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Google Reader

Just two weekends ago, gonj and I were talking about web-based RSS readers. I had briefly searched for PHP-based solutions but had not gotten any further than that.

However, just recently, Google Labs released a web-based RSS reader of their own. Called Google Reader and still marked as Beta, the Reader is an interesting solution. I'm not yet convinced that the interface is as good as it could be, but then again, I have very limited RSS-feed-reader experience. In general, my RSS feed usage has been quite limited. In part because I can have Firefox open a collection of news sites into tabs in one click and can browse the sites that way, and in part because I've found the feed readers I have used (local applications) to be cumbersome and annoying.

But a web-based reader is far better than any local client installs and Google Reader might be the solution a lazy sack like me could use.