Bloglines needs an upgrade
November 29th, 2006
Bloglines is one of those services that has been stagnant for quite a while. Ever since being acquired by Ask.com, the basic interface has remained unchanged. Regardless of this, Bloglines has dominated in the world of RSS readers, even if it’s not the best.
I suppose the number one reason why I use Bloglines is because I’m entrenched, both mentally and physically. I’ve experimented with other readers, but, I never seem to have enough time to transfer my OPML and learn a new interface. I guess I’m destined to enjoy/loathe the unchanging interface of Bloglines.
That was, until they actually made a change. Gasp.
It was probably a few months ago, but I remember waking up one day and seeing the reading pane automatically refresh without reloading the page. At first, I thought I was hallucinating–no, was this really happening? They actually implemented a useful and elegant feature.
With all jokes aside, Bloglines isn’t really a bad reader, it’s just old. All the cool kids are jumping to newer web RSS readers like Rojo, Google Reader, and Netvibes. The Bloglines team should really think about a redesign, especially with some of their older features that no one uses, like the Clippings, and with some of their newer features, like the potentially confusing Playlists.
Bloglines is one of those services that has been stagnant for quite a while. Ever since being acquired by Ask.com, the basic interface has remained unchanged. Regardless of this, Bloglines has dominated in the world of RSS readers, even if it’s not the best.
I suppose the number one reason why I use Bloglines is because I’m entrenched, both mentally and physically. I’ve experimented with other readers, but, I never seem to have enough time to transfer my OPML and learn a new interface. I guess I’m destined to enjoy/loathe the unchanging interface of Bloglines.
That was, until they actually made a change. Gasp.
It was probably a few months ago, but I remember waking up one day and seeing the reading pane automatically refresh without reloading the page. At first, I thought I was hallucinating–no, was this really happening? They actually implemented a useful and elegant feature.
With all jokes aside, Bloglines isn’t really a bad reader, it’s just old. All the cool kids are jumping to newer web RSS readers like Rojo, Google Reader, and Netvibes. The Bloglines team should really think about a redesign, especially with some of their older features that no one uses, like the Clippings, and with some of their newer features, like the potentially confusing Playlists.
