After seeing several people mention it, I decided to give Google Reader a try. I like it. In fact, I’ve pretty much already switched to it for my day-to-day RSS needs. One reason has nothing to do with the quality of the software, but to do with the deployment model: I like being able to switch machines and get the same view of the same feeds including which articles I have or have not read. I used four machines yesterday, which is not that unusual for me, and every time I switched I could just pick up where I left off. The software itself is fairly nice, allowing me to read the new articles quickly and click through to links that deserve further study (something Thunderbird rather amazingly just can’t seem to get right). The left pane tends to cut off titles a little earlier than I like and doesn’t seem to be resizeable, but other than that it’s a very nice piece of work.

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