Hello, Google Reader
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I appreciated Bloglines’ attempt to listen and problem-solve, but didn’t have time to wait.
Helpful comments about Google Reader led me to explore it and Netvibes yesterday as alternatives to Bloglines and that unfortunate Image Wall.
Google Reader is slower than I’d like, and it possibly caused some crashes on my Firefox (though I’m sure I can go to some help forum and solve that problem). But it, unlike Netvibes, allows the “keep new” feature–in Google Reader it’s “star this” or something–that made me loathe to leave Bloglines.
So off we go to Google Reader. Students will groan–but I bet they change that to “wow, that was easy,” when they see how simple an OPML export-import of feeds from one reader to another is.
And really, when you start thinking about the whole Google package–Google Homepage, Blogger, and the whole Google universe–it seems lazy to stick with an old habit like Bloglines just because it’s a habit. Another addiction to kick.
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I made the switch from Bloglines to Google Reader a couple months ago. And I’ve found that I use the personalized homepage and docs. And I’ve even put a feed badge on my class page. But I can’t figure out how to get a blogroll badge for my blog. Have you figured it out?
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C. Watson
22 Feb 07 at 12:36 am