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The recommended way to install this user style is to .
Hides everything except the left subscriptions tree and the reading "chrome".
Notes: The tree remains collapsible (click the divider or press "u") -- its side-effect is re-rendering content, so it may be useful while toggling this userstyle on the fly [works nice in FF3].
Background: Just backup of simple and quick scratch, which came up quite useful; probably there are some similar or even better versions out there ( http://userstyles.org/styles/search/google%20reader ), but it was easier for me to write this one instead of finding another.
I am quite loyal Bloglines old-school-user-interface-user who started messing with Google Reader (again, for at least tenth time), and cannot stand its bloated UI. (Try it on 800×600 ;] )(update: switched to gR 'definitely').
Changelog: 2008-09-15: + screen shots (600×400 px), code clean up 2009-11-02: updated for current gR, simplified, un-obsoleted 2010-02-15: fixed dropdowns menus ("Settings"…); shown "Add a subscription" stuff in sidebar (uncomment second selector to hide it again if you want).