Jon Hicks has just released Helvetireader, a lovely minimalist theme
for Google Reader. He’s implemented it as a GreaseMonkey script which
pulls in the CSS file direct from helvetireader.com, which is a cool
touch. He also notes that “the Helvetireader user script is ideal for
using with Fluid.app to create a standalone application”. It is, of
course, also ideal for using with Mozilla Prism for those of us not
on a Mac (or those on a Mac who prefer Prism to Fluid). Grab
helvetireader.webapp for all the
well-styled-Google-Reader-in-its-own-window you’ll ever need. (Those of
you of a technical bent: all I did was add a webapp.css
saying
@import url(http://www.helvetireader.com/css/helvetireader.css);
to
greader.webapp, so you could do that yourself and add any extra
customisation you want to that file.)