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Helvetireader Makes Google Reader Gorgeously Minimalist
The Next Web — ... for any webkit browser such as Safari. Then click here to install the main userscript and you’ll also want some favicons included too for which you’ll need to ...

Helvetireader Puts a New Face on Google Reader
TheAppleBlog — ... // ==UserScript== // @name        Helvetireader // @description Helvetireader style for Google Reader // @include     https://*.google.com/reader/view/* // @include     http://*.google.com/reader/view/* // @include     htt*://*.google.*/reader/view* // @author      Helvetireader by Jon Hicks (http://www.hicksdesign.co.uk) // ==/UserScript== var cssNode = document.createElement('link'); cssNode.type = 'text/css'; cssNode.rel = 'stylesheet'; cssNode.href = 'http://www.helvetireader.com/css/helvetireader.css'; cssNode.media = 'screen'; cssNode.title = 'dynamicLoadedSheet'; ...

A More Minimalist Google Reader Template
Google Blogoscoped — If you'd like to trim down Google Reader to its essentials, you might want to give Helvetireader a try. It's a Greasemonkey script "made for looking at feeds in the expanded view, using Keyboard Shortcuts instead of on-screen buttons." As the name suggests, the template makes use of Helvetica – one of the few (only?) fonts that got its own documentary. [Via Andy.] [By Philipp Lenssen | Origin: A More Minimalist Google Reader Template | Comments] [Advertisement] Want to advertise here? Your ad will show in the ...

links for 2008-12-02
Jarrett House North — Google Calendar officially comes to Apple's iCal | Webware - CNET Supported integration between Google Calendar and Apple's iCal. Hopefully the iPhone won't be too far behind. (tags: google ical caldav) Getting Real About Agile Design ...

Google Reader Still Tops
Geek In Disguise — I enter 2009 still a big fan of Google Reader and wish Microsoft would come up with something to compete. I agree with Eileen that it’s still the best tool for the job and until there is something from our stable to compete it’ll continue as my way to whizz through hundreds of feeds and uses smart keys to flag and log posts of interest (on that note, you can see my shared items on Twitter or their own page if interested – sort of my bookshelf of good stuff on the web). My wish for 2009 – the Writer team get cut loose to follow up their ...

10 Greasemonkey scripts you shouldn't browse without
Download Squad — Filed under: Developer, Utilities, Features, Productivity, Browsers, ListsOne of the main draws for Firefox is how customizable it is, both in appearance and functionality. We've shown you some of our favorite Firefox themes, but if you're looking for more than a cosmetic change in your browsing experience, you should get to know Greasemonkey. In case you're not already familiar: Greasemonkey is a Firefox add-on that allows you to apply powerful user-created scripts to the sites you visit. Scripts do everything from drastically changing the layout ...

Top 10 Greasemonkey User Scripts, 2009 Edition [Lifehacker Top 10]
Lifehacker — [image] Two years ago, we compiled our 10 favorite Greasemonkey scripts , the site-fixing wonders you can load into Firefox's Greasemonkey extension for a better browsing experience. We've updated our picks, and there's a lot that's new. That's not to say that the original 10 aren't worthy of your consideration. It's just that we've found a lot of cool new scripts in the following 2+ years, and some of the fixes and features those original scripts addressed have been implemented in Firefox 3, or changed by the sites themselves. This list is a bit Google-heavy, but that's to be expected the search ...

Helvetwitter: Have you ever seen Twitter look this beautiful?
The Next Web — ... css for a second. Twitter’s css files are far from being clean and easy to understand. Thus my css based on them are far from perfect too. Although I have not encountered problems during 1 month of using it, there may be some. I have not tested anything but the very basic Twitter functionality. To install, ensure you have Greasemonkey for Firefox installed or GreaseKit for any webkit browser such as Safari. Then click here to install the main userscript. ...

Gmail just got pretty. Introducing Helvetimail.
The Next Web — ... First there was Jon Hicks’ Helvetireader, then Ad Taylor’s Helvetical, then Jose Frichter’s Helvetwitter and now, Frichter has done it again with a gorgeous revamp of Gmail called Helvetimail. Jose deserves as much credit as he can get for this, so rather than give full instructions here as to how to install, visit his site for the instructions. What I will say however, is that if you want to take things a step further, check out ZenHabits’ take on a minimalist Gmail. ...

Make Twitter's web interface sexier with Helvetwitter
Download Squad — Filed under: Design, Microblogging Twitter is a lot of things to a lot of people, but "pretty" isn't really the first one that comes to mind. It doesn't have to be that way, though, because you can give Twitter a clean, minimal new look with Helvetwitter. It's a script that ...

Five More Ways to Become a Mac Minimalist
TheAppleBlog — My first post on becoming a minimalist with your Mac had great feedback, so I’m back with another round of tips on keep your digital workspace as simple as possible. Reduce Finder Window Clutter Right click on the top of any finder window and select ...