blogvp

So I took inform.com reader for a spin. They are trying to get into the space with Google Reader, Bloglines and others. Here are my first impressions:

1. It seems to “feel” more like a news portal than a blog/rss reader
2. Too many pop-ups. Learn something from MSIE7 and Firefox, people aren’t the biggest fans of poups.
3. No easy way to just add a new blog. After playing around with the site for 15 minutes I still couldn’t find a way to add an RSS feed.

Final summary: I’m a big user of bloglines, and testing others, but inform.com hasn’t given me any reason to return. What’s your USP (Unique Selling Proposition)?

UPDATE: I was right, even Om and Business 2.0 agree that inform.com is not impressive. It’s a good feeling to be validated like that by “higher authority”.