Snackr, is a desktop app based on the Adobe Flex technology that let’s you browse RSS with ease.
Although not too big fan of desktop apps, this one might have potential to go very big.
What’s Snackr? It’s an RSS ticker that pulls random items from your feeds and scrolls them across your desktop. When you see a title that looks interesting, you can click on it to pop up the item in a window.
How do I get it? If you’re running Windows or Mac OS X, just click the “Install Now” button over there on the right. If that doesn’t work, download and install the Adobe AIR runtime, then download and run the Snackr installer manually.
What about Linux? Snackr does run on the Linux AIR alpha we just released, but it doesn’t look right (animations are glitchy, transparency doesn’t work). It should be functional, though. You’ll need to download the runtime manually for now, since auto-install doesn’t work for Linux in the current alpha, then download and run the Snackr installer.
What’s this AIR thing? Snackr was built using Adobe Flex 3 and Adobe AIR 1.0. AIR makes it really easy to build cross-platform desktop apps using web technologies like AJAX, Flash and Flex. The Adobe AIR runtime will be installed when you install Snackr. Go ahead. It’s pretty small. It won’t bite you.
