Speed won the battle of feed readers

Despite what I love about Newshutch, Google pulled me back in. Ultimately, I’ve come to realize that speed has so much precedence over any other feature (to me); I had to give Google another try. Interface is up in the rankings, too, but Google isn’t too bad at that. The major reason I left Google Reader for Newshutch was because the organization of the feeds. Some like the “give me what’s new no matter what subscription it’s in” view. Populating the list with the most recent feeds across a subscription list is not good with me. What if I wanted to read Digg through my reader? I can’t with this model. I’m then forced to rely on the subscriptions menu (Google Reader). In Newshutch, I like the way I’m aware of something new, but had the choice to view it based on the subscription. I think the count is important, too. Often I read feeds depending on how much time I have. If there’s only (1) post, I can read it now. If there are (8) posts, I better wait until I have a few minutes.

The problem with Google’s implementation of my desired “view by subscription” option, is not showing any indication of new feeds. It’s kind of irritating, but at the same time, the speed is unbelievable. I thought of labeling certain feeds with a key label so I could pull my top feeds based on that label (similar to the “categories” I used in Newshutch), but I don’t like that as much. Although, Google’s “Related Subscriptions” menu is pretty handy—maybe that will satisfy me for a while. Either way I don’t think I’ll be able to get over the quickness of Google’s feed display. Plus, their shortcuts are sweet. Particularly, g+l for labels, j/k for next/prev, and v for viewing in a new window (tab).