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ReadAIR - Google Reader AIR app
via freshAIRapps.com - Showcase by (author unknown) on May 12, 2008
For those readers who use Google Reader as their news feed aggregator then you will love this new AIR application. It has the same basic UI layout that the web based reader has so you can really jump straight in and start using it.
You could be fooled into thinking this app was developed by the Google it is that well polished. It has full synchronisation with your Google Reader account and requires you to log in with your credentials prior on application load. These get stored locally so you won’t have to do it again. The viewing panes can be resized but the columns in the list view can’t. It has a search feature for going through all of those feeds and you can use tags as well as add or delete subscriptions.
According to the Google code page this app will soon have custom themes, keyboard shortcuts which I love using on Google Reader and more. Sounds like the developer has got some great ideas in the pipeline for this app.
Design eye
The interface is styled like a OS X application (regardless it your on Windows or OS X) and it looks great. The developers have done a great job on the UI. Text and icons are all easy to read and meaningful.
Technical eye
Yes, this application is hosted on Google Code and is open source. It is HTML based and uses the JQuery Javascript library for effects, AJAX and other behaviours. The code is extremely well written and commented so I would urge you to go and download the source, great for seeing how a complex HTMLAIR application goes together.
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