Google RSS Reader
New from Google: a Google RSS Reader, called simply Google Reader. Now I was pretty happy with my free SharpReader, but it’s Google, so I have to give it a try. The first thing I notice about the Google Reader is that it’s not a software download, rather a web-based reader. The interface is very Gmail-esque, too. (Ooh, maybe they will combine Gmail and Reader one day…that would be cool.) You can add subscriptions one by one, but I have too many for that, so thankfully, the Google Reader offers the ability to import from an OPML file. This seemed to take longer than I thought, but it was all worth it. The Google Reader even brought in my SharpReader folders and applied these as "labels" to the feeds. Labels and the ability to star items are a couple of Gmail features that have been used in Reader. Since I love Gmail, it’s hard to not love Reader. Very user-friendly, very simple, very good.
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Honestly, I hated the reader built into Google Desktop, and the one on Google Reader seems to have the same problems. Lumps and lumps of entries come from weeks ago, nothing is in chronological order… even when set to “sort by date.” According to Google Reader, this entry I’m responding to happened long after a post on the Sp Times “Buzz” from A WEEK AGO. it doesn’t check things with proper regularity… it’s frustrating. I stick with Sage on Firefox.
To their credit, it’s the first thing I’ve ever gotten from Google that didn’t work right.
Dear Sara
I only wanto to tell you that the hiperlinks of this post Google Reader and SharpReader didn’t work. I tried several times. Have a nice day
Oops! Thanks - fixed now!