What will I do on July 2nd, you ask? I'll resentfully turn to Feedly.
I played with the following three options: Blogluvin, The Old Reader, and Feedly. Only Feedly is left standing.
On Blogluvin...
I never figured Blogluvin out and I just didn't have the time to play with it. It appears like a separate community. I don't want a separate community (insert pouty face), I just want to read my feeds. At one point I was excited because there was a feature that allowed me to move seamlessly to the next blog. I'm not sure what you call that toolbar thing. BUT the toolbar failed if I commented on a blogger blog and the page had to reload. My excitement quickly dissipated. Then I moved on to Feedly.
On Feedly...
Feedly was okay at first glance but I just didn't quite like it. Although, Feedly gives many options on how to view your feed, I didn't like that I had to change it every time I opened Feedly rather than being able to set the default. If I'm wrong on this, somebody please help me. I also didn't like that I couldn't scroll though my feeds quickly by clicking (I really hate pulling down the scroll bar). BUT then I realized that I could scroll through quickly by using keyboard shortcuts. Then I became frustrated because I couldn't remember the keyboard shortcuts and found myself pushing random buttons on my keyboard. Gah! Yes, these are the problems I choose to have. Then I decided to jump ship and try The Old Reader.
On The Old Reader...
I gave The Old Reader more of a shot than the other two. I liked it because it reminded me of Google Reader which is good for the Gal who doesn't welcome change. But I eventually had to admit to myself that the drawbacks in this reader were just too big. First, I can only have each feed in one category at a time. I organize my feeds into categories by genre. I also have an unsorted category for the blogs, I haven't yet placed and I also have a favorites category for those blogs that have my attention at the moment. These change quite often and the categories are pretty fluid. All blogs in a non-genre category like "Favorites" or "Readathon" should also go into a genre category. The Old Reader doesn't allow me to do this for someone reason. And when I started to use this reader, it adjusted my feeds so that they were in only one category. This totally SCREWED me up. I've been trying to fix this for over a month. BAD BAD BAD. Then, I didn't like how my posts looked in The Old Reader. I hated the thought of people seeing my posts formatted like that. It gets worse. The Old Reader does not update my feeds when I view them in other readers or on my iPad. This is especially bad because The Old Reader doesn't have an app. So when I felt sorry for myself and went back to Google Reader, The Old Reader did not recognize that some of the posts and already been looked at by me. Gah! I'd visit blogs on my iPad and come back to The Old Reader and find 999+ unread feeds. This was too overwhelming for me. It's just inefficient.
Sooooo...
I went back to Feedly. Or I will. Tomorrow. But not today. Today I will use Google Reader. I will make them kick me off.
I hope everyone's transition has been smoother than mine. How'd the transition go for you.
