Last month Jesse Macfadyen shared a tool he developed, the YuTuplr. YuTuplr is a AIR application that allows you to simple upload Youtube videos.

The application and the source code is available to download at Google Code, and you can take a look at nitobi where Jesse explains the process of development for the application.

Robert Christensen explains that Adobe knows about the performance problems with AIR applications on MAC, it seems that Adobe is working on that.

This specific article has some tips on how to make your AIR applications run smoother and with the best performance possible.

Have a look.

Tips for Adobe AIR

The Adobe AIR central resource for available AIR applications.

Select the area you want to PrintScreen and save the selected Area into a JPG file.

Text Layout Framework delivers multi-lingual, print-quality typography for the web, including support for:

- Bidirectional text, vertical text and over 30 writing systems including Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Lao, the major writing systems of India, and others.
- Selection, editing and flowing text across multiple columns and linked containers, and around inline images
- Vertical text, Tate-Chu-Yoko (horizontal within vertical text) and justifier for East Asian typography
- Rich typographical controls, including kerning, ligatures, typographic case, digit case, digit width and discretionary hyphens
- Cut, copy, paste, undo and standard keyboard and mouse gestures for editing
- Rich developer APIs to manipulate text content, layout, markup and create custom text components.

Download and read more at Adobe Labs

- AIR is simple
- AIR is multiplatform
- One css/js/html implementation to rule them all
- Users like AIR
- Bigger target audience

Read full article at Cthulhu and other crazies

Adobe Flash Player 10 / Adobe Flex® 3.2 / Adobe AIR™ 1.5 – (PDF)

* Adobe AIR 1.5 developer release notes
* Adobe AIR 1.5 user release notes

Download Adobe AIR version 1.5

Via: CodeHinting

Rob Christensen presented a new Adobe AIR Tem Blog. There you will find the most cool updates, applications and stuff related to AIR given by some of the most important developers out there.

For sure something to keep an eye on.

Enjoy!

webresourcesdepot.com has posted a handy article featuring 27 AIR applications considered has being useful for web designers. I already have provided a link with 10 cool AIR applications but I believe this one is more complete.

The list is showing the following applications:
Web Snapshot
WebKut
Pixus
PixelPerfect
Icon Generator
Flickr Flipper
RichFLV – FLV Editor
Shrink O’Matic
Em based layouts – Vertical rhythm calculator
Font Picker
COLOURlovers Desktop Color Finder
Kuler Desktop
Color Browser
Color Picker
RegExr Desktop
Snippely
SearchCoders Dashboard
Vertabase Timer
MiniTask
Klok
Doomi
Timeloc
Ora Time & Expense
FEAT (Freelancer’s Estimation Assistance Tool)
Google Analytics Reporting Suite
Snippage
ConceptShare Desktop Uploader

For sure, truly recommended.

The following features are available with this release:

* Runtime/Application Install/Update and Uninstall.
* HTML Loader with JS support to render HTML within AIR applications.
* Local Database APIs
* File system support with support for user folders like Desktop/Documents etc.
* Desktop Integration with Drag and drop, clipboard support
* Windowing support with System chrome none/standard
* Transparency
* Menu support with context menu, menu bar, pop up menus and menu events.
* Networking
* Network change detection (Event.NETWORK_CHANGE )
* System wide idle detection (userIdle Event)
* NativeApplication APIs
* Capabilities (OS) API
* Mouse events
* Detection of running application (InvokeEvent.INVOKE)
* File type registration
* System tray icon and menu support
* Hardware acceleration
* Menu keyboard accelerators
* Screen API (multi-monitor support)
* V4L2 camera support, A/V Hardware change API
* Printing
* Launch application at Startup
* PDF and SWF within HTML
* IME support
* Fullscreen
* Localization
* Encrypted Local Store.
* Certificate store.

AIR for Linux

“Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today reported that there have been more than 25 million installations of applications deployed on Adobe® AIRâ„¢ in the first six months since its release. Numerous Fortune 500 companies, in addition to start-ups across a variety of industries, have deployed hundreds of AIR applications to engage with customers, partners, and employees in new and compelling ways.”

Press Release

Flight Sim users are reporting game crashes after installing AIR Applications. It seems that AIR controls all .air files and you can find hundreds of these under Microsoft Flight Simulator installation.

User’s are reporting this issue under flightsim.com forums.

Via FlightSimX

Six Revisions has posted 10 great AIR applications that might be useful for web designers. The list is composed with some of the best and coolest AIR applications around at the moment.

What you will find:

- Em Calculator
- colorPicker
- AIR Icon Generator
- Google Analytics Reporting Suite
- Shrink O’Matic
- WebSnapshot
- kuler desktop
- pixus
- Klok
- Snippely

Via sixrevisions.com

AirBooth
Burble
comicbook.air
Cover Tracks
CyberPet
Explosive Air Timer
File Cake
Filmstrip
Flapshot
Kilian’s Design Tutorial
Lunar Arts RSS Notifier
Quick Pic
ReUsed – Connecting People Through Creations
Robot Desktop Companion
Super Fun Happy Web Browser
Syphon3D
The Colbert Desktop
The Magazine Cover Creator
Tools of Destruction
XML File Generator

Via http://imm.sheridanc.on.ca/air

TokBox the live video calling is now available for desktop use developed with AIR. This version will run on Windows, Mac and Linux. TokBox allows you to make video calls, send video mails and instant messages. Facebook and Meebo integration is also possible with this simple and fast application.

TokBox