Google Reader Keyboard Shortcuts for Smart Reading

I have been a fan of Google Reader, the online (and now offline too) RSS aggregator and reader. I have around 100 RSS subscriptions in Google Reader and it works great for me. Saves a lot time with the list and expanded views, and the keyboard shortcuts.

Google Reader keyboard shortcuts help you quickly explore your reading list without moving back and forth between your keyboard and mouse. Yeah, we are so lazy even to remember all the keyboard shortcuts. Just press ? in Google Reader and it displays the shortcuts right within the Reader! It’s cool. If you want to take a print out, you can open the shortcut help in a new window and print it out.

Do you use Google Reader? Why not give it a try, start with adding teck.in feed? big grin Don’t worry, Google Reader has matured from the list of Google beta product. winking

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I am copying the shortcut help below, from shortcut FAQ from Google help, for your easy reference.

Shortcut Key Definition Action
j/k item down/up selects the next/previous item in the list
space/shift-space page down/up moves the page down/up
n/p scan down/up in list view, selects the next item without opening it
o open/close item in list view, expands or collapses the selected item
enter open/close item in list view, expands or collapses the selected item
s toggle star stars the selected item
shift-s toggle share shares the selected item
m mark as read/unread switches the read state of the selected item
t tag an item opens the tagging field for the selected item
v view original opens the original source for this article in a new window
shift-a mark all as read marks all items in the current view as read
1 expanded view displays the subscription as expanded items
2 list view displays the subscription as a list of headlines
r refresh refreshes the unread counts in the navigation
shift-n/p navigation down/up selects the next/previous subscription or folder in the navigation
shift-x navigation expand/collapse expand or collapse a folder selected in the navigation
shift-o navigation open subscription opens the item currently selected in the navigation
gh go to home goes to the Google Reader homepage
ga go to all items goes to the “All items” view
gs go to starred items goes to the “Starred items” view
gt go to tag allows you to navigate to a tag by entering the tag name
gu go to subscription allows you to navigate to a subscription by entering the subscription name
u toggle full screen mode hides and shows the list of subscriptions
? keyboard shortcuts help displays a quick guide to all of Reader’s shortcuts

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