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In response to: Google Gears on Google Reader

Richard Leggett [Member] — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:06:03 +0000

Hi Scottae, good to hear from you. Yeah I think there's a real good balance of UI richness and functionality.

In response to: Google Gears on Google Reader

Scottae [Visitor] — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:22:36 +0000

I just recently started using Google Reader, and I have to say I agree with you Richard. It's pretty awesome. Makes my keeping up with things much easier. I have it on my google home page.

In response to: Google Gears on Google Reader

Richard Leggett [Member] — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:03:58 +0000

Hi John,

I tried itsmynews but I went back to Google Reader for its stability and simplicity. Whilst it doesn't have the bells and whistles, I find myself using those bells and whistles only 1% of the time, so in the end I just want to scan the many feeds as quickly as possible. The scrollable region and long grouping lists on Reader help me do this pretty well. Interestingly, I only prefer it to some well known desktop RSS aggregators because of what is key to RIAs in my opinion, which is being a part of the existing online experience, aka "1 click".

In response to: Google Gears on Google Reader

John [Visitor] — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:10:17 +0000

just wanted to check back in with you and see what you thought of itsmynes and how you think it compares with the RSS reader you are using now?

In response to: Google Gears on Google Reader

Richard Leggett [Member] — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:46:21 +0000

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll take a little look now.

In response to: Google Gears on Google Reader

John [Visitor] — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:40:10 +0000

Have you ever tried http://www.itsmynews. I used to use google reader because it was also my home page but i like itsmynews much better. Cleaner layout more feeds and a site of the day feature, anyways check them out i'd be interested in knowing how you thought they were compared to google reader.