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title: "Bloglines Does UI Upgrade Too… To Left Pane"
date: 2006-09-29
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2006"
    url: "/tag/2006.md"
---

# Bloglines Does UI Upgrade Too… To Left Pane

![bloglines](https://web.archive.org/web/20110813024323im_/http://static.flickr.com/84/255626324_0d5a8528e6_m.jpg)Hot on the heels of the well-received [Google Reader re-design](https://web.archive.org/web/20110813024323/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_reader_redesign.php), I received a tip tonight (thanks [Mike Rundle](https://web.archive.org/web/20110813024323/http://businesslogs.com/)) that Bloglines has also done a slight re-design. On their blog [they note](https://web.archive.org/web/20110813024323/http://www.bloglines.com/about/news#122):

> “You might have noticed a few fancy little changes we’ve made to your feed tree on the left pane today. You’ll like them even more when you learn what’s behind the scenes!
> 
> - We no longer update the entire left pane when the unread or “kept as new” counts change. Now the counts update in place with a fading yellow indicator. The result is a faster, more pleasant way to cruise through your feeds, especially for those quick on the hotkeys.
> - We’ve decreased the time between automatic updates to your unread counts so you don’t have to press the “r” hotkey quite so often.”

It also appears to be a different typeface and a slightly ‘fancier’ look. Some nice ajax touches. This is just on the left navigation pane though – the actual reading pane stays the same. It’d be great if the ajax changes could be applied to the whole screen… maybe they’re making the right pane next year’s upgrade 😉 (kidding)

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/bloglines_ui_upgrade_left_pane.php))*