Slightly North

I just installed the latest Google Toolbar for Firefox. I was delighted to find a new feature included; the Subscribe button. You can configure it to subscribe to any feeds available on the page you are currently viewing! Except for one problem, there is no setting to have it subscribe the feed to Google Reader! You can put the feed on your Google homepage, but not reader. I was pretty let down, until I started poking around in the Firefox config. I have come up with a work-around! Enjoy:

1. Open about:config in firefox
2. Filter the options to "google"
3. Find the Preference name:
google.toolbar.subscribe.aggregators.iGoogle.url
4. Change the string to:
http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed/%feed%
5. Set the Subscribe option to "Google Home" and it will now open the feed
preview in Google Reader.

Works like a charm for me. Yay!