Google Reader vs. Netvibes

Google Reader does offer a way to export the whole feedlist, onvluding tags under Settings -> Import/Export.

I guess the approach of Netvibes and Google Reader are different. The only thing that irks me with Google Reader, is that loading the additional feeds in the right pane, makes scrolling slower.

I will give Netvibes a try, though for my taste it offers to many features. I rather like the decentralized way that Google keeps its apps seperated.

Jens,

thanks for the tip. i have edited the article accordingly. I’m using Netvibes only for RSS feads. It surely does offer many modules that expand it beyond a pure RSS reader but you do not have to use them at all.

Google Reader vs. Netvibes

A comparison of the feed aggregators google reader and netvibes.

Netvibes is not a rss reader. It’s only showing your the higlights of the feed. For a better and efficient reading is Google Reader much better. You can add tags, share your items, look how much you read the last 30 days, export all your rss feeds. I mean Netvibes and Google Reader are not worth to compare. Both are different and has different ways to use, and they show that in their own way. You could compare Bloglines and Google Reader.

Well I still think it makes sense to compare them because I’m using Netvibes only for RSS feeds and nothing more.

I do not need the additional features nor do I need the tagging abilities of google reader.

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I think a GreaseMonkey Script could easily accomplish that. Infacti it might already be ther, if not I am sure you could write it. I am kinda rushed right now , maybe over the weekend! sorry!

I hate scrolling too. But that’s why I love Google Reader. It has hotkeys. I just “j” through all my feeds, an extremely fast way of seeing all items from each feed.

Hey guys, you can export OPML on netvibes, see http://blog.netvibes.com/?2005/10/08/7-opml-export

quite hidden, i agree

the preference for one or the other really depends on how you prefer to consume rss feeds… netvibes will show you the most recent entries in your feeds whether you’ve seen them before or not, leaving you to remember what you’ve already looked at - google can be set to only show you things it hasn’t shown you before… if you’ve got 200 subscriptions, that’s a big help…

i think a lot of people who use netvibes like to see multiple subscriptions side by side and pick and choose what they look at, but in google and similar readers one generally consumes all feed items (or at least all their titles and decide from there if you want to look further) under the assumption that if the feed is worth keeping it’s usually because most of the items are worth reading…

Hm, i agree on this, its about how one likes to consume rss feeds personally, and i don’t think i could work with netvibes at all.

I have 150 subscrptions ongoing, with about 30 tags or so, some even multitagged. I select the tags as i go ans start reading with the shortcuts that google reader provides (free of mouse totally :)).

Alex this would have saved me some time, thanks for the find. Edited the article accordingly

Dear Sir,
I agree with Mr. Fatih Arslan when he says that google reader is comparable to bloglines. If you personalise google homepage then you can get the same feel as netvibes. However, I am sure that you will find netvibes to be much better.First obvious difference is that netvibes is quite colorful. Apart from that in netvibes you can add an unlimited number of RSS feeds and tabs. In google homepage one can not add more feeds after a certain number is reached. Six tabs are the maximum one can add.
Let me take this opportunity to compliment you for the excellent blog you are running. I am a huge fan of yours and I am fascinated with your technical acumen.
Best regards,
Kalind

Sir,
A correction! Right after I wrote the earlier comment, I saw that Google has remedied the situation and I was able to add more content to my google homepage. I can vouch for the fact that just before writing this comment this feature was not available. It is a recent phenomenon. However, the maximum number of tabs that can be added is fixed at 6. Apart from this there is a new preview feature incorporated in the interface.
Best regards,
Kalind

You might also be interested in a brand new start page available called Funky Homepage (http://www.FunkyHomepage.com). It’s comprised mainly of Google gadgets (as well as Gadgets from other sources), live news feeds (with your choice of news provider), daily Bushisms, daily jokes, horoscopes, videos, weather (up to 5 locations), interactive calendar, Google calendar viewer (for up to 5 Google calendars), comic strips and lots more besides. It also lets you choose your own search engine, colour scheme, etc.

Unlike many of the other personalised start pages available, there’s no need to create an account and it’s all already set up for you, with the most popular gadgets organised by category and sub-category. So there’s virtually no setting-up work required by the user, making it ideal for the mainstream audience and those (like me) who can’t be bothered to do all the work of setting up their own page. More adventurous (and less lazy) users can choose to add their own Google gadgets and RSS feeds, but most people just use the gadgets and tools provided.

Unlike Netvibes, PageFlakes and all the other AJAX powered home pages, Funky Homepage does not use a drag and drop interface. Instead it allows you to select from a drop-down list of the most “popular” gadgets and feeds - “popular” according to the Google gadgets most popular list, that is. As such, it’s not really intended to compete with the flexibility of Netvibes and PageFlakes, but instead is intended to address a gap in the market for those who want something a bit more funky than Google or Yahoo, but without all the setting up required of Netvibes and Pageflakes. So only the most popular gadgets are offered. Although it still maintains a large degree of flexibility for the more adventurous users, allowing them to enter their own feeds and gadgets, should they wish. Whether you like it or hate it, at least it offers an alternative from the plethora of AJAX-powered homepages that are now available.