Adobe Air is quite a new platform but it has been quickly getting an amazing name for itself. Adobe have their own marketplace (which received an overhaul recently) of applications but there aer a few new marketplace popping up. One of these new marketplaces is AdobeAirApps.com.
AdobeAirApps is a very simply marketplace that showcases the newest and greatest Adobe Air applications. AdobeAirApps reviews these applications and then just provides a basic screenshot, then finally allows users to comment and rate the applications. The site is very new and im looking forward to seeing them build this up over time. Im not a huge fan of the design, but im sure once the site starts making some revenues then it will get updated quite quickly.
DestroyTwitter is a compact though robust Twitter application built to run on Mac, Windows, and Linux using Adobe AIR. It consists of a series of canvases that constantly update to keep tweets up-to-date using notifications that appear when a new tweet arrives. DestroyTwitter uses a minimal amount of memory compared to its AIR-based alternatives without sacrificing functionality and performance. As a result, it can easily run in the background as an automated process.
Destroy Twitter was developed in a similar way as Tweetdeck, with only having one guy come up with the idea and then develop the whole project. Jonnie Hallman is the designer and programmer behind Destroy Twitter, and he has definitely developed a lightweight Twitter client that is both very slick in design and functionality.
I have been playing around with Destroy Twitter and it is a great service that can just run in the background and not take up too much CPU usage. I think Destroy Twitter has a great interface with a nice slide action between replies, direct messages and other windows. It is easy to see why this product is used by a huge amount of the twitterati
You can download Destroy Twitter here.
