One thing I was looking for in my RSS Reader, which Opera did well, is the ability to list the feeds displaying titles only. I like to see what the title hints at and then if it peaks my interest go forward and read the post. If not move along to the next head line. This makes the job of looking at 100 news post a easy task as there will probably only be about 15-25 that will peak my interest and many of those will be duplicates such as a news post on multiple sites. Really a nice tool that makes it easy to filter out anything but what you are interested in spending your time reading on.

Another thing I was looking for in a RSS reader, which Opera lacks, is the ability to synchronize the feeds since I find my self using quite a few computers. I might be at a friends house or at work or one of several computers at the house. (No I'm not rich. Only 1 is new which is about 10 months old and the others 2 are 5+ years old. So I update probably on average about every 4 years and just haven't got rid of the last 2).

One minor thing that I also wanted is while Opera worked great I really wanted to use my favorite browser so there is only 1 set of tabs rather then some on Opera and some on FireFox to keep track of. This of course is not a option in Opera feeds since the news I opened up would spawn a new Opera tab opening the page.

As I mentioned I've been using the Opera browser as a RSS reader. My thoughts on Opera..
1. Clicking on a RSS link automatically ask to be added. It also loaded the RSS source in the background which might confuse some people. Click yes to add then back button to get back on site. Click feeds tool bar to view feeds.
2. Opera as I mentioned does a good job about listing headers only with a preview window at bottom. It displays a link at very bottom that takes you directly to the post on the site.
3. Opera RSS reader is built into the browser. This makes it very quick to load and display feeds since it doesnt need to keep refreshing a page like the web based ones.
4. Opera lacks a synchronization tool which makes it annoying finding where you were or making sure all your feeds exist between different computers.

So the one I revisited to check on progress was Pluck. My thoughts..
1. Pluck works as a browser plugin but loads a web page. There for it is web based.
2. I found it to be extremely slow. Very intolerable.
3. It list only 1 site at a time. Click on site and it list the feeds.
4. (maybe not a issue in IE) the plugin fails to close when you click the (X). Had to go into tools menu and uncheck the plugin to get it to disappear from the side panel.
5. If you have Google Toolbar you do have a 1 click tool to add new feeds on sites that offer a RSS feed.
*Over all I was a bit more disappointed with Pluck then I had been previously*

Next up was NewsGator..
1. Its web based but seems to load pages fairly quick.
2. Is only able to display one site feed at a time.
3. No option to view titles only. So it list title and atleast some of the content.
4. It does have the ability to forward feeds to a mobile device which is nice!
5. (not sure if this is firefox only) Minor rendering problem. As you scroll down a long list each listing is a little more to the right.
6. This one is also supported by the Google Toolbar 1 click easy add.
*Over all I think this one was alright but I bit of room for improvement in my opinion*

Next up was BlogLines
1. Web based and seems to load pretty quick.
2. Google Toolbar also supports 1 click add for this one.
3. One bad thing was it automatically hides unviewed feeds. By this I mean I can literally click on HiWired feeds and have them all list. As soon as I do that you notice the new feeds count disapear. And as soon as I click away and then click back to HiWired feeds there is nothing to see. Luckily at the bottom there is a option to list every post thats less then a week old and will re-list them.
4. It does list titles only if you select this in options.
5. It does list all feeds from all sites in one listing.
6. It does not mix up titles by post time. What I mean is on Opera you will, if you select to view all feeds, have all titles regardless of what site it is related to listed by post date/time. With BlogLines it will list the site with all posts under it and then you scroll down to the next site.
*Over all my experience was very positive. Since BlogLines is web based my major complaint with Opera gets resolved using this tool since no matter what computer I use it will access the same page which is up to date with my viewed feeds and what feeds should be watched for.*