Comments on: Worst. Reader. Ever.

By: Don LaVange

Don LaVange — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 17:30:55 +0000

I was surprised at how bad the reader was — and it wasn’t just buggy, but the interface is absolutlely whacked. Further, the contact email bounces.

By: J.P.C. - Jason Clarke » Google’s Reader Unfortunately Sucks

J.P.C. - Jason Clarke » Google’s Reader Unfortunately Sucks — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 16:08:41 +0000

[...] I was afraid to be the first person to publicly bag on the Google Reader (Google’s newly released beta RSS feed aggregator). But now that Ed Bott has nailed it so accurately, I don’t feel so bad spouting my opinion. [...]

By: Keith Spragg

Keith Spragg — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 10:54:31 +0000

Yeah, I gave this a go for all of five mins, Importing (supposedly successfully) an OPML file exported from Bloglines. I then proceeded to get several thousand “there was a problem” messages, just by moving up and down the list of feeds. Then I realised that it was going to produce an item on the left panel for every item in the future – and realised that scan-reading the Slashdot, Register and BBC News feeds I have was going to be utterly impossible, so binned it faster than you can say ‘what a load of rubbish’.

A definate case of style over substance here, methinks.

By: Ablewasi

Ablewasi — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 00:52:29 +0000

Nailed it. Worst ever. So surprising that this came from Google. Newsgator online is the best web reader I know.

By: John Sercel

John Sercel — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 21:31:59 +0000

Thanks! I’ll have a look at those.

John

By: Ed Bott

Ed Bott — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 21:21:29 +0000

I think NewsGator Online is excellent, especially because of its ability to synchronize with NewsGator Outlook version, FeedDemon, and (soon) NetNewsWire.

Despite the grief I give them for their horrible attitude toward customer service and technical support, Bloglines is still pretty usable. It’s much better than the Google Reader, although I think it pales in comparison to NewsGator.

If anyone else has recommendations in this space, feel free.

By: John Sercel

John Sercel — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 21:16:28 +0000

Okay, so this is the worst online feed reader ever. What are the other online readers that are better?

John

By: Rodney Buike

Rodney Buike — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 20:09:47 +0000

Utter garbage. Bloglines maybe slow, but at least it still works! Gtalk was a let down, now this. *sigh*

By: NewMexiKen

NewMexiKen — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 17:37:32 +0000

Absolutely. I couldn’t delete it fast enough.