Don’t get us wrong,
Google Reader (
) is our favorite feedreader. But sometimes, we just wish it was a little…better. Here are 50
Firefox () extensions and scripts to make Google Reader your own.
Notification
Google Reader Notifier Firefox Extension – Multilingual extension that tells you how many items are unread.Google Reader Toolkit – Handy add-on that alerts you to unread items.Google Reader Watcher – Firefox extension that displays all unread feeds.Interface
Colorful List View – Colors the headers in the list view.Google Reader Air Skin – Light skin for Google Reader.Google Reader Bottom Link – Adds a small link to the original page at the bottom of the feed.Google Reader for wider screens – Changes the length of stories in Google Reader.Google Reader Optimized – User style that gets rid of all unnecessary elements.Google Reader Plain and Green – Green skin based on Sage’s Plain and Green style.Google Reader Prettifier – OS X theme for Google Reader. Fork with a few bugfixes here.Google Reader Preview – Shows the original page instead of the article summary (fork with widescreen support here).Google Reader Preview Enhanced – Better version of Google Reader Preview.Google Reader “Slate series” – Clean theme in slate colors. You may also be interested in the modified version.Google Reader title unread count – Moves the unread count to the front in the page title.Reading
CodeReader – Increases the font size of code snippets in the currently viewed item.Google Reader Functional Links – Quick Links fork with updated hotkeys.Google Reader Quick Links – Shortcut keys for links in the story you’re currently reading.Google Reader show original in new tab – The must-have script for Google Reader. Just hit ‘t’ to open the current article in a new tab. Note: this script conflicts with a Google Reader native shortcut. You may want to use Masayuki Ataka’s script that changes the hotkey to ‘y’.Google Reader Slideshow – Automatically scroll through your items at a user-set speed.Grease Reader – Adds a ton of powerful hotkeys.Iris – A Google Reader sidebar influenced by Sage.Read By Mouse – Toggles a mouse-only mode where you read using only your mouse.Search
Google Reader Custom Search – Adds search to Google Reader via Google Co-op.Google Reader Custom Search (2) – Updated version of the Google Operating System script that displays results inside Google Reader like normal posts.Google Reader Gears Search – Uses Google Gears to search your posts.Google Reader Search – Search powered by Google’s Blogsearch that searches the current feeds or the entire Blogosphere.Integration
Facebook Sharer + Google Reader – Sends the current story to Facebook (
).Gmail Box for Google Reader – Integrates Google Reader’s subscriptions to Gmail () (based on Google Reader Redux).Google Reader + BlueDot – Based on Google Reader + del.icio.us, but for BlueDot.us.Google Reader + Bookmarks – Sends Reader posts to Google’s () bookmarking site.Google Reader + del.icio.us – Based on Google Reader + Bookmarks, but for del.icio.us. Forks here and here.Google Reader + ma.gnolia – Based on Google Reader + del.icio.us, but for ma.gnolia.Google Reader + Simpy – Sends Reader posts to Simpy.com.Google Reader + Twitter – Sends Reader posts to Twitter ().Google Reader 30Boxes – Add 30Boxes events from the search field.Google Reader digg news – Adds a “Digg It” button to every item. Works well with Digg Button Animator Enabler.Google Reader Redux – Integrate Google Reader into your Gmail account.Misc.
Auto add to Google Reader – Automatically bypasses the “Add to Google homepage”/”Add to Google Reader” choice Firefox usually gives you when subscribing to a feed.Better GReader – Combines an optimized skin, Smart Google Reader Subscribe, and Quick Links into a Firefox extension.Google Gears – Take Reader (and tons of other apps) offline with this great Google product.Google Reader Subscribe – Adds a button to add the current page’s feed to Google Reader.Jasper’s Google Reader Subscribe – Based on Google Reader Subscribe, but concentrating on taking up as little room as possible.Smart Google Reader Subscribe – Based on Jasper’s script, but tells you if the feed is already in Google Reader (saving you clicks).Tag Cloud – Generates a tag cloud of all your tags.
