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I was recently interviewed by Dan Wilson, a zone leader at DZone, about Flex, AIR, and the twitterAIR application I created. The interview has been published and you can read it or vote on it using the links below.
Read the article:
http://ria.dzone.com/articles/meet-man-who-set-twitter
Vote it up:
http://www.dzone.com/links/the_man_who_set_twitter_free.html
twitterAIR has been updated for AIR 1.0 skipping right over AIR Beta 3. Not much has changed in the new version though. I squashed a few bugs, got rid of the zip file download (which means I can't track downloads anymore) and implemented a seamless badge install.
If you don't have the latest AIR runtime (1.0) on your machine, the twitterAIR installation will install the runtime for you. If you're running an older version of twitterAIR, just use the badge install to update your copy.
For more on the announcement of Flex 3 and AIR 1, click here.
Get twitterAIR here!
With Adobe announcing the next beta release of the Adobe Integrated Runtime, it's only right that I offer an updated version of my twitterAIR application. Don't go getting too excited though. Version 1.1.3 has no additional features or bug fixes, it's simply a maintenance release recompiled - with a few required changes - to work on the new version of AIR.
Download AIR Beta 2
Download twitterAIR v1.1.3 (requires AIR Beta 2)
I've made some minor updates and fixed some annoying bugs in twitterAIR. The new version, 1.1.2, is available here or by clicking the "twitterAIR" link in the downloads pod to the right. Users with twitterAIR already installed will be prompted to update on the next app restart.
Here's what has changed:
I've updated twitterAIR - my AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) / Twitter application - with some new features. Thanks to those of you who have submitted comments and suggestions. Below is an excerpt of the changelog illustrating the new features. You can get the new version by pressing the appropriate link in the Downloads pod to the right, or by clicking here.
A co-worker informed me twitterAIR is now on AIRapps.net. You can check out the other 47 applications by visiting the Web site.
Here are a few screen shots of twitterAIR so folks can see what some of the windows look like before downloading and installing the app. The images are a little bit smaller than the actual size of the app.
Friends view (public view looks the same):
Settings view:
Error view:
Several weeks ago I became hooked on Twitter and the ability to keep up with what my friends are doing. Since then I spent some time building an Apollo application that integrated with the Twitter services. Shortly after that Adobe announced AIR and I scrapped what I was working on and started over. My goal was to not only build something that worked with Twitter but to use some key development aspects of Flex 3 and AIR. Along the way I hoped to learn more about Flex development.
Today I'm making the application (twitterAIR) available for the general public to try in the hopes of getting comments and suggestions. I'd like for twitterAIR to become an application people enjoy using on a daily basis but in order for that to happen I need to know what works well, what doesn't, and what features folks would like to see.
So, if you use Twitter and you'd like to try twitterAIR on Mac or Windows you can download it via the Downloads pod to the right or using this link:
Download twitterAIR!
Download AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime)
If you're interested you can also read about some of the features of Flex/AIR development I used to put the application together. Just click the "more" link below.
