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Mariano comments on "MO and Google reader" (2121)

Mariano — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:53:12 -0800

Harry, by now you should have noticed the pattern... Maybe you should cut down on your light-hearted remarks?

Harry Gindi comments on "MO and Google reader" (2101)

Harry Gindi — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:14:23 -0800

I don't see where I asked a question. I made a light-hearted remark regarding Anton's post. I don't understand what you're talking about.

Anweshi comments on "MO and Google reader" (2100)

Anweshi — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:43:09 -0800

@Harry. Please go to tips and see tip 1. The same can be achieved through rss, via Anton's suggestion.

Also see tip 9.

Harry Gindi comments on "MO and Google reader" (2099)

Harry Gindi — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:34:07 -0800

Are you trying to encourage e-stalking now, Anton?

Anton Geraschenko comments on "MO and Google reader" (2097)

Anton Geraschenko — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:48:02 -0800

There's also a feed for each user (see the bottom of their profile page).

Kevin Lin comments on "MO and Google reader" (2096)

Kevin Lin — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:34:00 -0800

Thanks guys for answering my (admittedly dumb) questions :)

Anweshi comments on "MO and Google reader" (2095)

Anweshi — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:47:00 -0800

@Kevin. I apologize if I was rude. I have edited and polished my response.

One suggestion though: Use google chrome. It is the best. But chrome does not have a good support for rss feeds, and this was why I started using google reader. You can try netvibes also. I have switched to netvibes after a while for various reasons; but didn't want to bring up an unfamiliar name here.

@Harry. Wow.

Harry Gindi comments on "MO and Google reader" (2094)

Harry Gindi — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:39:31 -0800

Wow, that was pretty rude and unhelpful, Anweshi.

@Kevin Lin: I'm not sure what browser you use, but every page on MO has a corresponding feed symbol. This means that you can have an RSS feed of the main page, an RSS feed for each tag, and an RSS feed for each individual question. So if you don't feel like checking back to MO all day long, you can just sign up to the RSS feed on your question. In fact, this meta discussion has its own feed subscription symbol. In Opera, the feed symbol appears at the right of your address bar. I don't know where it is in firefox though.

Anweshi comments on "MO and Google reader" (2092)

Anweshi — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:25:57 -0800

@Kevin. That is mentioned in the tips to the right. It is easy enough to find. You should occasionally look at the tips!

I do not feel that these things are not meant to be in FAQ. You either use rss feeds, or you don't. It is something technical for normal users of the web, it seems. If you are a regular rss user, you will find the rss links yourself anyway, in the pages you see. It is like, as soon as you think of buying a Mercedes, you notice it everywhere, and hitherto you never bothered.

Kevin Lin comments on "MO and Google reader" (2091)

Kevin Lin — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:19:06 -0800

What are the different RSS feeds that are currently available for MO? And maybe someone can include something about RSS feeds in the FAQ?

Qiaochu Yuan comments on "MO and Google reader" (2081)

Qiaochu Yuan — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 08:46:11 -0800

This isn't really an MO issue; it's a universal behavior of Reader, for example with respect to WordPress.

Anweshi comments on "MO and Google reader" (2075)

Anweshi — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:51:51 -0800

Does the same problem happen at stackoverflow? I suppose, if there is indeed a way, somebody there must have figured it out, since they are programmers and all?

Harry Gindi comments on "MO and Google reader" (2074)

Harry Gindi — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:08:27 -0800

No. This is the same reason that there's a lag for the little orange envelope when someone responds to you.

Anweshi comments on "MO and Google reader" (2073)

Anweshi — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:01:48 -0800

I have found that it is much easier to read when MO is integrated into google reader. Of course, for actual answering or commenting, one has to click and open the MO page itself. Still it is nice to keep things within google reader and open MO itself only when necessary.

The problem is, refreshing the feed in google reader does not seem to reflect the latest content; there seems to be some delay. The new questions, or recent activity of a user, seems to appear in the RSS feed only after a while. So it is not as effective as refreshing the MO frontpage or MO user recent activity page.

Is there a way to get around this?