Google Reader has launched a new interface design. I never really liked the old design of Google Reader. I had criticized the overuse of boxes, rules, lines and terminologies. Most of this has been fixed in the new version. The settings now says “Folders and Tags”, but is it more clear what a tag is and what a folder is? I’m not sure. I guess it doesn’t matter in practice.

The white backgrounds and the more simple design fits inline with usual Google offerings although not as simple as they’ve made search. It looks a lot like Google Docs. You can now hide elements that you don’t want to see and the friend’s shared social feature have been given more prominence. You can even hide the feed counts which can be useless if you have a lot of feeds that you don’t plan to read thoroughly. There are bundles to get you started quickly with the recommended feeds and feed topics to fit your taste.

If you didn’t know, Reader is a way of subscribing to web sites such as this one, news sites, audio and video programming, etc. You can reader more about the new design at the Official Google Reader Blog.

This post is a follow-up to Google Reader’s Design Kinda Sucks

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