Remember, the Top Ten Things That Make My Life Easier? And one of them was EasyComment–the firefox extension that lets you view blogs in your feed reader?
Uhm. Well. I was wrong.
easyComment is a really cool firefox add-on that fills in your name/email/URL boxes when you are commenting.
Better GReader is the firefox add-on that allows you to view blogs in your Google Reader. *sigh*
And because so many of you commented that you were downloading it ASAP!, I feel compelled to give a tutorial to make up for my idiocy. You’ve seen my previous tutorials, so I know you’ll be excited with this one…
FIREFOX EXTENSION TUTORIAL
1. Go to Firefox Add-ons Page. (You could get lost in all the fun add-ons!)
2. Search for Better GReader and/or easyComment.
ALTERNATE STEPS 1 & 2
1. Click HERE for Better GReader and HERE for easyComment.
2. Click the large green ADD TO FIREFOX button.
3. Restart Firefox.
THAT IS IT!
Now to actually USE Better GReader, all you have to do is:
1. Open Google Reader.
2. Click on your favorite blog, like I don’t know…Impress Your Kids.
3. Read and then if you’d like to comment, click the title of the post.
This will bring up the blog in your reader.
4. Scroll down and comment! Cool, huh?!
To USE easyComment:
1. Whenever you see a comment box, simply click easyComment in the bottom right hand corner of your screen OR press CTRL-E.
2. Your info will pop into the comment box!
Have I redeemed myself? Believe me you will now be a more organized and productive member of the blogosphere with these two add-ons! Maybe you’ll even buy enough time to do some laundry!
Love it!! Thanks so much. As soon as I get over this Birthday Bash {hangover- wait, I didn’t say that}, I’ll be back to normal and totally doing this.
You are the bestest!! Thanks!
.-= Hillary @ The Other Mama´s last blog ..The Other Mama’s Birthday Bash- Day 3- Design Chicky Giveaway =-.
I just did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy happy joy joy!
Expect me to be a much more responsible bloggy friend/commenter thanks to you.
Now to get to that laundry…
.-= jen´s last blog ..Sunday Afternoons were made for the river =-.
Cool! I’m going to try them out. Thanks a bunch.
.-= Holly at Tropic of Mom´s last blog ..Sailing =-.
I must be the only idiot here in real life (is that possible?) on your blog! lol I am a firefox addon addict – love that stuff!! My 2 new faves: the firefox screenshot tool (I’m here getting a pic of this gorgeous design for my blog) and capture tool – to record screencasts!! Isn’t that the coolest? (I’m a geek, I know it. It’s sad.)
Oh, I did it! Love it!
How does this affect clicks to blogs with ads? Does it count as a click-thru?
.-= Heather @ Not a DIY Life´s last blog ..Top Ten Steelers =-.
Dear OhAmanda, Why the HECK did it take me 6 months to install easy gReader? I’M IN LOVE!!
Vanderbilt Wife
.-= Vanderbilt Wife´s last blog ..Menu Plan Monday =-.
Thank you! Every time I want to comment on a post I read in google reader i have beenclicking through to the blog, then finding my way back to Greader. It is very time consumin and I end up leaving less comments than I would like. I really appreciate that you took the time to explain this!
This sounds awesome but I don’t use firefox, is there a way to do this with using explorer?
These are awesome add-ons that I’ll definitely be using a LOT. Thanks for sharing!
OH thank you!!!!! Post more. More. More.
Oh Sweet! I totally just tried this out, to comment on this page. That is too cool! I’ll have to watch for any other neat add-ons you run across. I’ve found a few here and there, but there’s so many out there, it’s hard to know what I’m missing out on. Now to go try the Google Reader…hehe.