Introducing Feedalizr - Is Adobe AIR better than the Facebook Platform?

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Introducing Feedalizr - Is Adobe AIR better than the Facebook Platform?

by Drew Olanoff May 26th 2008

Adobe AIR apps are the new hotness. We're seeing more and more pop up every single day. It's looks like the AIR platform is turning into the Facebook Platform on steroids.

Why? Because it's cross platform, and what a brilliant move by Adobe on that. You can install an AIR app on Mac or PC in a blink. Not only that, but it runs lightweight as all heck.

The latest app that has everyone talking is a desktop compliment to the increasingly popular FriendFeed. Introducing Feedalizr.

With FriendFeed's pretty neat Remote Key system, you can allow apps to access your FriendFeed stream. So getting Feedalizr going once you have Adobe AIR installed is a snap.

Some of the things that Feedalizr lets you do from your desktop:

Filter updates by service, such as Flickr, Pownce, and Twitter
Filter updates by friend, so if you just want to see Robert Scoble's mega-galacta-stream you can
Post videos - which is rather seamless, and records right from your cam in the app
Drag and drop photos and upload right to Flickr
Get instant updates in that nice slick slidey fashion on the bottom right hand side of your desktop

FriendFeed has a public API and has no official apps, but this appears to be as close as you could possibly get to one. It's very slick, and gets the job done.

What's your favorite Adobe AIR app? Drop a link in the comments!

[via the inquisitr]

Tags: adobe, adobe air, air, feedalizr, friendfeed

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Sridhar Katakam said 12:06AM on 5-27-2008

Doesn't work from behind a corporate proxy. No provision to enter proxy name and port.

Shariq Ansari said 9:47AM on 5-27-2008

Adobe AIR is great, but it'd be nice to see more compelling apps written for it besides the constant stream of RSS and Twitter readers.

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