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AIR 2, Microsoft future UI and iCheckbox
Adobe AIR 2.0 Beta out – list of new features
Adobe released a beta of the next version of AIR – AIR 2. Christian Cantrell posted an exhaustive list of everything that’s new in AIR 2.0. The list is impressive, and includes some things we’ve been thinking about – audio recording, calling native apps, multi touch and many more. The number of AIR applications on my computer is rising, and looking at this list, I can tell the number is just going higher.
Are you an AIR developer? What do you like the most in that feature list?
Microsoft too can build good UI – here’s a “sixth sensy” demo
So everyone who’s worth their salt is working on gestures and eye tracking and other – more natural – ways of interacting with a computer. Two interesting videos here that demonstrate pen, audio, gesture and eye tracking input. Good show Microsoft, I say.
Craig Mundie demonstrates future UI – part 1 and part 2.
Did you fall in love with the slider toggle button on iPhone? Now you can use if in Flex
Srinivas Annam has built an iPhone style switch component for Flex – iCheckbox. Looks nice and is worth a try. I am sure users find it easier to use than a checkbox.
27 Useful AIR apps for Web Developers
WebResourceDepot has posted a collection of 27 AIR applications useful to web designers / developers. There are many apps that solve similar problems, but the list is good. More importantly, it feels nice to see people making useful AIR apps!
The 27 apps are:
- 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
Read the original post to know more about these apps, and also check out comments for some more interesting apps!
