Google finally released a beta of an RSS reader today. It has the slick clean interface like usual, however I find it lacking a couple of features:
I actually like the scrollbar on the left-side that Bloglines provides to navigate through the feed list quickly. With the GReader I manually have to click each time I want to go up or down (including Page up/down), rather than having the ability to slide the scrollbar (although there is a short-cut key for quick navigation).
Also, I like the item preview display that Bloglines has (GReader simply has headlines which you must click on for further information - no blurb).
In addition, perhaps organizing via newsfeed could be added as an option as well (currently only relevancy and date are the duo left to the task).
Layout issues aside, I was able to import my OPML file within a few seconds– everything else seems responsive as well. The keyboard shortcuts are nice too, probably addictive in the long run. It also has the obligatory ‘tag‘ creating ability article labelization (sic).
I am sure it will only be a few months until we see it integrate seemlessly with Blogger (an ‘InstaBlogThis’ feature over the horizon?).
I give it a B-. There is a dicussion of the service up at Google Groups.