I'm lovin' Google Reader

For about the past week or so, I've been using a href="http://www.google.com/reader/view/"Google Reader as my RSS feed reader. I had a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/Techcrunch/%7E3/29198214/"read that Google upgraded the product and decided to check it out.

The good...

• I was able to import my OPML file to load my feeds from GreatNews.
• The hotkeys make reading my feeds easy.
• Since it is web based, it easily manages which feeds I've read from anyway. (No more duplicate feeds read at work and then ready on my main feed list at home.)
• It has a mobile version so I can read current feeds through my phone.
• Starred items make it easy for me to mark articles I want to go back and read later (or again.)
• Shared feeds allow me to mark things to share with others. I look forward to start marking stuff to share with friend and others here.

• It is not as fast as I'd like.
• The email links function forces me to use my gmail account.
• It obviously can't handle my internal feeds from work.
  
• It looks a bit bland. (Not a negative for me, but it is a compliant I've read elsewhere a few times.)