How to share articles from GoogleReader to Twitter
When reading articles in GoogleReader, how to share the nice articles to Twitter at a rapid? I made one GreaseMonkey script for that, and you can now.
The format of messages
[Tag] Title(Note) URL
The basic function
- Tag\title\URL are received from articles in GoogleReader automatically. And you can edit them.
- URL can be converted into tinyURL.
- Before sending the messages, the words number will be counted.
The installation order
i. Install the browser - firefox
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/
ii. Install the plugin - GreaseMonkey
http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748
iii. Install this script
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/10169
The specification
1. the link "Share with twitter"
After installing the script, open GoogleReader. Below each article, one link "Share with twitter" is added in the toolbar.
2. one mini window
Click the link, one mini window will popup. There are four inputboxes: Title, Tags, URL, and Note. Tag\title\URL are received from articles in GoogleReader automatically. And you can edit them. If you want to talk about it yourself, please input in "Note".
3. four buttons
- Save - send the message to twitter
- TinyURL - make the long url tiny. Once you click it, please wait the URL changing from "making urlurl tiny…" to one tiny url
- Count - count the words’ number
- Cancel - close the mini windows
4. the user authentication
When you send the first message, one authentication is required. Please use your registered username or email address as the username component.
5. show the messages shared
You can install the script here:
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/10169
