Google Reader via a Windows Client App

I love Google Reader, but I will also acknowledge that there are some UI things that are just plain better using a client application designed to run on a particular operating system. That’s why I’ve spent time with FeedDemon in the past (but ultimately went back to Google Reader for their mobile experience).

Last night at the Portland Web Innovators gathering, I had a conversation with Reid about aggregators, specifically mentioning it would be great to have a fat client app that was able to sync with Google Reader.

Today, I see that Dare Obasanjo announced Google Reader sync support in a soon-to-be-released version of RSS Bandit. I can’t wait to check this out. In the comments on his post, he notes the sync will include “mark as read” status as well as sharing - share an item via RSS Bandit, and it’ll end up in your Google Reader shared items feed. Sounds sweet.