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Ten Rich Internet Applications Perfect for Web Designers

10 Adobe AIR apps for web designers who are into experimenting and trying out new applications
By Jacob Gube
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October 6, 2008 07:00 PM EDT
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Google Analytics Reporting Suite

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The Google Analytics Reporting Suite brings Google’s powerful website analytics tool to the desktop and adds several nifty features such as the ability to save/switch between different profiles (excellent for managing multiple sites/accounts for clients) and tab-based navigation for statistics pages you’ve opened.


Shrink O’Matic

Shrink O'Matic - screen shot.

We’ve all had to resize a batch of images at some point - thumbnails for image galleries comes to mind. If you’re looking for a quick-and-easy, free application - check out Shrink O’Matic. Set your desired options/parameters (Output size, Output name, Output format) and then drag your images into the interface (or use the file browser), and you’re done!

 

WebSnapshot

WebSnapshot - screen shot.

There are plenty of situations where you need to take a screen shot of a live site; maybe you’re documenting or collecting websites for your portfolio. WebSnapshot is a hassle-free tool to accomplish just that. You have the option to capture thumbnails, full page (entire width and length of the page), and/or the browser contents of live websites. As an alternative, try out WebKut, which has similar functions.

 

kuler desktop

kuler desktop - screen shot.

The kuler desktop brings Adobe’s color theme web application to the desktop. Additionally, kuler desktop allows you to import color themes directly into Adobe software applications such as Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign. Be sure to check out Color Browser to help you organize and save color schemes locally from kuler and COLOURlovers.


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Jacob Gube, a web developer and designer who works with PHP, .NET, Flash/ActionScript, XHTML, JavaScript/jQuery/MooTools and MySQL, is the creator and primary author of Six Revisions - a weblog the provides practical, useful information for the modern, standards-compliant web designer and web developer.

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