Google Reader finally gets search (and some other features)
Today Google Reader made a big step and is now, in my opinion, the best feed reader around. While it is still not very pretty (but simple), they added the possibility to search in your subscriptions and shared items. With regards to the fact, that Google is a search company, this is a feature that should have been ready since the products launch.
Besides the search box, there are several other features. The raised the bar for how many unread items it counts from 100 to 1000, which will make it a little nicer to catch up with all your feeds when you haven’t checked in for a while. You can also hide the sidebar, which gives you kind of a fullscreen view of the feed your currently reading.
They also moved the Loading box to the top and let the Google Labs icon vanish, which may be a sign that Google Reader will soon Google’s palette of non-beta products. (Or at least it graduate out of Labs.)
(via Techcrunch)