http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/09/google_unveils_.html
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Google Unveils Big RSS Reader Upgrade
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Google today dropped a big update to its feed reader. They’re characterizing their RSS reader as “your inbox for the Web,” which I kinda like. One of the big new features is that each user now gets their own public page where they can share feed items. It’s similar to Bloglines’ clip blogs. Another feature is feed discovery tool.
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Now I’m not a bonafide guru with a big following, just a plodding injineer. I tried the google reader that everyone seems so hopped up about. I found two things that seem to need some fixin.
(1) It doesn’t suck up the entire blog. I pointed it at mine that has about 800 entries. [Nothing as erudite as yours, which I enjoy reading. I ramble about anything that piques my interest.] And the new Google Reader, as well as the old one, knocks off at about 564. Seems like an “interesting feature” fmpov. [I’m an old mainframe guy and I like to see control total balance.] If it doesn’t read it all, then how do we know it didn’t drop one in the middle. Smarter people than I may find this behavior explainable. I bet not many people checked.
(2) I have about 12 categories defined in WordPress for the various topics I ramble on about. It’s interesting that the new Google Reader things all posting belong to category #1. Now one would think that it would know about those things. Doesn’t matter much to me because I put the category in the beginning of every title. It would seem that a shiny new reader would know all about categories and translate them into tags automagically.
Just from a quick look, I’m not overly impressed with Google Reader 2.0.
(What’s wrong with giving things version numbers? It’s seems so “orderly” to me.)
BTW what do you do when there is not inet connectivity? I’m of mixed emotion about web based stuff. If you don’t have the net, all you have is a glorified game boy. I sort of like FEEDBLITZing RSS feeds into my email box so I have them offline to read. imho!
But thanks for an interesting blog.
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