Comments on: Bloggers and Their Feed Readers: Which One to Choose?

By: Dave J. (Scoop0901)

Dave J. (Scoop0901) — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:59:20 +0000

I don’t have a favorite reader. I use IE, but also use OnFolio, and Tristana Reader. Go figure. I also have my feeds in Firefox. Everywhere I go, they’re there. :)

By: Peekaboo » Blog Archive » what influenced my choice of online feed readers

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:23:57 +0000

[...] I finally caved in because I wanted to read my favorite blogs whilst being away from my PC. So, I didn’t go with Google Reader that Robert Scoble swears by. I went with Bloglines. Why? For some weird reason, the Google Reader seemed to darned complicated. I have looked at their website over and over again to see if there was a more Jane-friendly version, but alas, ’twas not to be. This article on Blog Herald articulates the problem I was facing. I’m sure that I’ll get the hang on Bloglines and perhaps want more i.e. the Google Reader later on. I’ve got a slight Google fetish going on seeing as I have Google Talk, Desktop, Toolbar and all those “intrusive” options enabled. However, for a learner, Bloglines is perfect. [...]

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:33:33 +0000

In November I asked myself the same questions: http://www.annehelmond.nl/2006/11/25/review-feedreader-google-reader-bloglines-thunderbird-rss-reader/

Two months later I am still using Netvibes, it’s fast, it looks clean and it has a nice interface which allows you to easily move around and organize your feeds. Google Reader would be my second choice, but my Google databody is already way too fat ;)
What I don’t like (although this is not related to the readers themselves) are partial feeds. I understand the idea of getting the readers to the actual page, but for me it is an extra click in an external window which I am not always willing to make.

By: Google Upgrades Google Reader, And Yet Nobody Cared? at The Blog Herald

Google Upgrades Google Reader, And Yet Nobody Cared? at The Blog Herald — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:36:48 +0000

[...] In my honest opinion, feed readers are the glue that keeps the blogosphere informed and active with the day-to-day affairs of what’s happening around the world. By Google embedding video’s (as well as turning audio links into instant podcasts), users will be able to actually enjoy media content without having to visit the blog online. [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 05:16:30 +0000

Glad to see my fav on there … Long live Feed Demon !

By: Miriam

Miriam — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 06:34:33 +0000

Netvibes is my feed reader of choice. I love how easy it is to add tabs for different types of content, adding feeds is a cinch, and they have some pretty cool widgets you can add. And I’m a sucker for pretty, and Netvibes, in my opinion, scores well in the pretty department.

By: Big Roy

Big Roy — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:43:47 +0000

I didn’t start using a feed reader until IE7 beta came out. Because of the obvious limitations of the IE 7 reader I then moved to Newsgator. Now I couldn’t live without it. I have 93 feeds I read several times a day.

The sad part is unless something is very compelling that makes me want to comment. I never visit the sites anymore. I make myself visit sometimes just to see what’s going on. For a geek/blogger, a good looking blog or website is a work of art.

By: Aaron B. Hockley

Aaron B. Hockley — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:27:13 +0000

I am seriously addicted to Google Reader. I haven’t found any other application (either web-based or desktop-based) which lets me quickly process all of the items in my feeds. Right now I’m subscribed to around 270 feeds, which is about 22,000 items in the last 30 days.

Sadly, Google doesn’t report subscriber counts to the feed, so it ends up missing or under-represented when folks compile statistics like the ones above.