RSSGoogle Testing Online RSS Reader
By Nate Mook | Published October 7, 2005, 2:41 PM
Google took the covers off a Web based RSS reader at the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco Friday. The tool, appropriately dubbed Google Reader, serves as an aggregator for Web feeds and is designed much like the company's Gmail service with Starred favorites and keyboard shortcuts.
"We often get asked how anyone's supposed to keep up with the firehose of stuff launched from the web's spigot, so we're offering Reader as a way to help," explained Google software engineer Chris Wetherell. "Like the Personalized Homepage, it's a part of Google's ongoing effort to bring together personalized web content to make information more relevant to users."
Like all Google apps, it's awful. Faster than I thought it would be, but definitely a clunker to work with.
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I think google should just release a browser. Then they could scrap the toolbar and this rss reader and just put it into the browser. They could also make a proper gui interface to their gmail if they so desire.
I'll stick with opera for RSS, thanks.
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ok can sum1 intelligent translate this article into a form that a neanderthal like me will understand?
btw. im jesus and any1 who does it will be lucky for their whole life
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Seems good... but as of now its very slow and is generating many errors... I would stick on with FeedFeeds ( http://www.feedfeeds.com )
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Its getting there slowly but surely.
As already said its more alpha than beta for me.
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Slow? On broadband or dialup?
Seems fast to me on broadband, but I'm addicted to Bloglines for now.
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It's been darn slow for me, and I'm using a University's 5Mbit connection, so I don't think the bottleneck is on the client's side.
Anyway, it's in Google Labs for a reason. I'm sure dedicated servers are not a priority right now.
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Yes, it is slow for me today.
As others have said, I get Loading... for quite a while.
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It got slashdotted.
Should be quicker now.
Needs scroll-wheel support, otherwise, it's pretty nifty. Blogging tools and GMail integration are a definate plus!
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so so slow.
buggy (labs-i know i know)
wouldnt import any of my bloglines exported opml files
euw
go bloglines!
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I can tell why this is still in the lab. IT'S SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW and very basic. Maybe with some time Google Reader will turn into a useful newsreader. It's not there yet!
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"Still"....rofl. Some people.
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Not exactly innovative...but ok.
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Yeah... services like this have been around forever, but hopefully this slightly different approach will turn out well.
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Go Google!! You are the BEST!!!
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Knees hurt?
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I bet yours do.
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Either that or the behind...
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