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How to Add Feed directly to Google Reader instead of choosing between Google Homepage and Reader
Have you been annoyed by this before?
Every additional click is a pain – here’s the solution:
Visit about:config in Firefox or Aurora
Search for browser.contentHandlers.types.
What you see is a bunch of content handlers, specified by the type: application/vnd.mozilla.maybe.feed
All settings for a particular entry are under browser.contentHandlers.types.<integer>.<property>
So let’s create a new entry with integer as 6.
browser.contentHandlers.types.6.title
And on next screen:
Similarly for browser.contentHandlers.types.6.type, set it to: application/vnd.mozilla.maybe.feed
Finally, for browser.contentHandlers.types.6.uri set the value to: http://www.google.com/ig/addtoreader?feedurl=%s
And you’re done with the tough part! Restart the browser after this.
After restarting browser, open Preferences, click on Applications and choose the newly created direct-to-reader handler.
Exit preferences, next time you want to add a feed to Google Reader, you won’t be wasting another click.
Protip: If you miss the RSS icon in newer Firefox, grab an extension that puts it back here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/rss-icon/
