My Suggestions for Explore (Cross Posted)

Edwin recently had a post (http://edwink.devhd.com/2009/01/19/im...) on his blog asking for feedback on the new Explore page in a specific context--the topic, "Inauguration". It seems like feedly's get satisfaction page is more active, so I thought I would cross post my suggestions here.

1. Do the following for the “In your Sources” section (some may overlap or conflict):

a. Have it always shown at the top of the explore the page,
b. Add an unread-only option,
c. Put articles from favorite feeds first,
d. Add an alternative sort facility (e.g., most recommended)
e. Provide a view setting like the category pages have (e.g., magazine or river view)

2. Make the other material handy, but not take visual priority over my sources.

One possibility: links on top to navigate to anchored page sections below “In the News” (containing the msm news headlines), “Social” (containing tweets, etc), “Multimedia” (containing flickr, youtube). Put the “Around the Web” section in the sidebar below the ad. Around the web is likely to be of most consistent interest and most connected with feedly’s organizing principle. The interest in the other items is going to depend on the topic.

Alternatively, create a tabbed sidebar panel to switch between the different content.

3. Let me configure a preferred general news source as an alternative to the New York Times section.

–Phil