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Category: Technology Author : Duncan Riley Posted: July 29, 2008
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StumbleRead brings Stumbleupon style page viewing to FriendFeed

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StumbleRead is a new FriendFeed service that brings StumbleUpon style page viewing to FriendFeed.

The service from Adam Loving is simple to use. Users enter their FriendFeed id and API key, and are then presented with their FriendFeed feed in a left frame. Starting from the top, the service automatically stumbles from one page mentioned in a users FriendFeed stream to the next. Users can also scroll down their feed and select the pages they wish to view by clicking on them.

The service doesn’t leave out other FriendFeed features, and supports comments and liking. One particularly nice feature is the ability to like or comment on the shown page using shortcut keys, as well as using the keyboard for navigation.

StumbleRead isn’t going to replace the FriendFeed website, or other FriendFeed API driven sites (such as NoiseRiver), but for those times you’d like to sit back and enjoy the content linked on FriendFeed in full, with minimal interaction (like StumbleUpon), the service is perfect. It’s also a bonus for content creators who will see increased page views as more people use StumbleRead. If you’re a FriendFeed fan, definitely worth a look.


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  • July 29, 2008 at 9:27 pm Nice Fish Films
    Using it now. Pretty cool, testing some of the shortcuts and features.
  • July 29, 2008 at 9:37 pm Adam Loving
    Thanks for the likes and comments! I'm the developer, let me know if you have feature requests or problems! adam@stumbleread.com
  • July 29, 2008 at 9:37 pm Nice Fish Films
    Like that I don't lose FF stream when loading an article, I don't like not being able to see the url, not being able to bookmark, etc.
  • July 29, 2008 at 9:39 pm Adam Loving
    Yeah, not being able to see the URL is an unfortunate side effect of using frames. I may have to adapt it to a Firefox plugin...
  • July 29, 2008 at 9:44 pm Chris Baskind
    Congrats, Adam. I'll start playing with it tomorrow.
  • July 29, 2008 at 9:47 pm Roger Kondrat
    This is a really great app... I am using it now while I post this comment. One question; what is the difference between this& an FFX plugin?
  • July 29, 2008 at 9:54 pm nathan
    working great for me, too. Nice work
  • July 29, 2008 at 9:56 pm Adam Loving
    StumbleRead is completely Web based, it uses Javascript and Frames. So there is nothing to download or update.
  • July 29, 2008 at 9:57 pm Adam Loving
    Come to think of it, popping out the left rame into a tall narrow window, and opening the content in a separate window might work nicely
  • July 29, 2008 at 10:01 pm Chris Baskind
    It would be smart to stumble this, if you're an SU user. I've submitted it.
  • July 29, 2008 at 10:56 pm Noah David Simon
    I don't get it... gui friendfeed?
  • July 29, 2008 at 11:00 pm Duncan Riley
    Noah, sort of. Allows you to sit back and read the content discussed on FriendFeed in its natural environment
  • July 29, 2008 at 11:01 pm Noah David Simon
    I use frames on my website. they tell designers it is a no no.... guess not
  • July 29, 2008 at 11:08 pm Noah David Simon
    not good... I can't del.icio.us the frame
  • July 29, 2008 at 11:14 pm Duncan Riley
    Noah, it's not perfect, but it's a reasonable start, see the comment thread here on FF for details re URL etc from the founder
  • July 29, 2008 at 11:33 pm Justin Korn
    I actually came across this the other day. I really like the idea, but the service could use a nice face lift and probably a few tweaks. They are on to something though...
  • July 30, 2008 at 1:14 am Erik S
    Adam, I think it isn't all that difficult to create firefox sidebars, especially if the sidebar is just a web page.
  • July 30, 2008 at 10:52 am Mark Carey
    Nice work Adam! Just yesterday I was thinking about adding a similar framed or sidebar interface for my Moopz.com service. I like the concept of being able to view the linked page as well as the FF comments at the same time.

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