Rojo.com Nice but not for me.
02 January 2006 01:13 PM | Internet and Web
This morning Bloglines was down and I was
like a junkie needing a fix. It really showed me
how much I rely on Bloglines for my news and
blog reading. It made me start thinking that I
should try one of the other online aggregators
and perhaps split my subscriptions between
Bloglines and another reader.
First up, I tried Rojo.com. Rojo is pretty with a nice clean bright and shiny look to it. It imported my OPML file from Bloglines in a flash. Everything seems to work okay on it once you get it set up the way you like in Account settings. Rojo was also quite fast and signup was simple. It was all more user friendly that Bloglines.
But there are several things that really bothered me when using Rojo:
1.) No Frames: Bloglines uses a frame to show all your subscriptions on the left and then display the posts on the right. I like that arrangment, it means I don't have to scroll around to click on another blog I have subscribed to. Rojo has these all in one window and I was having to do way to much scrolling. It made me unhappy very rapidly.
2.) Eye Wander.: Bloglines is good about alternating each post in a blog with a dark gray background and a light gray background so each post stands out as distinct and you can tell where one ends and another begins. Rojo does not do this and I found my eye wandering all over the place.
Bottom Line: I might come back to Rojo, but I think I will try another.
First up, I tried Rojo.com. Rojo is pretty with a nice clean bright and shiny look to it. It imported my OPML file from Bloglines in a flash. Everything seems to work okay on it once you get it set up the way you like in Account settings. Rojo was also quite fast and signup was simple. It was all more user friendly that Bloglines.
But there are several things that really bothered me when using Rojo:
1.) No Frames: Bloglines uses a frame to show all your subscriptions on the left and then display the posts on the right. I like that arrangment, it means I don't have to scroll around to click on another blog I have subscribed to. Rojo has these all in one window and I was having to do way to much scrolling. It made me unhappy very rapidly.
2.) Eye Wander.: Bloglines is good about alternating each post in a blog with a dark gray background and a light gray background so each post stands out as distinct and you can tell where one ends and another begins. Rojo does not do this and I found my eye wandering all over the place.
Bottom Line: I might come back to Rojo, but I think I will try another.
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