Bloglines has added three new features to its RSS reading service.

First up is the ability to save posts including text and graphics from within Bloglines to a “Saved” folder. that allows users to have quick access to previously read posts at a later term.

“Photo Widget” provides large thumbnails of images from Flickr feeds; previously only a text description was available.

Last, but certainly not least is the blog view operate. The allows users to switch into a 3-pane view that shows the full post on the actual blog, as opposed to just a feed only version of it. What that means is that you can now view a full post within Bloglines where only a part-text feed is offered, but perhaps more impressively users will be able to interact with the blog as

well, for example read comments and see other elements of the site, including ads.

The new Bloglines was launched in August and since that moment Bloglines has continued to roll out improvements and new features, including support for OpenID (with APML and oAuth support coming). Bloglines has lost its once dominant lead in the RSS Reader market, mostly to Google, but with continuing feature additions such as these it offers an appealing product that may well be worth another look for those who have left, or for those who have never tried Bloglines before.

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Original post by Duncan Riley