Gmail + Google Reader Greasemonkey Script Evolved

Mike Hostetler — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:53:52 +0000

After seeing the excellent Gmail + Google Reader Greasemonkey script over at persistent.info over the weekend, I had to install it. I am an avid Gmail fan and use it as my central hub for all online information. With Google Reader's new version, I resolved to try it out as well. I've been using Google Reader for about a week, so I don't quite have a good review of it yet, other then to say that I LOVE the keyboard shortcuts.

I have over 100 feeds in my reader. I've learned that I cannot read over 100 feeds a day, so I've got my short list of daily feeds, which are set aside via a label in Google Reader. I can scream through these feeds in about 15 minutes a day, which is just the right amount of news for me.

After installing the GM script, I realized that it was pulling all of my feeds. The unread count (100+) was bugging me, so I modified the greasemonkey script to pull my daily label instead. Now, voila!, no unread feeds.

I've linked to the script if other people are interested. It's currently set to pull the 'daily' label only. To change this, simply edit the 'READER_LABEL' constant in the greasemonkey script on line 60.

Many thanks to Mihai for putting this together.

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