Google Reader Filter

By Elad Ossadon Last update Dec 5, 2008 — Installed 8,336 times.
Script Summary:
Filters duplicated entries and unwanted content or highlight chosen content based on keywords (with regex support).

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Instructions:

  • After installing the user script, a "Filter Settings" button appears on top right corner of Google Reader.
  • Settings window shows two text boxes. One for excludes and one for highlights
  • In each box you can write regexes separated by new lines
    Example:
    java ?script
    css
    ^free
    windows (mobile|media|server)
When opening a feed, excluded entries displayed with gray text, and highlighted ones displayed with a lime background. That will filter from your eyes what you'd rather :)

Attention!

This userscript only works with Google Reader's list view and not expanded view - switch to list view from the view tabs on the upper right.

Wishlist:

  • Filter keywords in a specific feed/category

Version History

v0.531 - Dec 5, 08

  • Update to support new Google Reader's GUI - the "Quick Add" window is now fixed.

v0.53 - Apr 20, 08

  • Fixed minification regexp (added a few characters)

v0.52 - Apr 2, 08

  • Fixed some design issues - excluded/highlighted entries doesn't affect the content of the entry (thanks Paul Irish!)

v0.51 - Mar 31, 08

  • Fixed minification regexp (old one omitted numbers)

v0.5 - Mar 30, 08

  • Fixed some bugs
  • Enhanced filter
  • UTF-8 characters support

v0.4 - Mar 26, 08

  • Added the ability to hide duplicates/excluded entries, new checkboxes added in settings window.

v0.3 - Mar 19, 08

  • Duplicates also marked as excluded. Duplicate is an entry whose url or title were already printed.

v0.2 - Mar 16, 08

  • Added "Quick Add" window, which lets you add new exclude/highlight to the list from within an entry ( [#] button is added to each entry on its right)
  • RegExps are compiled only at initialization and after saving, not like before

v0.1 - Mar 8, 08

  • First Release