Google Reader Now Offering Option To Sort Alphabetically

Just four days ago a post entitled How To Sort Feeds In Google
Reader Alphabetically Again was published on Ghacks that helped users
of Google Reader to sort their feeds listing alphabetically again. The
default sorting is alphabetically which becomes void when the user
begins to drag and drop feeds around in Google Reader. Four days ago
there was not a way to enable the option to sort feeds alphabetically
again.

The only way to enable alphabetically sorting again was to create
new folders and add the feeds to them. New folders sort the items
alphabetically by default.

A comment by Fernando mentioned that Google added a new Options
links beneath the feed list next to Manage Subscriptions in Google
Reader that makes it possible to select the default method of sorting
the feeds. The option can be set to “alphabetical” or “my order”.
Selecting alphabetical will sort all feeds alphabetical again. One
interesting aspect of the choice is that users who choose alphabetical
will not be able to move feeds around in the same folder in Google
Reader. It is still possible to move them to another folder though.

If alphabetical has been selected as the default sorting option then
the feed items will stay alphabetical in their folder and new items
will automatically assume the correct alphabetical position in the
folder that they are moved into.

This finally gives everyone who was frantically looking for a way to
enable alphabetical sorting in Google Reader a way to enable it again.