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Google Reader - RSS in Ajax Salsa

There are many online RSS readers out there (bloglines, newsgator, pluck)… and now we get one more reader… from Google.

Go check it out: Google Reader.

Google Reader

It’s made in pure Ajax style. There are nice loading images, very nice scrolling animations, super cool keyboard shortcuts… It’s quite interesting to tell the truth. Just login with your Google Account (got Gmail? well then… use that login!)

Google Reader

Your reading list helps you keep up with the latest news and updates from the sites you’ve subscribed to.

Scan your reading list and click on what looks interesting. You can order your reading list by date or by relevance.

You can star or label items you may want to check out again later. Reader will also keep track of what you’ve read and remove those items off your list next time you refresh.

Go give it a try (with all these online readers account I’ll have difficulties keeping synchronizations among them…)

This entry was written by Niccolo Favari, posted on October 8, 2005 at 11:16 am, filed under Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Comments are closed, but you can leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

4 Comments

  1. keoshi
    Posted October 8, 2005 at 1:37 pm | Permalink

    Pluck must be in beta stage because it doesn’t work flawlessly, so I’ll give it a shot on Google Reader.

    It’s a shame there’s no Firefox extension or a stand-alone program of this reader…

  2. flipthedolphin
    Posted October 8, 2005 at 2:04 pm | Permalink

    Oh… pluck?
    Well then… try the IE plugin. It works almost flawlessly. And has feautures that don’t work with firefox (like the “export feeds” option) …which is a shame because I never use IE!

    Speakin’ of google reader… well… it’s a beta and I expect it to grow a lil more. Feautures will be added and hopefully the interface will change a bit :)

  3. keoshi
    Posted October 8, 2005 at 6:39 pm | Permalink

    OK, after I submitted my last comment I went in search of a program/extension/etc. that makes me happy regarding RSS reading…

    I tried Pluck, Sage, Google Reader, and some others but no one of them had what it takes to please me at 100%.

    I then thought, why search for more stuff when I got Firefox built-in live bookmarks and netvibes?
    If you don’t know netvibes.com you should, I’m going to make that my front page from now on! AJAX rules!

    So, now I’m using Live Bookmarks to check minor updates/sites and netvibes to read contents! :D

  4. flipthedolphin
    Posted October 9, 2005 at 12:25 pm | Permalink

    I use netvibes too… but I find it quite slow sometimes. Well… let’s see what awaits us tomorrow :)

    (although Pluck for IE is really appealing to me… with its “unique account and remote storing and synching” concept)