This morning, while reading (J,J,J,K-ing) through Google Reader, my girlfriend’s cat (Tigger) decided to walk across my keyboard to get a better look at the buttery muffin next to me.
As he did so, the left-hand menu vanished and the reading pane maximized to fill the remaining space – a layout I wish for everytime I use Reader on the 1024×600 screen of my laptop!
After rechecking the list of shortcuts for Google Reader, some methodical pressing revealed the unlisted key in question – u.
On large screens the difference isn’t as pronounced, but on smaller laptops or tablets, hiding the left-pane increases the reading space anywhere from 25-50%.
Thanks Tigger!
2006/12/13, 11:06
http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2006/10/we-made-it-little-bit-better.html
2006/12/21, 09:51
Ah, interesting!
I read that at the time, but somehow missed the part about the hide option. Strange the key isn’t listed in the help section though!