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2012-04-02

Safari and Firefox Browser Extensions

I’m pleased to announce that we now have native browser extensions for Safari and Firefox to compliment the Chrome extension we’ve had for a bit. Grab your preferred poison:

And, for posterity, you can always find them under Settings > Extras.

Why use an extension when you already have the bookmarklet, you ask? We have a brand new feature coming up that depends on an extension and trust me when I say it’ll be worth two clicks and a confirmation dialog.

Enjoy, and thanks for Reading.

2012-03-17

Reading: not just for everything except Tumblr anymore

That’s right, in honor of Saint Patrick’s Day we now have a Tumblr hook for all your posting goodness. Find it under Settings > Hooks. And make sure to reading something green, lest you get pinched by the Reading hand.

2012-03-13

Reading ❤ Readability

Another hook has been added by user request (thanks Casey!) - Readability. As usual, find it under Settings > Hooks. If you’re not familiar with Readability, do yourself a favor and give their new iPhone app a try. Readability is a great product from a great team, especially the lovely Max Fenton who’s been a Reading supporter from day one. Their content API powers the excerpts you see on Reading as well as our full-text search and their commitment to usability, not only for end users but for developers as well, is admirable.

2012-03-12

We’ve got our hooks into Pinboard

By member request, I’ve added a hook for all you Pinboard.in users out there; find it under Settings > Hooks. And if you’d like to thank someone, thank Andi for writing a kind request email.

2012-02-26

It’s Time for Facebook Timeline

A while back I added an experimental Facebook Timeline hook to Reading and, since then, we’ve been waiting for approval from Facebook before making it generally available. (These things have to be approved, did you know that?) Well, I’m happy to announce that the wait is over and you can now add the Timeline hook to your account by logging into Reading and visiting Settings > Hooks where you’ll see the following:

Once added, each of your Reading posts will also be added to your Facebook Timeline where they’ll get grouped together into a nifty little time-box, like this:

Enjoy and thanks for reading!

2012-02-24

Give me an I! Give me an nstapaper! What do you have?

Instapaper support has been added to Reading. No joke! To flex those “Read Later” muscles, simply log into your Reading.am account and visit Settings > Hooks where you’ll see Instapaper as a drop-down option next to “please post to”. Create a new hook and it’ll add every new Reading post to Instapaper. Automatically. For free. You guys are kind of spoiled.

Thanks for Reading!

*footnote: Instapaper’s hearts / stars / likes aren’t yet supported but let me know if they’re something you’re interested in and I’ll see what I can do.

2012-02-14

Better Be Better Look’n

Because it’s Valentine’s day and because I love you, I’ve gotten a facelift (aka redesign). Enjoy! reading.am

2012-01-30

Facebook Hooks and SSL / HTTPS

A few new features to ring in February:

Facebook Hooks

I’m happy to announce that Reading now supports the oft requested ability to post to your Facebook wall through a brand new hook. You can even post to three or twelve or however many different Facebook walls you like, depending on your whimsy. (You did know Reading supports connecting multiple Twitter and Facebook accounts, didn’t you?). Find it under your Settings > Hooks page.

SSL / HTTPS

The next time you click your bookmarklet, you’ll see the simple-as-pie upgrade prompt. Follow the instructions and within seconds your Reading posts will now be served over HTTPS. Okay, sure, but what does that mean for you? It means you’ll no longer get an “insecure content” warning when posting to Reading from Twitter or Google or a slew of other responsible sites looking out for the security of your/their packets.

Chrome extension users should also look for a similar upgrade under Window > Extensions > Update extensions now. If you’re not already using the extension, you can grab it here: super alright extension location.

Well, that’s it for now. I hope you enjoy the updates and, as always, thanks for Reading.

2012-01-02

Chrome Extension Goodness

Oh my, Reading now has a native Chrome Extension.

Highlights include:

A nice big button in your browser bar. One click and pow - puh posted.
Context menu support. Right click on any link or image (that’s right, images!) and you can post those straight to Reading. This is especially handy for posting specific permalinks on blogs like Daring Fireball. (Thanks for the feature request, user Jon)

Obligatory screenshot!

You can download the extension here and, as always, thanks for Reading!

2011-12-28

What Would Love Be Without Apologies?

It was recently brought to our attention that the new bookmarklet was inadvertently marking - at will and without much discretion - posts as “nope”. We’ve since fixed the problem but, regardless, it’s worth saying sorry.

While we’re at it, a note about “yep/nope”: did you know that you can remove an accidental “yep” or “nope” by clicking the same “yep” or “nope” a second time? It’s true. Unfortunately there’s not an easy way to retroactively remove all of the incorrect nope’s from today’s bookmarklet bug but if you’re heartbroken, well, email us and we’ll see what we can do.

I love you,
Reading