My Subscriptions – Posterous
Gotta love British humor.
Google Reader Bookmarklet
I have started using Safari 4 for Windows on my Netbook recently after hearing it was faster than Chrome. It’s been a few days and I am slowly sorting through missing features and finding ways to “work around” the few shortcoming I have discovered. One of the biggest and most annoying (to me at any rate) is the built in RSS reader functionality in Safari 4.
Now I understand why Safari was designed to function as a feed reader when clicking the RSS button in the address bar. But this behavior is the opposite of what happens in my other browsers – namely a feed should be detected and I should be given the option of how I wish to subscribe to it. I am a big Google Reader fan. I don’t want to see a feed in a regular browser window. Frankly, its ugly, has limited functionality and defeats the reason for even having the feed in the first place (just my opinion of course). And on pages without a “Subscribe to Feed” button, it’s a real PITA to subscribe in Reader.
After a little bit of research and scrubbing for solutions, I came across a bookmarklet for detecting the feed on the page being viewed and subscribing to that feed in GReader. Of course it was in the last place I looked, right on the Google Reader Blog itself.
It’s very slick and works like it should. I To install it, simply drag the bookmarklet to your browser’s bookmark bar (if you are using IE, you’re on your own as they do not support that drag and drop method). The one I chose to use is the simple Subscribe bookmarklet. You can find it and some other goodies at the following Google blog page…
Subscribing to feeds via little Google buttons
Now, when you are visiting a page that contains an RSS feed, just click the bookmarklet and you will be taken to Google Reader and the current feed will be ready for the push of the Subscribe button.
Now if only I could right click a bookmark in a folder to open it in a new tab. I will keep searching for that fix.
Crederity Offers Easy Verification Services
Interesting new service that lets you create a verified Twitter identity in a few minutes. Now, even if your not a celebrity or large corporation, you can obtain an indentity verification that you can share with Twitter and other services. Its free for personal use and the setup could not be easier. Set my account up in a few minutes and it modifies your Twitter avatar with a verification seal. Neat stuff and worth a look if you want to have a verified account presence on Twitter.
Skribit Exits Beta, Gets TechCrunched — PaulStamatiou.com
skribit officially grows up and out – sheds beta designation. This is one of those truly unique ideas that is implemented well. I wish these guys lots of success. Check it out and put it on your blog today. Oh, and while you are at it, send me a suggestion for content in my skribit widget (that’s fun to say). If you are reading this on my Posterous, jump over to cjsparno.com to check it out.
Review: Firefox 3.6 brings joy to Web devs, not just users
New Firefox 3.6 article at arstechnica. So far, I am not impressed by any speed increase. In fact, it seems slower to me than 3.5.x, and not sure if that is due to caching issues or just that Chrome is really still that much faster in everyday use. Will do more testing today and tonight and comment here if things improve.
Firebug Demystified | W3Avenue
My team uses Firebug and I occasionally scratch the surface of what it can do. It’s one of those tools with so much capability that it scares me a little. This article over at w3avenue is a good starting point for getting to know Firebug and what it can do for you. Just wish there was a full version out for Google Chrome. Maybe someday.
Google talks Chrome OS, HTML5, and the future of software
Your current computer is a somewhat unpleasant device: you put it on your lap, you sit on the couch, you start working, it starts burning your leg, you start running out of battery.
Outstanding interview on ArsTechnica. The above quote is by Matthew Papakipos, Engineering Director for Chrome OS. A good read with lots of insight into Chrome OS and why it matters.
webdevmania – Top 10 jQuery Snippets (including jquery 1.4)
A nice collection of jQuery snippets to go along with the excitement of 1.4 release this week.
Seesmic Launch Event much more?
New Firefox 3.6 preview
In preparation for tomorrow’s release of Firefox 3.6, here is a video they have produced highlighting some of the new features. If the speed issue is indeed resolved (every recent version of the browser in the last 12 months has gotten slower and slower) this could be the most important update yet for the Mozilla team.
Tomorrow is going to be a busy day as Seesmic also has their new Seesmic Look release party at 9AM to noon EST.
