On Aug 10, 2009, at 11:45 AM, Nathan Nutter wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Scott Granneman > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Aug 10, 2009, at 11:06 AM, Nathan Nutter wrote: > > > I used Bloglines when I first went online with my RSS feeds. Later I > > moved to Google Reader but it sucks > > Why do you think it sucks? > > I suppose that should have been past tense. I'm not really sure I > consider it to be good but it just gets the job done. > > As far as why I wouldn't call it good. It does nothing innovative.
Hmmmm. I'm not looking for innovative. I'm looking for usability. * A really quick interface with nice key commands? Check. * The ability to save items & search them? Check. * Web-based? Check. * Easy to add feeds? Check. * Search? Check. > The only reason I use it over other things is because of it's > history tracking, a.k.a. Trends. (NetNewsWire had an equal if not > better version of this feature.) I like the Trends quite a bit. Helps me get rid of feeds that don't publish! > Sharing is almost useless but not completely, the main reason I use > sharing is to send news links to my personal website. Amen there. I do REALLY like how easy it is to email stuff, though. > Labels...I don't see a purpose for them in RSS feeds. I use the labels as folders, to group feeds. At this time, I'm reading 240 or so feeds. Without the ability to group them, it would be very difficult. Scott -- R. Scott Granneman [email protected] ~ www.granneman.com Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications My new book: Google Apps Deciphered @ http://www.granneman.com/books "Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke." ---Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
