Google has just announced two big design changes to Gmail and Google Reader.
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It was only a matter of time. When Google announced last week that it was killing off Google Buzz, those of us who use Google Reader began to get nervous. Would Google kill off Reader as well? Would we Google Reader fanatics be forced to use some other less interesting service?
Well, the answer to those questions appeared today on the Google Reader blog, though the details are still in short supply:
In the next week, we’ll be making some highly requested changes to Google Reader. First, we’re going to introduce a brand new design (like many of Google’s other products) that we hope you love. Second, we’re going to bring Reader and Google+ closer together, so you can share the best of your feeds with just the right circles.As a result of these changes, we also think it’s important to clean things up a bit. Many of Reader’s social features will soon be available via Google+, so in a week’s time we’ll be retiring things like friending, following and shared link blogs inside of Reader.We think the end result is better than what’s available today, and you can sign up for Google+ right now to start prepping Reader-specific circles. We recognize, however, that some of you may feel like the product is no longer for you. That’s why we will also be extending Reader’s subscription export feature to include the following items. Your data belongs to you, after all, and we want to make sure you can take it with you.
- Your subscriptions
- Your shared items
- Your friends
- Your likes
- Your starred items
Like always, the new Google Reader will be a great place to read and share your feeds. And in addition to Google+, you’ll still be able to share to almost any service using Send To. We’re looking forward to launching the new features very soon.
Until we know more, I remain tepidly agnostic about this.
Sure, we all saw it coming, and we all knew that Google Plus makes more sense with integrated RSS. But still…there’s something special about Reader. It’s a social network that’s smart and quirky and most importantly, very limited in scope. It’s smart, damnit, in ways that you just can’t scale.
You may only have a couple dozen friends in Google Reader, but that’s also sort of the point.
Maybe the Circles feature in Google Plus will make replicating the Google Reader experience possible. We’ll soon find out.
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To move your Reader feeds from one Google Account to another account, just follow these steps
Transferring feeds between accounts
To move your Reader feeds from one Google Account to another account, just follow these steps:
- Sign in to the Reader account where you have your existing feeds.
- Click the Gear icon at the top of the page.
- Then select Reader Settings > Import/Export > Export your subscriptions.
- Save the exported XML file to your computer.
- Sign out and sign back in to Reader with the account where you want to add your feeds.
- Click the Gear icon at the top of the page.
- Then select Import/Export > Import subscriptions
- Browse to the exported XML file you saved to your computer
- Click Upload.
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By Liam Tung on Oct 21, 2011 6:46 AM (2 hours ago)
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Aiming for simplification.
Google has been rumoured to be working on a facelift for Gmail, replacing text buttons with icons consistent with the style of its social networking site Google+.
Google watchers at the Google Operating System blog released images of what they claimed to be the new interface, allegedly taken from a private video hosted on Google’s You Tube channel.
The proposed changes would bring some Gmail features in line with Microsoft’s Outlook client by employing icons instead of Gmail’s text based buttons like “Archive”, “Spam” and “Delete”.
Other potential new features include an Apple-like profile picture next to each contact, a layout that adjusts to the window size and advanced search options.
The refresh may also include features borrowed from Facebook’s blended email and instant messaging system, with a text box located next to the user’s profile image, offering the options, Reply, Reply to All or Forward.
Google this week refreshed its Gmail client for Android devices in conjunction with the launch of its Ice Cream Sandwich Android system, and also recently added an Offline mode for its Chrome browser.
RSS reader primed for updates
A more concrete change from Mountain View is expected in the coming weeks with the promise of its RSS subscription service Google Reader more tightly integrated with Google +.
The first step will be killing off 'social' features included in Google Reader, "like friending, following and shared link blogs inside of Reader," Google explained in a blog post Thursday.
"We think the end result is better than what's available today, and you can sign up for Google+ right now to start prepping Reader-specific circles," said Google software engineer Alan Green.
"The new Google Reader will be a great place to read and share your feeds. And in addition to Google+, you'll still be able to share to almost any service using Send To."
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