ReadAir – Google Reader Desktop App

November 10, 2009 in google, tech, web | 27 Comments

Many of you have been asking me about how to manage so many feeds from various blogs and other sites. If you are finding it difficult to follow your favorite bloggers, here is an easy and effective way to make it easier. Use ReadAir, which is a desktop application available for both Mac and Windows OS. This is built using Adobe Air which helps ReadAir to be compatible with Windows, Linux or a Mac machine.

readairTo aggregate feeds, all you need is a ‘Google’ account :) ReadAir synchronizes with Google Reader and once the login credentials are provided for this application, it frequently grabs the new feeds if any from the sources you have subscribed to. You can add/delete new feed subscriptions as well as tag the feeds.

A quick snapshot of the features offered in ReadAir:

  • Mac/Windows themed scrollbars and form elements
  • Subscribe/Unsubscribe from feeds
  • Add/Remove/Manage tags
  • Auto synchronization with Google Reader Account
  • Search within your feeds
  • User preferences and re-sizable viewing pane
  • Auto software update and auto login
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ReadAir - Screenshot

To install ReadAir, you need to get Adobe Air first. After that go ahead and install ReadAir from this link. After the installation simply follow the onscreen instructions to complete the setup. There are other options like FeedDemon and RssBandit as well. I was using Yahoo! pipes for aggregating feeds initially, then moved on to firefox browser bookmarks. But now I have become a fan of this ReadAir – which is so easy and simple to be updated with the blogging world! Do you have a better application or tool for feeds? If so, please share the details :)

{ 27 comments… read them below or add one }

1 vineeta November 10, 2009 at 2:45 pm

Cool!! Hey thanks for the info :) I guess I will be more managed after this :P

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2 Mohan November 11, 2009 at 9:07 am

you are most welcome!

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3 rocksea November 10, 2009 at 3:12 pm

thanks, will check it out.

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4 Mohan November 11, 2009 at 9:08 am

Sure, also – please pass on the feedback if any… since it is a open source project, we can make it better :)

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5 kavita November 10, 2009 at 4:51 pm

Just the perfect tool i need right now…thank you Mohan.Off to the links you suggested…happy evening !!

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6 Mohan November 11, 2009 at 9:09 am

Glad it was timely helpful for you. hope you are liking it now :)
Yes, indeed had a great evening celebrating my wife’s birthday!!

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7 Swaram November 10, 2009 at 5:36 pm

Wow! Interesting :D

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8 Mohan November 11, 2009 at 9:14 am

I am sure it will be useful too :)

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9 lostworld November 10, 2009 at 6:15 pm

Looks new ‘n’ nice !!

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10 Mohan November 11, 2009 at 9:11 am

its portable too!!! just install and use on any OS… all it needs is Google authentication :)

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11 lostworld November 12, 2009 at 11:22 am

I’ll give it a try. . I’m not at all organized & don’t use Google reader or anything .. I just add blogs I read as favourites & visit .. :D

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12 Priya November 10, 2009 at 10:15 pm

Super duper sirjee!!! I am loving it. Thank you so much for the info and the links. Watch out me to be the first to comment on your new articles going forward :)

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13 Mohan November 11, 2009 at 9:12 am

oh.. no! I don’t want my blog readers to get into that mode :(
However, you are welcome to express views… I read each and every comment you see :)

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14 Sangeetha November 11, 2009 at 7:36 am

I knew about google reader via friend connect. But going to that site everytime to read blogs was tiresome. Because of this ReadAir, hope my life would be more easier to get updated with all those google reader subscriptions. Thanks for sharing the info Mohan.

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15 Mohan November 11, 2009 at 9:13 am

Cool.. enjoy maadi :) Somehow, even i wasn’t convinced of Google Friend Connect. Hence I removed it from my blog as well. Not sure if it helps now since ReadAir will sync up everything. Need to think over it :)

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16 Neilina November 11, 2009 at 10:31 am

Yup!! m using this one only. But sometime become too lazy even to open my google reader and just click the links from my blog! :)

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17 Mohan November 11, 2009 at 4:47 pm

hmm nice to know!

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18 Karthik November 11, 2009 at 10:58 am

On the first impression, it seem to be great. let me explore more! Thanks for the details Mohan.

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19 Mohan November 11, 2009 at 4:48 pm

you are most welcome!!!

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20 swats November 11, 2009 at 1:07 pm

i enjoyed the reading let me install it n chk…. seems to be more useful

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21 Mohan November 11, 2009 at 4:48 pm

Yes! especially if you have a huge number of feeds to track!

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22 Vikas Gupta November 11, 2009 at 1:36 pm

I am going to try this.

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23 Mohan November 12, 2009 at 10:54 am

Great! please share your experience :)

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24 Reshma November 11, 2009 at 8:05 pm

Aha… I know the secret now. Thanks for sharing ;)

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25 Mohan November 12, 2009 at 10:54 am

hehehe… you’r most welcome!

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26 Manju November 12, 2009 at 9:35 pm

Oh i love apps! i usually just use simple old google reader, but i think i’m gonna give this one a try! ^^
anyway, thanks for dropping by my blog :)

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27 Mohan November 13, 2009 at 2:13 pm

Welcome to my blog!! Sure, enjoy :)

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