racoma.com.phJ. Angelo Racoma on technology, economics, writing, problogging, and getting things done

I’ve stuck it out with Bloglines even when there were other RSS readers touted to be more cool (okay, I also used Vienna when I used my Powerbook as my main work machine). Even though the interface was a bit dull, I found beauty in the simplicity (and the lack of snazzy AJAXy effects).

Now, Bloglines has redesigned and has released its new features and interface as a beta.

Why I like it:

* Drag and drop reorganization of feeds
* Feeds are marked as read when they are actually shown in the window, not when the whole page is loaded (meaning you might have missed those posts at the bottom of the page)
* Quick switch to quick and full views
* Less page refreshes
* Seems spiffier, overall. Not like Google reader which takes forever to load.

Bloglines plasn to release this new version in full before the year ends. You can try the beta yourself by logging in to beta.bloglines.com — use your existing Bloglines login!

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