Is it me, or has google’s reader just had a [so far] unannounced, subtle yet highly user friendly UI change to both the subscription pane and articles list?
It’s happened in the last few hours and the enhancements really, do, honestly, make a massive difference - particularly when you compare to the older UI design:
The changes aren’t exactly ground-breaking.. but they have improved work-flow as I go through the feeds - the changes to where ‘refresh’ buttons are placed (including it’s addition into the feeds list) in particularly are well received by this author.
This is also a slight navigational improvement that really shows the reader is still being fine tuned by the development crew. Here’s a view of the older design:
This is one of the reasons I continue to use google reader over and above pretty much any other web based option. It’s the little changes, the tweaks and the UI enhancements, even on a tiny scale, that just keep causing the product to improve.
Anyone else noticed this so far? Thoughts? It’s seriously working out for me - as I am forever rolling between the “all” and “new” items lists and it’s just a little more of a seamless process.
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Brendan Borlase is a Systems and Network Administrator living in Adelaide, Australia, having lived, worked and breathed Information Technology for over 12 years. Learn more.
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