I am turning on to become a big fan of Adobe Air ^[1] as they are bringing more and more applications to the confines of my desktop.

For those who are not aware of Adobe Air, it is a runtime created by Adobe Inc which allows developers to create rich Internet applications that can run on any desktop irrespective of the operating system.

I have been using quite a few Adobe Air applications including Google Analytics AIR application ^[2] (Google Analytics for your desktop), AirTalkr ^[3](Multi Protocol Client for IMs), Feedalizr ^[4] (Freindfeed Desktop Application), Thwirl ^[5] ( Tweeter Client) and Klok ^[6] ( A project management tool).

^[7] To add to the list I found a super useful Adobe Air Application called ReadAir ^[7] which brings Google Reader (one of the most heavily used sites for me) to your Desktop. It brings the usual bells and whistles along with a much more niftier user interface to browse all your feeds.

The theme of the application is based on OSX the Mac operating system.

ReadAir Features

• Mac themed scrollbars and form elements
• Full synchronization with Google Reader Account
• Add/Remove/Manage tags
• Subscribe/Unsubscribe from feeds
• Search your feeds
• User preferences
• Resizable viewing pane
• Auto software update
• Auto login

There are a couple of missing features like Offline mode support and Keyboard shortcuts but the developer of this application is most likely to release a update for those shortly.

To put in short this is definitely one thing I was looking for and is much more better than Prism which I was earlier using to read the feeds in a isolated window on the desktop.

If you would like to find more useful Adobe Air application you can refer back to my guest post Top 7 Adobe Air Applications ^[8] or check out FreshAirApps ^[9] where you can find new Adobe Air Applications for use.

Via: [FreshAirApps ^[10]]