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Helvetireader Makes Google Reader Gorgeously Minimalist

zee Written on 27th November 2008                                                                                                              7 COMMENTS some text
Zee, Editor in Chief at The Next Web, Principal at WeDoCreative.

Helvetireader Makes Google Reader Gorgeously Minimalist

Helvetireader is a userscript released by HicksDesign which transforms Google Reader into a wonderfully minimalist RSS Reader. It’s still a work in progress but I’m loving what i’m seeing so far…

To install, ensure you have Greasemonkey for Firefox installed or GreaseKit for any webkit browser such as Safari. Then click here to install the main userscript and you’ll also want some favicons included too for which you’ll need to click here to install. Of course you’ll need to have helvetica the font installed too, which if you haven’t – you should be ashamed of yourself :) .

Many thanks to Chris Messina for the heads up.

Helvetireader Makes Google Reader Gorgeously Minimalist

**UPDATE**

Craig­­ Erskine has made a few alterations to the script which I love. It will require to simply switch the css file linked to in the original userscript to this one.

About the author: Based in London, Zee is Editor in Chief at The Next Web and Principal at online marketing and new media agency WeDoCreative . A prominent tech blogger, he is also a design & marketing connoisseur, social media devotee & web application fanatic.

7 comments/trackbacks to “Helvetireader Makes Google Reader Gorgeously Minimalist”

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  1. By Burak Donertas on Nov 27, 2008

    i like it. thanks Zee.

    problem about “click here to install.” link.

    http://http//userscripts.org/scripts/show/24371

    double http?!

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    By Zee M Kane on November 27th, 2008:

    Cool, cheers :) All Fixed.

    Reply

  2. By David K on Nov 27, 2008

    Seems a little inefficient having to load helvetireader.com every time I reload my Google Reader Fluid app. Is there a way to make the CSS local?

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    By Zee M Kane on November 27th, 2008:

    yeah i think you should just be able to put the css file on your desktop and link to it from the userscript…know what i mean?

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  3. By Saeid on Nov 27, 2008

    I used it.It was beautiful and minimal too!

    Reply

  4. By wk on Nov 28, 2008

    Looks really nice! Thanks for sharing it.

    Reply

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