Gmail Adding Feed Reading
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Evan Williams is seeing a new feature in his Gmail account: RSS feed reading. Those lucky enough to have gotten it can add feeds to display headlines at the top of their Gmail interface. Google has smartly monetized it, alternating evenly between headlines and text ads, giving you the best reason ever to actually look at an ad. Of course, its no substitute for a feed reader, but its still very helpful (kind of like the MyYahoo Deskbar). If Google is planning on adding a full feed reader to Gmail (and it should, since everyone else has one), it now already has a cool feature for it. Let me know when you guys see it.
Keep in mind, as a former Google employee, Evan got his Gmail right from the source, which means he could be getting this feature quite a bit earlier than you will, or ma even be seeing a test feature because they forgot to take him off some list.
Hat-tip: Matt Walters
Good news, I am looking forward to full-featured Gmail rss reader. Google jumping into the rss-bandwagon finally?
Comment by quirkyalone | April 15, 2005
Seeing that I am an old Gmail user and new to rss readers being able to read rss feeds in gmail is good news indeed.
Comment by Glen | April 15, 2005
Well, it’s good to see they didn’t just ‘forget’ to put adverts in this one (Google News anyone?).
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That is pretty nice. However, I get the feeling from some reactions on Slashdot that some people may not be so happy. The thought is that “Don’t be evil” seems to be getting less and less not-evil.
Comment by Josh | April 20, 2005
Great news. I just hope they are not going to end up making the already excellent Gmail interface too cluttered.
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Requires link/invitation for new Gmail Account!!!!!
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Comment by DIPAK | August 12, 2005
link for new gmail account
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