Thursday, January 15, 2009

10 Best Adobe AIR Applications For Web Developers And Designers

Developers around the world are making dozens of niche Adobe AIR applications every month. Some very useful and time saving applications have been created for web developers and designers. Here are the best 10 that can enrich your designing experience.


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Some of these applications are big time savers and can reduce your development time significantly. All listed applications are less than a MB and light on system resources.

1. Splashup Light : Photo Editing Application

Splashup Light: Photo Editing Adobe AIR Application

Splashup Light is light weight image editing application made for web designers and photographers. Not only you can perform general image editing tasks, but can also add special effects, speech bubbles and similar effects with a click of a button.

2. Color Browser: Palette Creation Application

Color Browser: Adobe AIR Palette creation application

This is one of the most popular AIR application among web developers. The handy tool is the ultimate palette creation and organizing tool. You can create and organize your favorite palettes with ease with this application. Ideal for theme and template designers.

3. Icon Generator: CS3 and Web 2.0 Icon Generator

Icon generator Adobe AIR application

This handy application can create CS3 and Web 2.0 style icons in less than 15 seconds. Very light weight and ideal for theme developers. All you need is typing the icon text and selecting the color scheme and style.

4. Pixus: Screen Object Measuring Application

Pixus: Screen object measuring Adobe AIR Application

I would strongly recommend every theme designer to install this application. Less than 200KB application, but works wonders. You can know the size of any object on the screen with this handy tool. Very useful while designing web templates.

5. Font Picker: Font Selection Application

Font Picker: Font Selection Adobe AIR Application

This excellent application detects all the fonts installed on your system and helps you in selecting the right font for your template. You can type desired text in each font entry to preview the font style before selecting it. A great time saver application for web designers.

6. Color Picker Application

Color Picker Adobe AIR Application

As the name implies this application lets you pick and generate colors with a click of button. You can also create custom colors by three RGB sliders provided in the application.

7. Em Calculator: Better Typography (Vertical Rhythm Calculator)

Em Calculator: Vertical Rhythm Calculator Adobe AIR Application

A must have tool for every web developer. This excellent application helps in calculating accurate em-pixel typography conversions and help you make standard web sites for better browsing experience for visitors.

8. Webkut: Screen Capturing Application

Webkut: Screen Capturing Adobe AIR Application

Very useful screen capturing application that allows you to capture entire web pages or selected region. This application also supports one click flickr uploads and preview before saving options.

9. Snippely: Text and Code Organization Application

Snippely: Text and Code Organization Adobe AIR Application

This application is ideal for keeping track of large web sites code. You can easily create different groups and can organize code snippets and notes for better reference and updation. Very handy tool for web programmers.

10. Google Analytics Reporting Suite

Google Analytics Reporting Suite

The name says it all. One of the most popular Adobe AIR applications used by webmasters and developers. This application acts as a desktop client for your Google Analytics account. It has stunning interface with advanced reporting right on your desktop.


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