[pendolino]

good point. i must have been tired when writing that. i should have
known there was an aggregate feed. simple solution if it works. now
let me find the simplest RSS reader out there. thanks.