This postGoogle released a new version of Google Reader yesterday. Since I’ve been somewhat less than satisfied with Bloglines lately (for some of my folders it refuses to show new articles unless I open the whole folder, and I’ve never really liked the look), I decided to try Google Reader out.
It’s prettier than I expected! :) Definitely aesthetic enough to not grate on my nerves (at least not too much). More importantly, it works quite well, and (of course) it fits in with the rest of the Googleverse. The keyboard shortcuts are there, and you can star and tag and share posts, and overall I’m impressed.
Granted, I’ve only been playing around with it for fifteen or twenty minutes, but I’m liking it. Goodbye, Bloglines. And yes, there are a few things about Google Reader that clashed with my previous conceptions of how an aggregator should act, but I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt for now; perhaps their way is better. (They were right about Gmail’s searching v. folders, I’ll say!)
So for all of you who’ve been using Bloglines (or haven’t been using an aggregator yet), try Google Reader!
