AIR Out Your Desktop with Adobe

Twhirl is one of the dozens of Twitter clients available. Many people find Twitter's Web interface much less useful than using a dedicated client. I'm in that boat. Twhirl has lots of seemingly simple features that make it a great way to interface with the Twitter universe.

Figure 1. Twhirl is a Twitter microblogging client.

Many users prefer another AIR-based Twitter app, known as TweetDeck. As both are free, and both work well under Linux, so I suppose it's only fair to mention both. Twhirl is just my personal preference.

Twhirl—works under Linux AIR 1.1 Beta: yes.

DestroyFlickr is a program that lets you manage your Flickr stream with an interface that resembles a light table. It's a convenient way to use Flickr.

Figure 2. DestroyFlickr manages your on-line Flickr account.

Another application that currently works under Linux is Flump. It is much more simplistic in its interface, but it can upload and download photos.

Figure 3. Flump is a very simple Flickr app.

DestroyFlickr—works under Linux AIR 1.1 Beta: yes.

Snackr is an RSS ticker that runs along the border of your screen. Clicking on a story opens it in a preview window, which gives you the option to open the actual page in a browser.

Figure 4. Snackr continuously scrolls your RSS feeds, so you can “snack” on them at your leisure.

If you would prefer to have a cute fuzzy puppy read your RSS feeds to you while he rolls around on your desktop, you might prefer Pet-It RSS News by zerofractal.

Figure 5. Pet-It RSS uses an avatar much less annoying than Microsoft's Clippy.

Snackr—works under Linux AIR 1.1 Beta: yes.

Snippage allows you to select a specific section of a Web site and make it display in a widget on your desktop. The Web site can update automatically, so if the page changes, so does the widget.

Figure 6. Snippage lets you create a widget from a Web page selection.

Snippage—works under Linux AIR 1.1 Beta: yes.

If you look at Google Analytics information very often, this application will save you time. Its functionality isn't much greater than visiting Google's Web site, but the speed and convenience is nice.

Figure 7. Browsing through Google Analytics information is simple with this application.

Google Analytics Reporting Suite—works under Linux AIR 1.1 Beta: yes.

Back It! is a simple utility for backing up a predetermined set of files and folders from one place to another. The program isn't complex, but it's a great example of AIR interacting with the underlying operating system.

Figure 8. Back It! does exactly as its name suggests. It backs stuff up.

Back It!—works under Linux AIR 1.1 Beta: yes.