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- lostboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16go to "Manage subscriptions" -> "Import/Export". You can import OPML files there.
- neomits, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13I've been a long time bloglines user, but with the google update I'm thinking about switching. Good comparison article.
- da5idblacksun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7It's not a starter page like Netvibes .. can't really compare.
- neomits, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Thoughts after switching:
- The "mark as read" after you scroll by is AWESOME. I love being able to click a feed, read down a bit and not have to worry about the rest of the feed going misread if I have to up and leave.
- I wish GR would remember if you wanted list or expanded view per feed. I'd imagine they'll add this in a future update.
- I like staring and sharing articles a lot better in GR than Bloglines.
- GR also seems to pickup less duplicates. Bloglines would often repost something I've already read (maybe that was an rss feed problem)
- Whenever I try a new feed reader I'm always curious to see if the # of unread posts matchup over a given time. I'm going to try it now with Bloglines and GR over the next hour or so.
For now, I've switched! - spiffytech, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I, too have been a bloglines user for a while now. The one thing that kept me from going elsewhere is a mobile reader. Now that Google Reader has one (google.com/reader/m) I've switched, and I love it! It's even better than the old interface, and I liked that. Just a few more tweaks to the mobile interface are needed, but I'm in!
I go for web-based feed reading, because I have four different devices that I view my feeds on. If I just had a single computer, I might go back to something like Opera feed reader (or stick with Google Reader anyway), but I need to be able to have my feed readings synced wherever I go. I've tried others, like Goowy, Netvibes (liked it, but no mobile) and attensa, but Google Reader is it for me now. - jadeonly, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Count me as another long-time Bloglines user now switched to Google. I agree that before Google Reader couldn't match Bloglines, but with this (recent?) update they've passed Bloglines.
- hasbeen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I switched as well. Google reader basically has everything that I need. The only MAJOR thing that it lacks is the ability to rearranged tags and individual feeds.
- da5idblacksun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Thanks!
- trenchcoat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I never liked Bloglines. It kept dropping the feed to one of my sites. I think Google Reader is much quicker in getting updated feeds.
- bcnewman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4apples & oranges
- da5idblacksun, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I was going to try Google Reader but I couldn't find an OPL import. Did I miss it?
- junkfood, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Setting --> Import/Export
- johnkeyes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I became a Rojo user after getting frustrated with Bloglines lack of development. Then Rojo upgraded their service and made it completely unusable for me. The new Google Reader rocks and has made this tasks much easier.
- pinkegobox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2as a long time user, and lover of bloglines, google reader doesn't seem as nice. however, in the spirit of giving google access to everything i do online and building a scarily accurate portfolio of me as person, i spose i should start using it :S
- junkfood, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Love Google Reader. Previously only used it on my Sidekick. When at a computer, NewsGator was my reader of choice. I like Sage, but prefer an online version since I have two work computers, two home computers, etc.
Really like the "Mark as Read" while you scroll. Also love the Shared stories page. Hope they do some cool things with that soon - or hope people come up with cool mashups for it.
Only two complaints with GR. One, I can't drag and drop my subscriptions, if I wanted to move folders or rearrange. Not a big deal, but I expect that sort of AJAXY goodness from Google.
Other is the crappy "Email" formatting. This is really annoying cause I often want to email people stories I come across. Nice that it works through my Gmail account, but the text of the email is a jumbled mess. Have to spend 5 minutes editing and formatting the email before sending. NewsGator does a much better job at that. - toddomatic, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2Netvibes seems to bog down and slow down my entire browser, especially after some time has passed. I had to stop using it.
- neomits, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Some interesting numbers about number of posts using the same OPML
1 hour
GR - 57
BL - 46
1.5 hours
GR - 83
BL - 59
2 hours
GR - 100+
BL 81 - Mojave, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'm unable to import my NetVibes opml file. I don't know if it's a problem with exporting from NetVibes or importing into Google Reader. Is anyone else having trouble?
- frntk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I had some issues with netvibes > google reader. The problem seems to be the OMPL file:
http://tacostand.wordpress.com/2006/10/11/i-would-love-to-check-it-out-but-i-cant - sfatoo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Both of your top two require installations, which means that they're in a separate category from Google Reader & Bloglines. Flock is only supported on windows & Sage is only supported if you're using Firefox. If you're reading the blog in a browser, why have a separate client for reading feeds? And using Google Reader or Bloglines allows you to go to any machine and catch up on your feeds. With those other two programs I'm sure you'll have to at least have the problem installed on the machine and I'm not familiar with them but you might have to reconfigure them to work on all of the machines that you use anyway. Regardless, I don't see a point to have a separate application to catch up on feeds considering how feature-rich both bloglines & Google reader are.
- hackmyballs, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Bloglines, we barely knew you
Google Reader is my new reader, kick ass! - spiffytech, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1They both probably grab the feed, and issue a token indicating a new feeds from their database to their users, rather than keeping a copy of every feed for every user.
We know that Google is very good at dealing with large amounts of information for large numbers of users. Their system is probably just better built to handle the large load, and doesn't mistakenly flag an article as read in the database. - spiffytech, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wow... I always wondered why I saw things on the Digg homepage that I didn't see in my bloglines digg feed. I always thougth it was just me not seeing one of a hundred articles. Now I know...
- kefs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1thx spiff
- spiffytech, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I don't think that the Google Reader mobile page is good for very many feeds. Until they impliment a "mark all articles in feed read" button in the mobile version, my opinion is the Bloblines mobile reader is better.
- zeth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Now if they would only add an option to sort the entries in a feed from oldest to newest.
- an0nym0us, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Google reader is *****' bright it blinded my eyes!
Yes, I'm typing from a braille keyboard, no thanks to Google. - judsond, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If you read this, I have a quick question about the mobile reader. Do you think it is useful for a large amount of feeds, or are you using it for say, less than 10? It's the only thing that is holding me back right now. :)
- Tanath, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I find myself switching a lot of things to Google. First it was search (a long time ago), then email, when I got a Gmail account. Then from del.icio.us to (a couple others, then) Google Bookmarks, and so on. And finally from Bloglines to Google Reader. Never looked back for any of them.
Google is sweet. - kefs, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1thx for the info on the new sage.. looks sweet
- Lzygenius, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0After reading it and trying out Google Reader, I can't digg this. Reader still is lacking in comparison to Bloglines.
I want to switch but the functionality of Bloglines keeps me coming back to it. I found the same thing with del.icio.us and Google Bookmarks, even after more than a month of GBookmarks I wanted to switch back to del.icio.us, and again it was the functionality that made me go back. - harryzou, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0here we add our suggestions for google reader
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/Google-Labs-Reader/web/suggestions%20for%20google%20reader - kefs, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I don't understand how that is possible.. If they're both grabbing from the same rss, how are the numbers different?
- adila01, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Score one for the Google Guys!
- Tanath, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Go to the bottom, and scroll up?
I don't recall Bloglines having that either though. - pile0nades, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Netvibes.com pwns both of them.
- llbbl, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2I have two recommendations for RSS reader that I think is better than Google Reader atm. Google Reader is third best free RSS reader IMO.
1) Flock - http://www.flock.com/
2) Firefox w/ Sage (new version rocks) extension - http://sage.mozdev.org/install/
3) Google Reader
4) Bloglines/Netvibes - protocolor, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1i don't think either is as useful or easy to use as netvibes.com.
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