Especially compared to their competitors Bloglines and the last couple years of Google Reader aren't very much like email at all — the only vestige is the unrea

Especially compared to their competitors Bloglines and the last couple years of Google Reader aren't very much like email at all — the only vestige is the unread count. One of the major points of difference is the 'river of news' UI, where disparate items are shown in a continuous stream. It's not really any faster to read than viewing them one at a time like email, but the psychological difference is huge. What do you think used to be better about Google Reader? If anything it was much more like email before!