I think it will never happen... No doubts about that
Timothy
· 10 months ago
I just started using Reader this month, and now have about 20 subscriptions. I LOVE it. I hope they never shut it down.
stagueve
· 10 months ago
Shutting down Google Reader?! Do you want me to die or what?! >_<
I really hope this will NEVER happend, GG Reader is my most important Working Tool! (and the best feed reader ever made)...
FFB
· 10 months ago
I'm sad to see support for Notebook ending. I was just starting to really utilize it well.
If Reader goes then that will really hurt. That's how I get updates for this site! I think it would be wise for them to keep it going as you say it's users are more likely the ones to promote Google's services to others (believe it or not not everyone uses Google stuff yet).
warplayer
· 10 months ago
If they take away Reader I think I may cry.
beth
· 10 months ago
I like GR and glad it's sticking around, but I felt the same way about Kinja before it got shut down. Someone else will be along with a better mousetrap eventually, anyway.
warplayer
· 10 months ago
If they do axe it, I just hope they allow us to export our feeds so that I don't have to setup my 100+ feeds in some other reader.
shawn mccollum
· 10 months ago
What google reader needs is more then just a feed based view of your subscriptions. They need a tag cloud view and the ability to search only within your own feeds. So when I have an iphone folder it doesn't just have feeds that I say are iphone related, it has every post across all my feeds that mention the iphone. They do that and I'll gladdly come back to google reader or whatever reader does that.
Bruce Japsen
· 10 months ago
Ceasing four EXPERIEMENTAL products (four doesn't constitute "many," by the way!) is bloodbath? Seriously, get some credibility.
y
· 10 months ago
How to make the greader as gmail thing. Put a lots of ad...
ProfessionalGun
· 10 months ago
Bruce Jaspen - you base credibility on subjective, analogous statements rather than fact based ones? Why would you do that?
This article poses a real question with real evidence. The fact is that for some of us, losing these services HURTS. I use Google Notebook every single day. It kills me that they've decided to discontinue it. If Google Reader went away, I would start to question the value of other Google services that I use. This situation carries a lot of weight - so calling it a "bloodbath" whether seriously or jokingly jives with me just fine. No loss of credibility what-so-ever.
Alison Murdock
· 10 months ago
I think Notebook rocks as a research tool. Reader is great. i can't imagine they will shut it down, just no updates probably. Didn't reader win a Crunchies (for whateverrrrr that's worth!)
giacomo
· 10 months ago
The problem is that we cannot trust google anymore. Well, I started using massively google notebook recently, and I found it to be a much more comfortable way to work with bookmarks than any other I tried, because it was the right mix of being handy but quite powerful, not so powerful as docs but much handier than it.
Now they said they will leave there my data, such a kind company... but which is the gain in using google servers to store data if I cannot trust any more I will be able to use their interfaces?
This the core problem with this irrational google behaviour: I cannot trust google any more in any service. If one day google decides to close an other service I will have to reorganize all my data on my pc or, if I will have massively used that service in my work, I will have to reorganize all my work and that of my colleagues. This will cost time to me and money to my company so better to start organizing on my pc just from the beginning...
I cannot trust google any more, in the future I will have to find ways for relying only on my PC and on our company server, developing autonomously the apps we need.
The google user base is built on trust, in this way google is severely hampering that relationship. The obvious respond should be to start relying much more on our private computers and as less as possible on those of google.
Mark Edmondson
· 10 months ago
They would never consider axing Reader; its useful and just needs the web population to become more educated in using RSS. All the other products recently axed were either redundant or too niche to have anything more than long term potential.
Shamblesguru
· 10 months ago
I used to be a big Google Reader user/fan .... but the screen full of text eventually put me off ... I'm more of a visual learner.
I've now moved everything to a Web 2.0 Start page ... I never thought I'd say this ... and it has revolutionised my whole RSS experience and made life more manageable.
Shamblesguru - I hear you - I actually only use Reader now as an RSS feed on my Google homepage - exactly the same idea as Netvibes but with cool graphics. I am headline reader and so - you are right - powerful ability to streamline one's consumption of news.
ProfessionalGun
· 10 months ago
Petition signed, Amrita. Thanks for posting that!
Shawn McCollum
· 10 months ago
@amirta you start a campaign to send cheap notebooks to google like the jericho nuts campaign.
Alejandro[FV]
· 10 months ago
I hope not, it is my feed reader ... but the last change you made, not my total acceptance.
Damien
· 10 months ago
There's not a lot you can rely on when it comes to Google, but I think the RSS product such as Reader will be a stayer. As you've said, the product is still vastly under-utilised but I reckon it will grow.
All Comments
I really hope this will NEVER happend, GG Reader is my most important Working Tool! (and the best feed reader ever made)...
If Reader goes then that will really hurt. That's how I get updates for this site! I think it would be wise for them to keep it going as you say it's users are more likely the ones to promote Google's services to others (believe it or not not everyone uses Google stuff yet).
This article poses a real question with real evidence. The fact is that for some of us, losing these services HURTS. I use Google Notebook every single day. It kills me that they've decided to discontinue it. If Google Reader went away, I would start to question the value of other Google services that I use. This situation carries a lot of weight - so calling it a "bloodbath" whether seriously or jokingly jives with me just fine. No loss of credibility what-so-ever.
Now they said they will leave there my data, such a kind company... but which is the gain in using google servers to store data if I cannot trust any more I will be able to use their interfaces?
This the core problem with this irrational google behaviour: I cannot trust google any more in any service. If one day google decides to close an other service I will have to reorganize all my data on my pc or, if I will have massively used that service in my work, I will have to reorganize all my work and that of my colleagues. This will cost time to me and money to my company so better to start organizing on my pc just from the beginning...
I cannot trust google any more, in the future I will have to find ways for relying only on my PC and on our company server, developing autonomously the apps we need.
The google user base is built on trust, in this way google is severely hampering that relationship. The obvious respond should be to start relying much more on our private computers and as less as possible on those of google.
I've now moved everything to a Web 2.0 Start page ... I never thought I'd say this ... and it has revolutionised my whole RSS experience and made life more manageable.
You can see it at
http://www.netvibes.com/shamblesguru#Intro
I hear you - I actually only use Reader now as an RSS feed on my Google homepage - exactly the same idea as Netvibes but with cool graphics. I am headline reader and so - you are right - powerful ability to streamline one's consumption of news.