Reader Notifier Preferences Screen

Check for new items

This menu option lets you select how often the notifier will check for new updates. If you have a smaller number of subscriptions, it may be useful to check more often. For a very large number of subscriptions, you will be notified constantly on new updates. It may be helpful to use the label filter in this case.

You can manually trigger checking for new items by right-clicking on the icon and choosing Check Now:

Only display items with label

version 1.0.8 and earlier: This textbox allows you to put a space delimited list of labels (folders, tags) that the notifier will filter by. If you have items in a folder called “favorites”, then putting favorites in this text box will make the notifier only alert you when there are updates to subscriptions in that folder. You could also put multiple folders by putting a space between them.

version 1.1.1 and later: the textbox was replaced by an automatically generated list of lables. just choose the labels you want from the list, and it will only show items with that label.
A right click on the listbox will open a context menu to let you choose all labels - or none.

if you changed login information, click OK to close the Preferences window, then open it again to choose labels.
(since 1.1.3: click on Refresh button to get list of labels after changing login info . There's no need to close and reopen the Preferences window)

Show count in Tooltip

When you hold your mouse over the tray icon, the unread count is normally displayed. If you wanted to turn this off, you can uncheck the checkbox. This is turned on by default.

Animate popup

When notifier detects new unread items, a popup animation similar to the Google Talk new mail notification is shown. You can uncheck this box if you want to disable that popup.

Start notifier when windows starts

The application is set by default to run at startup. If you wanted to turn this off, you can uncheck the checkbox.

Browser to use

If you want to open google reader in a different browser than your system default one, choose one here. The list includes every browser installed on your system.

your choice will affect opening reader when you:
1. choose "Go To Reader" from right click menu.
2. double-click the systray icon
3. click on the text in notification popup window

Unread Items Icon

Since version 1.1.5: Lets you choose the icon used for unread notification in the systray, since the default icon may not stand out enough.

Notification Audio File

Since version 1.1.1: Choose a WAV file to play when there's new Items.

Google Account Authentication

You should enter your Google Reader account login information here. The password will be saved in an encrypted file.

If you forgot to fill a field, the login failed, or you're not connected to the Internet, an error icon will show up. Hover over it to see the error details in a tooltip.

Check for New Version

Since version 1.1.3 Google Reader Notifier can Check if there's new version available. Click on the 'Check for New Version' link in Preferences window, and if there's new version, the link will become green and say 'New Version Available'. Hovering over the green icon will give you version details. Click on the link to go to the Download page.

When no new version available, the link becomes gray and says 'No Update available'.

When opening Preferences window, It will check automatically once, if you didn't check for at least 7 days.

Snarl Support

Since version 1.1.1 Google Reader Notifier supports Snarl (a notification system for Windows.) You don't have to do anything. Run Snarl, run Notifier, it will be recognized automatically, and notifications will show up in snarl instead.