Adobe AIR Applications – Our Favorites

• Feb 8, 2009
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In the next period of time Graphic Rating will develop several AIR applications dedicated to web designers and web developers. Since we want to create something useful and good, we’ve started to crawl the web for the best Adobe Air applications. Some of these are now part of our daily workflow and maybe some will be a part of your workflow too. Anyway, you can think of these apps as alternatives to big expensive software. You can search and find free Adobe Air apps for all domains.

1. ADC Desktop

Adobe Developer Connection Desktop is an AIR application developed by Adobe. It serves as a bridge (has a cool clean interface) between the user and the ADC community. It is easy to use and it helps the user surf easily through the components, articles, tutorials and resources regarding Adobe Technologies.
Link: ADC Desktop

2. Adobe Kuler

It is by far one of the most important and popular Adobe AIR applications. It is widely used by graphic designer for creating color schemes. Connected to the web site, you can create, store and search color schemes giving the user great flexibility and displaying multiple choices.
Link: Adobe Kuler

3. Google Analytics

Google Analytics is definitely the most popular web service adapted and created in AIR. It has the same capabilities but it features AIR features – nice graphics, smooth animation and a great user experience.
Link: Google Analytics

4. Twhirl

Twitter is very important in these days and it seems like it starts to be a standalone industry. Because of its importance we now have many Twitter clients. I think of Twhirl as the best since it has the lowest price – free, and it has great features and delivers a good user experience.
Link: Twhirl

5. Mindomo

Mindomo is web product for mind mapping and diagrams. With a familiar interface (Office 2007), Mindomo AIR application is all you need for brainstorming and it allows you to work on your mind maps offline or when your internet connection is not available.
Link: Mindomo Desktop

6. Vertabase Timer

In case you wonder how much time do you spend on task Vertabase timer is the proper solution for you. You can keep track of your time in the handy Show Time report. Export time reports to XML, CSV or to a server for corporate reports on people’s time.
Link: Vertabase Timer

7. StockQ

With this financial crisis I tend to check the shares prices although I don’t own any share. And, instead of check the sites for MSFT, GOOG, AAPL, AMZN, YHOO! … etc., I use this simple AIR application that can display in realtime the price. It is easy to manipulate and it saves you a lot of time.
Link: StockQ

8. Splashup Light

In order to insert pictures and edit them for this article I’ve used the light version of Splashup web application. It is a crud editor that has basic functionality. You can add effects, scale, flip and rotate images, crop and add shapes and several other actions.
Link: Splashup Light

Since the number of apps is rising, you can check for different AIR applications that are suitable for your daily tasks. Also keep in mind that this is a new trend and Adobe Air could be the future (100 million installs). Cheers!