For a few weeks now I have been using Google Reader as a means of reading a few blogs every now and then.  At first I was relatively pleased.  It did a good job of importing my OPML files and in spite of the fact that I was using a web based interface, the response time was fast and I could zip through posts relatively quickly.  Most of all, I really like having the feeds online.  I switch repeatedly between multiple computers and my phone on occasion, and the fact that I don't have to worry about any synchronization is a pleasure.  (Not to mention the convenient fact that it is free.)

Now that I have banged it around for a few weeks I am not so enamored, however.  Several times the automatic marking of posts as read has not worked, especially when switching between my phone and computer.  The result is that I end up reading the same post twice.  Also, you can't apply any rules or filters, which means I can't use it to block material from large feeds (such as MSDN Blogs) that I am not interested in or filter out duplicates.

By far the most ironic (if not the most irritating) is the fact that Google reader does not support any search capability.  Really... isn't that amazing?  I haven't yet looked around for the alternative (well I scanned my Yahoo and was unimpressed) but I don't think the current choice is going to last either. 

Sunday, February 18, 2007 11:14:29 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)      Comments [4]  Computer Related | Blogging | Miscellaneous