I have posted a new build of Flump, which is an Adobe AIR based Flickr image downloader. There are AIR files for AIR 1.1 (Mac and Windows) and the Adobe AIR Linux Alpha. The biggest change in this version is that the app now supports Flickr account authorization, and also enforces image license restrictions when not authenticated. There are probably a few bugs in this release, so just post them here or on the Flump issue page.

I just checked in some updates to the ActionScript 3 Flickr library. The biggest change is that I checked in a Flex control that will provide a UI and handle all of the communication to authorize an application with Flickr. There is no documentation on it, and as I have built it for projects I am using, there are probably some API gaps, but it seems to be pretty solid.

I just uploaded a build of Flump (Flickr image downloader) that works with the Linux alpha of Adobe AIR. The issue was that the the Linux alpha is based on AIR 1.0, and I had packaged Flump as an AIR 1.1 app. You can find more information, as well as download Flump (and its sourcecode) from the Flump project page.

I have just posted a video over at gotoandlearn.com that walks through how to get AIR applications running on Linux using the Adobe AIR for Linux Alpha. View the video here. The video covers: Installing Adobe AIR Downloading and Installing AIR applications Uninstalling AIR applications Here are some of the links mentioned in the video: Adobe AIR for Linux Alpha Adobe AIR for Linux Alpha Release Notes TweetDeck I am planning on doing another video shortly, showing how to build, test and deploy AIR application on Linux, using both Flex, Flex Builder for Linux and HTML.

About a year ago, Lee Brimelow and I released a simple application named flump that would download all of the images from a flickr account. We made this so we could download all of the webcam images from the bus tour, and put together a time lapsed video (you can view some of that video here). The original version worked on the beta 1 release of Adobe AIR, and did not work on the release version.

What are your biggest issues, bugs and annoyances with Adobe AIR? I am specifically looking for input on both developers bugs, and end user bugs. I am not looking for input on features you would like added (Ill do that in another post). We already have a pretty good idea of the main issues (based on the forums, bug reports, blogs, testing and twitter), but your comments here will be another useful data point.

Well, now that I have finally sent out all of the books from the Ajaxian post (I ended up sending out nearly 400), I now have 100 Adobe AS3 RIA Reference Guides to send out. As you can see from the picture, I will be sending these out and only have 100. If you would like one, send me your mailing info (the info will only be used to send out the guides).

Adobe AIR has been out for a couple of months now, and we are really seeing a lot of good apps being released. So, which AIR apps do you find yourself using the most? For me, I use the following daily: TweetDeck Has added a TON of value to twitter for me (especially their summize integration) Pandora No more accidentally closing a browser tab and losing my music Adobe Desktop Directory (internal Adobe directory app) So, which AIR apps do you find yourself using the most?

Read about it here and here. Congrats to the eBay team that worked on this.

Just a quick fyi, but we have just posted a technote with a list of error codes and their meaning from the ADT tool (inside the Adobe AIR SDK). You can find the technote here.