Comments on: Helvetireader Puts a New Face on Google Reader

By: lodenmuse

lodenmuse — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:37:54 +0000

Me either… nothing, nada, zip, there’s like no really useful instructions. And I installed SIMBL and GreaseKit and all that crap for nothing.

By: Daniel Nguyen

Daniel Nguyen — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:07:08 +0000

I gave up on the instructions; I couldn’t figure it out. I’ll deal with my generic Google Calendar, Mail, & Reader….. sigh. Even if I am a Helvetica Whore…. :\

By: losbanditosanalogos

losbanditosanalogos — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:06:18 +0000

i cant get it to work… ive tryed everything. what marc tytus said, in fluid. nada. then with css. nada. ive even tryed shutting off adblock for safari. nothing again. i dont understand why its not working. i dont have the greaskit installed but fluid is supposed to have that… also when i add skin.user.js it installes it and renames it to helvetireader.user.js … what am i doing wrong?

By: Allan Libunao

Allan Libunao — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:33:50 +0000

@rajington

There’s already an updated version for the redesign, just update your user scripts.

By: rajington

rajington — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:00:59 +0000

damn, and just a few days before google reader did the redisgn… bad times.

By: Allan Libunao

Allan Libunao — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:04:05 +0000

@Marc Tytus

Thank you for your instructions! Worked like a charm!

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Productivity Power Links 12-02-08 « Geeks Guide To Productivity — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:21:13 +0000

[...] Pimp out Google Reader with Helvetireader…Jon Hicks from Hicks Design has released the Helvetireader skin for Google Reader. Helvetireader takes a minimalist approach, masking many of Google Readers abilities, creating a simple and very easy to read interface to Google’s excellent RSS feed reader. (via the apple blog) [...]

By: Brian Warren

Brian Warren — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:30:03 +0000

For Safari users, just do this:

Install GreaseKit: http://8-p.info/greasekit/

Then go to the helvetireader website and click on the “Install as a userscript” link. It’s really quite simple. That worked for me. And it installed it for Fluid that way too as GreaseKit installs for any Webkit-based browser.

By: Jake

Jake — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:30:43 +0000

Thanks a lot, this one’s really good looking!

By: Oliver

Oliver — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:36:16 +0000

Got it. Thanks for the immediate help.
Best wishes from Germany

By: Marc Tytus

Marc Tytus — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:55:35 +0000

Oliver: Press Control-Apple-O to open your “userscripts” folder. Create a new TextEdit file and save the code from the post into it. Rename the file “skin.user.js”. Finally go back to you Reader.app and under the Reader app you should be able to select your newly created script “skin”. Login before you see the changes.

I hope this works for you.

By: Jonathan Buys

Jonathan Buys — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:55:03 +0000

I’m not sure you really need the dev tools just for this, it should launch some kind of text editor to edit the file. What happens when you click the “New Userscript” menu item?

By: Oliver

Oliver — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:03:23 +0000

Ty Jonathan.

Now I got stuck here:

If you have the Developer Tools installed, this will launch Dashcode and allow you to edit the userscript. Just paste in this:

Where can I find and install Developer Tools?

By: Jonathan Buys

Jonathan Buys — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:54:15 +0000

@Oliver No problem, the “script” menu I mention is the black, scroll looking icon at the top, next to the “Window” menu item.

@Lucky, I’ll email you the app I made with fluid if you like. Drop me a line at jonbuys76 at gmail.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:14:25 +0000

From here on I couldn’t follow. Can you give a more fool-roof description?

Next, click on the script menu item, and select “New Userscript”. If you have the Developer Tools installed, this will launch Dashcode and allow you to edit the userscript. Just paste in this:

By: Lucky

Lucky — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:37:32 +0000

Hey can anyone save me and a few more people and make the app and share it?

By: MoBurkhardt

MoBurkhardt — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:06:29 +0000

figured it out, sorry for my noobness :D

By: MoBurkhardt

MoBurkhardt — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:47:15 +0000

where do i find instructions for Safari?

By: Phil

Phil — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:23:47 +0000

Yes it can MoBurkhardt

By: MoBurkhardt

MoBurkhardt — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:18:00 +0000

can i apply this without fluid or prism?