On Aug 10, 2009, at 11:45 AM, Nathan Nutter wrote:

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> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Scott Granneman  
> <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On Aug 10, 2009, at 11:06 AM, Nathan Nutter wrote:
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> > I used Bloglines when I first went online with my RSS feeds. Later I
> > moved to Google Reader but it sucks
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> Why do you think it sucks?
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> 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.
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> 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
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