13 May 2009 - 23:37How to configure Firefox to view feeds in Google Reader

When you select “Google” as your default RSS/Atom feed reader, it will ask you every time whether you want to use Reader or iGoogle. To skip this prompt and use Google Reader every time, there are a few simple things you need to do.

Go into your about:config (type it into the address bar) and filter for “fusion.google.com”

Edit the line with the value http://fusion.google.com/add?feedurl=%s (the name should be something like browser.contentHandlers.types.2.uri) – change the value to http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed/%s

Restart Firefox and you should be good to go.  Now Firefox will open RSS and Atom feeds in Google Reader, without asking you if you want to use iGoogle. If you want to test to see if it worked, maybe you should try to subscribe to my blog, hmmm?

You can still add feeds to your iGoogle page by clicking Add Stuff -> Add Feed or Gadget.