I have re-released the AIR application called fotobooth that I originally built with Flex 2, and then Apollo, and then a few different AIR betas, and now finally AIR 1.0.

This newest version has fixed some of the issues that were causing difficulties with uploads to flickr.

It can also be downloaded from the Adobe AIR marketplace.

I have officially begun to release the source code for my everythingflexairlib.swc. The code will be housed at Google code at http://code.google.com/p/everythingflexairlib/ and is available under the MIT licence.

The 1st file that has been added to the repository is my UpdateManager class. I have also updated this class to prompt the user when a required update is available. Rather than the update being forced on the user, the user now has the option to say No at which time the application will close.

I will be working to get all of the remaining managers and components up onto Google Code. They just need a little clean up first.

The Adobe Media Player AIR application has been officially released.

Adobe® Media Player software provides control and flexibility to view what you want, when you want — whether online or offline. You can queue up and download your favorite Internet TV content, track and download new episodes automatically, and manage your personal video library for viewing at your convenience.

I would like to introduce a little project that I have been working on to make it a little easier to get files up to various image sharing sites. ImageDropR is a Flex based AIR application that takes advantages of some of the new interactions with the desktop that are available within AIR. Upon launching the application you will see that the application consists mainly of a large area where images can be dragged or pasted in to.

Once you have brought a few images into Image Drop you will notice that a thumbnail is created for each. Rolling over the thumbnail will give you the option to remove the image from the upload queue.

Although the plans are to support many image sharing sites, currently the alpha only supports flickr. On your 1st upload attempt you will need to authorize the application to interact with your flickr account.

Once you are verified, you may upload your files to flickr. You will notice that each file shows its own progress as well as overall progress for the upload batch.

There are a few additional buttons at the top of the main application window allowing you to open the help, settings, and log windows. The log window is pictured below and this will show the applications upload activity. There are also buttons for sending feedback and checking for application updates.

Want to be a beta tester? Please leave a comment below and I will be sure to get you access next week.

The third and last entry of the 3 part series of excerpts from Beginning AIR from Wrox has now been posted at InsideRIA.com. This excerpt covers the differences between asynchronous and synchronous calls to the File classes methods. It will also show how to create temporary directories and files.