Great AIR Apps I Use
May 27 2008 
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Lately, my list of AIR applications has grown tremendously. So I thought I’d share the AIR apps I have installed and actually use on a weekly basis. This post was inspired by JeffisaGeek’s post Using Adobe Air?
Google Analytics Reporting Suite
Google Analytics Reporting Suite on AIR brings you the best of the Google Analytics web tool for statistics. When I don’t feel like bogging down Firefox with more tabs, I just open up GARS for a quick look at my stats. The neatest thing about GARS is that I can get an export of my data in either PDF, Excel, or XML format. It’s a really handy tool and easy to setup.
Doomi
Doomi is just a neat little to-do list app for jotting things down on the fly. I use it for writing down quick brainstorming ideas, news, tips, or phone numbers when I can’t find a pen. Very handy little tool.
Feedalizr
Feedalizr is a FriendFeed desktop client for keeping up with the service. I won’t rehash this. Instead, you can check out my latest review of the service: Feedalizr FriendFeed App Is Back In The Game.
Shrink O’Matic
Shrink O’Matic is great for on the fly resizing. I hate having to open up Photoshop just to resize a picture. Shrink does it for me with plenty of basic options, though if you need something more, go back to Photoshop.
Snackr
Reviewed on ReadWriteWeb by Marshall Kirkpatrick, Snackr is great for getting news on the fly without being in Google Reader or FeedDemon. I don’t suggest importing your entire OPML if you have a ton of feeds, but I have heard stories from those that do. It’s useful for leisure perusing without feeling your ADD kick in and docks itself on the bottom, top, left, or right side of your screen.
Twhirl
Twhirl is my Twitter client of choice. You can check out my reviews: The FriendFeed Desktop Apps Disappoint Me, Twhirl Integrates Friendfeed: The Chaos Begins.
uvLayer
I recently reviewed uvLayer on ReadWriteWeb. It’s a fantastic app for viewing videos. Check out the review for more info. It’s definitely worth a look!
WebKut
WebKut is my on the fly snipping and website capturing tool of choice. A nice set of options for cropping entire websites or just select parts. Really useful! You can read my review here: WebKut Makes Blogging Easier.
AIR Nut
I must admit that I am a bit of an Adobe AIR fan, so if you have any AIR apps that you’d like to share leave a comment with some links! :) Also, I found a really great Adobe AIR directory called FreshAIRApps. Read the review on ReadWriteWeb (of course).
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I was hoping this would be a problem solver for me but since I can't seem to find out how to move the app around the desktop it is pretty well useless.
I hadn't seen the Google Analytics app before. Should be useful. Thanks!
WebKut now has flickr export!
Yeah!
Great List! Could you add the link to the Google Analytics app into the article?
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Great list Corvida, I've only seen and used about half of them. I have a few new apps to play with :^ )
hey glad I could inspire a blog post for ya :) good job. There were a few I am gonna check out myself.
Some great apps in there… The GA app looks like it could be very useful…
The developer in me has to ask though… Anyone know of/using any (good) Silverlight apps?
Really good finds here, Corvida! Like most of the other commentors, I've never seen Google Analytics AIR and a couple of these others. I love new AIR toys!
i like webkut and shrink o matic.. looks like the platform is picking up some steam. thats whats up.
Cool list!
Love Doomi..
Which app?
Thanks for catching that. Added :)
Sorry about that I thought I had added that part – Doomi
Ooooh… GARS looks awesome! I want, I want… but my Google credentials put into a 3rd party app? History has taught me not to do that… Too scary. (But it sure looks cool… I wish I had rock solid proof that it was not clamoring for peoples digidentity… basically I wish it was an official Google release… but it uses “it's own API”… which means ALL your Google info is being routed through a 3rd party… so you better really trust the hell out of the developer of that application. But good god, it looks reeeeeeally nice & would be very useful!)
The developer in me is saying “good” and “silverlight” do not belong in the same sentence. :-) hehehe… just teasin'
With Doomi you should be able to grab around the area where it shows the number of tasks you have in order to drag it.
Yep. Just drag the white part. A side note from the Doomi development team aka Me :). Version 2 is on the go, and should be pretty slick. Cool to see my baby app make these lists.
Yep. Just drag the white part. A side note from the Doomi development team aka Me :). Version 2 is on the go, and should be pretty slick. Cool to see my baby app make these lists.
Yep. Just drag the white part. A side note from the Doomi development team aka Me :). Version 2 is on the go, and should be pretty slick. Cool to see my baby app make these lists.