Turbo Boost Google Reader for real




For all info-junkies and online professionals getting your daily fix of news and info, or just trying to stay on top of the plethora of information sources can often be overwhelming if not futile. A slick and fast client or whatever your source, be it email, Twitter, FaceBook or RSS feeds is vital. This is why I've found myself giving up on Google Reader for RSS feeds time and again, due to its sluggishness and tendency to crash Firefox, Chrome or whatever browser's en vogue for me. Have tried countless suggestions but to no avail, leaving to test alternatives such as Good Knows and Fast Ladder. Couldn't get on with their interfaces, so found myself returning to Google Reader and using the limited iPhone interface within the browser. Although the speed is great, the experience felt lacking. So back to its big brother full fat Google Reader one last time.

Originally tried online tips such as hiding the navigation bar, but that didn't work. Here's what I did, and with surprising results.

1. First use list view. Always used this, but only made a marginal difference in speed.
2. For subscriptions use default icons
3. Show only updated
4. Hide unread counts

The last three combined, surprisingly made a hell of a difference. Now full fat Google Reader load's almost as fast as the iPhone thin client. Now you can enjoy your dose of full fat Google RSS Reader everytime, and no need to compromise with lite.