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- leowatson, on 06/08/2008, -3/+46Although AIR is cool, I'm not sure I can justify the need to have an extra layer for installing apps. Maybe they'll have a killer app soon.
- dinostabOMG, on 06/08/2008, -2/+15Bingo. I am very underwhelmed by this list.
- tolbs, on 06/08/2008, -3/+13I prefer to stay open, and am hoping that XULRunner becomes a little more stable and gains some more steam. XUL is what drives Firefox, Komodo, Joost and Miro among others. It is pretty lightweight, multiplatform, and is even being integrated into other applications (Lotus Notes 8 - Yuck I know - has XULRunner functionality as well as Eclipse). There are also a lot of great developer resources out there (XUL Planet, and Mozilla Developer Connection, etc.) as well.
- Daniel0, on 06/08/2008, -0/+9I've been breathing it ever since I was born...
- refreshers, on 06/08/2008, -1/+7Eh's a very cool program and not afraid of anything
- ElBeh, on 06/08/2008, -0/+6Mhm, Flash can be a beauty.
- inactive, on 06/08/2008, -2/+8that's not a password keeper.... that's umm our govern....
this message has been edited by Digg because of unknown reasons... - RobotBuddha, on 06/08/2008, -1/+7Same here. I was excited when the linux release finally hit beta, but then found there really weren't any applications I cared about. It's an interesting technology, but one still in need of a killer app. I/m sure it will happen, the technology itself is pretty strong. But, it's going to be a bit of a wait.
- julianrod, on 06/08/2008, -0/+5Yeah, but you gotta pay
- 4321234, on 06/08/2008, -0/+5Could you repeat that? I had my speakers turned down.
- mikev, on 06/08/2008, -0/+4Buzzword, Adobe's kickass word processor, is supposed to be ported to AIR.
https://buzzword.acrobat.com/ - leowatson, on 06/08/2008, -0/+4Can AIR do things I couldn't do previously?
- tetfsu, on 06/08/2008, -0/+3I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought trusting my passwords to an application writen by someone I don't know, on a platform that talks to the cloud is a bad idea. The bad thing is, there will be a lot of non-technical people who aren't going to think of it that way.
- ElBeh, on 06/08/2008, -8/+11Some of these are pretty cool. The AIR apps I use are Firetune (For music stuff), and Xdrive (Hey, free storage space). I'm always looking for more.
Also, I remember trying out a Digg-related app, but it was terrible. Does anyone know of a good one? - Philbert, on 06/08/2008, -1/+4For a freelancer like myself, Ora Time & Expense seems really useful. I've been looking for something simple that does just that. I just installed it, and it seems fairly simple to use.
- MrPillowPants, on 06/08/2008, -1/+4I prefer the Kuler AIR app over COLOURlovers
- Chirp08, on 06/08/2008, -0/+2If Shrink-o-matic resized, then proceeded to upload to an ftp directory of choice it would be infinitely better and more popular (anyone who posts images on forums would understand)
- parallax7d, on 06/08/2008, -0/+2Yeah, let's all install rootkits without knowing it because we clicked on a flash AIR Banner ad!
- marshaling, on 06/08/2008, -1/+3I've used Ora for about 8 months. It was the tool that opened my eyes to AIR. I think AIR is going to assist with the transition away from software to web based applications.
- thornnd, on 06/08/2008, -1/+3First, these apps are nothing special in and of themselves. They've been developed on just about every platform, framework, and language imaginable. Adding Adobe Air to the pile hardly makes them newsworthy.
- cheungroys, on 06/08/2008, -2/+4ouch... Error establishing a database connection mirror?
Mirror: http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:SJyfOxVvjSQJ: ... - grahampage, on 06/08/2008, -0/+2Tumblweed rules
- kcorbo, on 06/08/2008, -5/+7That password keeper sucks. It doesn't support special characters for the initial password. Very secure...
- Sautechef, on 06/10/2008, -0/+1Keypass is better and can be run from a flash drive on any computer.
- Archer007, on 06/08/2008, -0/+1You fed a troll. We don't do that here.
- moblati461, on 06/09/2008, -0/+1I just downloaded Abode AIR because of two of these cool little apps. Its pretty cool. Imma look into the xdrive app, I could def use that.
- flexterra, on 06/08/2008, -0/+1You should also check out s3mer a remote presentation (digital sigange) application complete with admin website. http://www.s3mer.com
- parallax7d, on 06/08/2008, -0/+1I think you do get it. Adobe wants to gobble up as many developers to program for it's proprietary interface, so they will have to purchase Adobe's proprietary dev tools and pay for Adobe's proprietary back end server software. It's just another big company trying to capitalize on the webs natural progression. (think internet explorer)
Google and Mozilla prove that you don't need to pay a company to develop awesome apps for the web. Don't let Adobe fool you, they are pumping an amazing amount of money into pushing AIR because they know once the developers are locked in, they have a steady income source for years to come. - insomnislacker, on 06/08/2008, -0/+1I think the idea of expecting a widget platform (be it dashboard, gadgets, widgets, or whatever) to be a full application platform is laughable at this point. For one thing the development environments are extremely limited (think about good JS or ActionScript debugging experiences, compared to the capabilities of XCode or Visual Studios).
As a result you end up getting trivial pieces of junk like a freakin color wheel who's only claim to fame is that it's supported on both platforms. No thanks. - Lynxist, on 06/18/2008, -0/+1Great list thanks, there were a couple of those that I had never seen before and they kicked butt. Colour Lovers is freaking awesome, I have not tested it as yet but Shrink O matic looks like a major bonus if your're working and don't have your usualy tools at hand.
Wicked. - parallax7d, on 06/08/2008, -0/+1Like Google, oh, and they don't use AIR...
If they did, it would probably cost them hundreds of millions in Adobe brand dev tools and server software. - Atomic1fire, on 06/08/2008, -0/+1Its some software adobe made so people could make applications with web technologies offline.
- Kranklin, on 06/08/2008, -1/+2Exactly how much can I trust an adobe AIR app to keep my passwords in a secure manner?
- parallax7d, on 06/08/2008, -0/+1passwords and internet don't mix
- vwvan, on 06/08/2008, -5/+6AIR is great if you don't mind Adobe owning and controlling the language. All hail Adobe.
- tetfsu, on 06/08/2008, -0/+1I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks storing your passwords in an app written on a platform that by design talks to the cloud by some joe shmoe out there is a bad idea...
The really bad part is that most non-techies won't realize that and just think this is a time saver tool. I hope this is above board. I know I wouldn't trust it and I'm not even a tinfoil hat kind of guy. - Smills, on 06/08/2008, -0/+1Why digg this guy down? Duggmirror actually caught something...
- inactive, on 06/08/2008, -0/+1TLDR
- Stephenlk, on 06/08/2008, -0/+1Adobe has actually done a good job with this. They use AES to encrypt their stuff. This is why many password storing apps won't work in linux. AIR supports this in both the mac and Windows version. You can read more about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_S ...
- flexterra, on 06/09/2008, -0/+1http://digg.com/software/Great_Adobe_AIR_Remote_Pr ...
- jsebrech, on 06/08/2008, -1/+2Obviously interpreted software never beats natively compiled software, but we've evolved to a point where the bottleneck in major business apps is now the user, not the processing speed. It doesn't matter that natively compiled software would be faster. What matters is time to market, and with flex / adobe air you can build software faster than in most native-compiled environments.
Processing-wise, the flash 9 / avm2 engine is comparable to the java engine. There are still some issues with memory footprint, but I expect those will be solved in the flash 10 engine, which will also deliver hardware-accelerated 3d support and a highly advanced text engine, so we'll see lots of games and word processing apps built on adobe air. - kecebongsoft, on 06/08/2008, -3/+3I'm afraid that will be quite slow in performance if they're making a large application instead of pure desktop application that made from C/C++, VB, Delphi, etc..
- RobotBuddha, on 06/08/2008, -1/+1I haven't seen any benchmarks, but I'd be surprised if it's too bad. I'd guess that much of the heavy lifting comes from platform dependent compiled libs. Scripting language run through a JIT can be surprisingly fast.
- proudcodemonkey, on 09/01/2008, -0/+0http://digg.com/software/Howler_an_AIR_MP3_Player
- bluntphallus, on 06/08/2008, -0/+0Don't. Drop dead.
- MacHarborGuy, on 06/08/2008, -1/+1unless you build your AIR apps using HTML, Javascript and XML.
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