When I had a look at various online feed readers about 8 months ago I dont think Google’s Reader even existed - it’s certainly not been particularly useable up until a few weeks ago.

Google Reader is far more user friendly now, with a clear layout and a clever AJAX (Im guessing) trick where it marks posts as read as you scroll through them. Theres also a neat little bookmark bar ‘Next »’ button which Ive been using a lot lately. It steps you through your unread posts from post to post in the actual web browser, viewing the original site, rather than formatted by and in the feed reader - which is nice.

I just wish I could use it in combination with NetNewsWire in the same way that I do with NewsGator, as I dont think I could move entirely away from NetNewsWire. I tried it with FeedLounge and whilst that is, Id wager, the best web based reader out there, it does cost money and I still had to go back to NetNewsWire after a few months using FeedLounge.

So come on Google and NetNewsWire developers - work together.

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