Lots of folks know about the hotkey support in Bloglines. You can hit “j” to move to the next item and “k” to move to the previous one. One item we’re trying out in the beta is a double-tap on “j” when you reach the end of a feed or folder. When you get to the last item, hit “j” once like you want to move to the next item and then hit it again to tell us, yes really do it. The next feed or folder (depending on what’s currently selected) will open up and you’ll be taken to the first item. Single-key reading ftw!
Thanks Tony!
Tony Morgan has a nice writeup on why he uses Bloglines. I just wanted to say thanks for the positive words. :) 3Pane view + iframe view really does change things quite a bit. We use it all the time internally.
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Have an itch to chat with Bloglines engineers? You can usually find some of us on #bloglines on the FreeNode IRC servers. If you come join us, I’m blowery.
#53278 and Still Beating Ray Ozzie
On Wednesday, we released the Bloglines Top 1000, a ranking of what feeds are most popular with Blogliners. It’s a bit of a narrow ranking, as it only takes into account people who use Bloglines, but it’s a fun thing nonetheless.
One dirty little secret is that the ranking actually extends far past the top 1K. For instance, I’m ranked #53278, just ahead of Ray Ozzie (as of right now).
If you want to figure out where your feed is ranked, here’s a little trick, assuming you are logged into the beta and are subscribed to your own feed. First, open up the Bloglines console by hitting the ~ key, then paste in the following command:
window.location.href="/b/preview?siteid=" + bl.app.User.feeds.find("your feed name")[0].siteId;
“your feed name” is case sensitive and corresponds to the name you see in the feed tree. That command will take you to the preview page for your feed where you can see your feed’s ranking. After that, getting to the correct page on the top1K is pretty simple. Just take your ranking, divide it by 100, truncate the remainder, and add 1. So for me and my stellar 53278: 53278 / 100 = 532.78, drop the .78 to 532 and + 1 = 533. Yay for simple paging math.
So go check it out. See where you’re ranked. :)
Twitter tracking as customer support?
Ever since twitter released their tracking feature, we’ve been watching for mentions of Bloglines. I’ve noticed a couple things:
- People are really surprised and usually quite happy when they twitter about Bloglines and get a response from an engineer. I love surprising people. :)
- Lots of folks are twittering about Bloglines in languages other than English. Which really isn’t surprising given how many of our users are from outside the US.
We’re watching… Keep on twittering!
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