The Adobe AIR platform is one of the hottest desktop platforms available. While we've given you numerous recommendations on great AIR apps, finding them all in one spot (outside of ReadWriteWeb) can be a pain.
With so many to discover, here's a look at why you might want to recommend your favorite Adobe AIR apps at FreshAIRApps.
FreshAIRApps officially launched in April to showcase some of the most popular AIR applications available. James Whittaker, the interactive designer and creator of FreshAIRApps, does a great job of taking FreshAIRApps a step further than your typical directory. FreshAIRApps intends to give back to the community by providing users and developers with Adobe AIR news updates, tutorials, and numerous development resources.
Adobe AIR Showcase
FreshAIRApps provides a great showcase for some of the hottest AIR apps available. Given a brief review, users are welcome to provide their own opinions in the comments section and rate each app on a scale of 1-5. So far only a handful of of AIR apps have been submitted. However, site visitors can easily submit an AIR app for reviewing via the "Suggest an AIR app" button located conveniently on the site's navigation menu.
Adobe AIR News
FreshAIRApps also has a section devoted to Adobe AIR news. What's really unique about this section is the type of news that's featured. Not only will visitors receive updates on the latest news from Adobe, but also news about applications that have been reviewed including upcoming releases and links to interviews of the developers.
Adobe AIR Tutorials and Resources
Due to FreshAIRApps' recent debut there are only two tutorials available. The provided tutorials are aimed at beginning developers of the Adobe AIR platform. The first tutorial features a host of information about the tools and technical skills you'll need to begin developing an application using the Adobe AIR platform. Also provided are links to Adobe AIR development extensions for Dreamweaver CS3 and Flash CS3.
The second tutorial provides developers with backgrounds in programming languages such as Flex, Flash, HTML, and AJAX with a great list of documentation resources to get started. Along with book recommendations, more resources can be found in the 'Resources' section of the site.
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Thanks for the site review.
I install and review every application that gets featured so it is more personal than some other directories. This of course means that there might be a delay in getting through all of the entries submitted.
I am amazed at some of the applications coming out of the community and this is just the surface, things can only get better.
James
Posted by: James Whittaker | May 13, 2008 1:08 AM
Need more apps for friends.. as far as the current trend has it.. ;-)
Posted by: FriendApps | May 13, 2008 2:16 AM
Well my only question is, that where is the revenue modell in this kind of application? Maybe an article will be good in this topic.
Now I see, that AIR programmers, do quite impressive apps, but they give this apps for free. No adds, no brand, only the core app. Where is the business?
Posted by: jadezoole | May 13, 2008 2:22 AM
I think before too long, we will see security and privacy problems with AIR applications. Flash, Java, & ActiveX were bad enough, now we're supposed to surrender access to our hard drives to all kinds of new apps of varying (and mostly unknown) trustworthiness? Flash and Java at least have some level of standardized controls for privacy and security (though few people know about them). I've seen nothing like that in AIR. On top of those issues, AIR breaks the user interface expectations of the host operating system.
Posted by: Logical Extremes | May 13, 2008 11:08 AM
Great resource! I eat AIR apps up like candy, especially under Ubuntu -- it's great having a very familiar app (like Twhirl) that I can use on both OS's.
I do wish Adobe would allow the Linux build of Air to use the same auto-installer as the Windows side.
Posted by: J. Phil | May 14, 2008 10:10 AM