Comments on: Adding an “Unsubscribe” button to Google Reader using Greasemonkey

By: Steven Noble

Steven Noble — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:17:17 +0000

Script sounds awesome but appears not to be working. Is that because of the changes to Google Reader mentioned above? Cheers.

By: .dean

.dean — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:51:35 +0000

*bump* update would be awesome
keep on the good work.

i put your script on mento and the crowd seems to like it:
http://www.mento.info/dotdean/archive/69308

grettings from germany

By: Dossy

Dossy — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:23:55 +0000

Frank: I haven’t updated the script to work with any recent changes in Google Reader. I’ll try to do that soon. Thanks for asking!

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:40:23 +0000

Thanks for the script – i was hardly looking for something like that. Does it work with the latest modifications from google reader? I can’t seem to get to work within my fluid app.

By: Dossy

Dossy — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:27:20 +0000

Aha, sorry! I was in “Expanded view”. When I switched to “List view” I was able to reproduce the problem. Unfortunately, I can’t do much about it–in the “List view” without the current item being expanded, there IS no feed information in the markup, which is necessary in order for my Greasemonkey script to issue the unsubscribe request. If you notice, clicking on “Folder settings” also won’t allow you to unsubscribe, either.

I also don’t have a good way of enabling/disabling the “Unsubscribe” button, so the best I can do is present the error dialogue as it is now.

By: bfos7215

bfos7215 — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:12:53 +0000

I don’t really know what else to add.

I clicked on a folder on the left with multiple feeds with unread items (I only view unread items). I am also in list view, as I said. I didn’t open any items before clicking unsubscribe.

The other greasemonkey scrits that I have active are “Jasper’s Google Reader subscribe” and “Facebook Sharer + Google Reader”

By: Dossy

Dossy — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:33:39 +0000

I could try disabling the unsubscribe button, but it really ought to have picked up the first feed. That’s strange. Any tips on how to reproduce?

By: bfos7215

bfos7215 — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:17:14 +0000

OK, I got the new version. Everything seems to work fine, now.

In list view, if no item is open, the message says that it can’t identify the feed to unsubscribe from. I thought you said you wanted it to unsubscribe from the first feed. But, I actually like the functionality as it is.

Or, better yet, is it possible to disable or hide the unsubscribe button if no item is open?

By: Dossy

Dossy — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:43:47 +0000

bfos7215: Hmm. Cached in the browser, perhaps? Try clearing your cache …

By: bfos7215

bfos7215 — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:29:43 +0000

I’m not sure why, but I’m not getting .2 version of your script when I click the link to the script in this post.

I’ve tried clearing my cookies and all of that. But, there’s no version in @description when I look at the code.