Dec 19
One of the problems with a feed reader is that you can't see the blog in its
full glory. We've solved that problem in Bloglines
Beta. We've created a setting in 3-Pane View which allows you to get all of
that bloggy goodness in your feed reader. Plus, you can get easy access to the
comments, other features or, heck, even click on an ad to help you favorite blogger.
This is great for highly designed blogs that cover knitting, design, art or funny
pictures of cats.Here's how you get access to the feature. Go to 3-Pane View.
Click on a headline. Look for the Preview or RSS buttons to toggle between
Feed View and Blog View (see below).
You can see the differences below with a feed from one of our favorite blogs,
icanhascheezeburger.
Feed View
Blog View
Enjoy!
- Eric Engleman and The Bloglines Team
Dec 17
We've been busy working on Bloglines Beta to provide some stocking stuffers
for everyone during this holiday season. Tonight we rolled out Saved. Later in
the week, we'll talk about a couple of other features: Flickr Widget and Blog
Preview.
Just as it sounds, this features allows you to save a post for future
reference. Many of our Blogliners are active filers who like to save their
favorite posts. It's very easy. Let me walk you through the feature.
You'll notice at the bottom of an article a new "Save" button located
in-between "Pin" and "Email."
Clicking on the "Save" button creates a new inline window where you can add
a comment and save the post to a specific folder.
To get to your saved articles, click on the "Saved" button in the left-hand
corner of your screen. Simple!
You might ask, "Why have "Pin" and "Save"?" Sometimes you want article
"Pinned" in your reading flow so you're forced to look at it again to really
absorb the complexity of the post. Other times, you want to file away those
posts that stand the test of time. That might sound very nuanced, but remember
if you're reading 1,000 articles a day, like Blogliners, you develop several
different reading modes.
BTW - For people using Bloglines Classic, we've migrated your old
"Clippings" into "Saved."
Enjoy!
- Eric Engleman and The Bloglines Team
Dec 10
Tomorrow evening, we will be implementing network upgrades in our data center. The scheduled maintenance is expected to occur on 12/11 from 9:00 PM PST to 11:00 PM PST. During this time, Bloglines will not be available.
- Eric Engleman & The Bloglines Team
Dec 04
Last week, I met a big name blogger who is also a dedicated user of Bloglines.
I couldn't help but notice his iPhone typing skills. He was clearly pounding out
at 40 words per minute which is super-fast on the iPhone. I was really excited to
hear his impressions on iBloglines, our iPhone optimized version of Bloglines.
Unfortunately, he hadn't heard of iBloglines. I was crestfallen. I realized I needed
to do a better job telling Blogliners about our great products.
No better time than the present to remind everyone of the great Bloglines mobile
products. We have 2 major product sets: iBloglines for iPhones and Bloglines for
mobile phones.
iBloglines for iPhones - located at i.bloglines.com
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Pin - Save the story for when you get back to your Mac or PC. |
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Email Articles - Sharing is fun. |
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Search - Find the latest buzz with our blog and feed search. |
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Auto Refresh of "My Library" - No need to hit refresh to get the latest updates. |
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Hide Images - We know EDGE is slow, and your time is valuable. |
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Preferences - Personalizing is essential. Our Blogliners love to personalize their experience so they can optimize their feed reading flow. |
Why two different versions of Bloglines for mobile phones? One is Bloglines Classic
(m.bloglines.com) which has been around for years.
The other is our new beta product (m.beta.bloglines.com)
which has the latest set of enhancements.
Bloglines has had a leading mobile feed reader for the last couple of years. It's always been one of our key product strengths. So we were really excited to make our mobile product even better. We were busy over the summer re-writing the mobile code from the ground up. A new version of mobile is available as part of the Bloglines Beta Releases. Go to m.beta.bloglines.com on your cell phone. When we feel it's ready, we'll make it available on Bloglines Classic. Key Features
- Start Page - Your Bloglines Start Page is displayed at the top of the screen. This way you can pull your favorite feeds to the top.
- Pin (formerly known as Keep New) - Sometimes you want to save that special post to read later when you're not on the go.
- Pagination - Instead of loading all of your posts, we parse out the posts into smaller bundles to fit into the memory constraints of cell phone browser. This has numerous benefits including improved speed, better reliability and safer "mark read" behavior.
Enjoy
Eric Engleman and the Bloglines Team