I think the problem is at the core of Google Reader's design.
A person should never be told that there's too much to read (1000+) OR too little (0).
If I want to spend 15 minutes catching up on "technology" or "world news" or "humor", Reader should simply accommodate me. If there is an excess of new items, I should see the most popular items first. Reader knows which ones those are. If there aren't enough new entries, Reader should give me popular posts to similar feeds. Reader knows which those are too.
My recommendation to urlesque readers is to categorize your feeds (as Lindsay has) and browse entire categories, use "sort by magic" from the feed settings dropdown, and enable "hide unread counts" from the subscriptions dropdown in the left pane.
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Jan 2nd 2010 9:19AM (Urlesque)A person should never be told that there's too much to read (1000+) OR too little (0).
If I want to spend 15 minutes catching up on "technology" or "world news" or "humor", Reader should simply accommodate me. If there is an excess of new items, I should see the most popular items first. Reader knows which ones those are. If there aren't enough new entries, Reader should give me popular posts to similar feeds. Reader knows which those are too.
My recommendation to urlesque readers is to categorize your feeds (as Lindsay has) and browse entire categories, use "sort by magic" from the feed settings dropdown, and enable "hide unread counts" from the subscriptions dropdown in the left pane.
And stop worrying about what you haven't read.
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Sep 1st 2009 7:30PM (Joystiq)... I think you mean the defendants.