In a "duh" move, Google adds Reader search
I recently switched from NewsGator to Google Reader for tracking all my RSS feeds. This was an experiment, but I've been happy and probably won't switch back.
Though NewsGator's desktop software (FeedDemon for PC and NetNewsWire for the Mac) is powerful, I'd rather have an identical interface everywhere -- and the Web-based Google Reader is much better than NewsGator's Web reader.
But one thing about Google Reader has really bugged me to the point of considering other options. I couldn't search (which makes no sense since this the product of an Internet-search company, the biggest such provider out there).
Now Google has fixed this. Thank you.
More from the Google Search blog:
Along for the ride in the search release are a few other Reader tweaks. You can now hide the side navigation by clicking on the separator to its right. Unread counts now go to 1,000, so that you can know just how far behind you are when you come back from vacation. Finally, Reader now behaves like every other web page and lets you use the forward and back buttons to move between folders and subscriptions that you've navigated to.
Thanks, Google.
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Update: Google Reader just reverted to its former state -- in Firefox but not Internet Explorer -- on my main work PC. Scary. Web apps are great because there's little or nothing to install on your machine, but you cede a lot of control to the developers, who can alter your experience when and how they like.
I recently switched from Google Reader to the Bloglines beta at http://beta.bloglines.com
If you have an iPhone you can also hit http://i.bloglines.com which is amazingly awesome.
I like Google Reader and all, but after playing with Bloglines new stuff for a bit I was more impressed there than I was with the Goog.
Posted by: Benjamin J. Higginbotham | Sunday, September 16, 2007 at 02:49 PM