Comments on: Most People Read Feeds http://emonome.com/emon/technology/assumption-everyone-reads-feeds/ an emon hassan blog Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:51:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: emonome | Feedburner Blues While Comics Websites Show Me Love http://emonome.com/emon/technology/assumption-everyone-reads-feeds/#comment-4518 emonome | Feedburner Blues While Comics Websites Show Me Love Sat, 15 Dec 2007 05:04:09 +0000 http://emonome.com/archives/930#comment-4518 [...] three days have passed since I blogged about my ‘generous’ feeds contribution that I find, this morning, my full feed contents not showing on my Google Reader; all I see is the [...] [...] three days have passed since I blogged about my ‘generous’ feeds contribution that I find, this morning, my full feed contents not showing on my Google Reader; all I see is the [...]

]]> By: Dee http://emonome.com/emon/technology/assumption-everyone-reads-feeds/#comment-4300 Dee Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:49:10 +0000 http://emonome.com/archives/930#comment-4300 Feeds readers are great, the only thing I hate though is that it takes the personality of the site away. Like you've mentioned, blogs change their designs and we have no idea, unless the happened to mention it. Other than that, readers are time savers. Feeds readers are great, the only thing I hate though is that it takes the personality of the site away. Like you’ve mentioned, blogs change their designs and we have no idea, unless the happened to mention it. Other than that, readers are time savers.

]]> By: Emon http://emonome.com/emon/technology/assumption-everyone-reads-feeds/#comment-4220 Emon Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:14:59 +0000 http://emonome.com/archives/930#comment-4220 Ah, but Stumble Upon does the wandering for me. You're right, it is like visiting someone's space. Some blogs I visit when a headline catches my attention and I want to link a post of mine to his/hers. Some of my favorite blogs only feed partially so I do have to visit the sites to read the rest of the post. The tech or news stuff I don't bother going to the site...or even Flickr photos. I've tried using some of the other readers and it becomes hard to browse/scan through the headlines. I'm a heavy scanner. Some photo bloggers would only post a picture and I can use J or K keys to go through a bunch of them. Ah, but Stumble Upon does the wandering for me. You’re right, it is like visiting someone’s space. Some blogs I visit when a headline catches my attention and I want to link a post of mine to his/hers.

Some of my favorite blogs only feed partially so I do have to visit the sites to read the rest of the post. The tech or news stuff I don’t bother going to the site…or even Flickr photos.

I’ve tried using some of the other readers and it becomes hard to browse/scan through the headlines. I’m a heavy scanner. Some photo bloggers would only post a picture and I can use J or K keys to go through a bunch of them.

]]> By: JoeDrinker http://emonome.com/emon/technology/assumption-everyone-reads-feeds/#comment-4217 JoeDrinker Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:07:54 +0000 http://emonome.com/archives/930#comment-4217 I just recently began using the Google reader, and although it saves me time, it also seems to take some of the joy of wandering, if that make sense. I open it up and boom! 100 new posts/pages/articles to read - every day. Sometimes more. It can be daunting, especially when you read for fun. For me, visiting someone else's site is like going to their house...the journey and the experience is just as important as the conversation I have while I'm there. *sets up soapbox - From a design standpoint, I know that we designers put a lot of time and energy into a layout or graphic feel, and I admit that sometimes I feel cheated out of some of the appeal of creating for an audience. If readers are going to strip away all the design and just serve up the meat, maybe we should go back to the days before the interweb had pictures. ;) Like you said, people change their site layout and the average reader probably doesn't even see it. I just recently began using the Google reader, and although it saves me time, it also seems to take some of the joy of wandering, if that make sense. I open it up and boom! 100 new posts/pages/articles to read - every day. Sometimes more. It can be daunting, especially when you read for fun. For me, visiting someone else’s site is like going to their house…the journey and the experience is just as important as the conversation I have while I’m there.

*sets up soapbox - From a design standpoint, I know that we designers put a lot of time and energy into a layout or graphic feel, and I admit that sometimes I feel cheated out of some of the appeal of creating for an audience. If readers are going to strip away all the design and just serve up the meat, maybe we should go back to the days before the interweb had pictures. ;)

Like you said, people change their site layout and the average reader probably doesn’t even see it.

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