eBay (EBAY) finally has a desktop application. Built with Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) technology, the eBay desktop beta — until recently known by the code name San Dimas — is a pretty sweet little app that can help you monitor your auctions, bid, and whatever else you want to do on eBay. It is clean and easy to use. The only problem I have with the beta is that it’s a memory hog, forcing the Macbook fan to whir like a helicopter rotor.
The eBay desktop beta is one of the many apps based on AIR that you can expect to be released during the Adobe MAX Conference in Chicago. Another one likely to get some attention at the show will be email server company Communigate’s Pronto, a unified communications client with the ability to handle rich media including photos, videos and RSS feeds.
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CommuniGate Pronto! Buzz
Pronto! is getting a fair amount of attention from the new AIR build and Adobe MAX event. Here are a few links to recent stories that mention CommuniGate and Pronto.
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[...] L’application vue en AIR : le widget ebay Desktop que l’on peut télécharger sur desktop.ebay.com! Evidemment, pour suivre ses enchères ou en [...]
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[...] [via GigaOM] Digg This! Stumble it! Add to Del.icio.us Google Bookmark It! Share This [...]
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[...] eBay finalmente ha lanzado una aplicación para los escritorios de nuestros PCs (code name SanDinas), realizado con Adobe AIR… [...]
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eBay Desktop Wins 2 Adobe MAX Awards: RIA and People’s Choice
I just got back from the Adobe MAX show in Chicago, where eBay Desktop won 2 awards: Best Rich Internet Application and People’s Choice. The application (which is in public beta now) shows what is possible with eBay’s API platform,
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eBay Desktop Wins 2 Adobe MAX Awards: RIA and People’s Choice
Alan Lewis just got back from the Adobe MAX show in Chicago, where eBay Desktop won 2 awards: Best Rich Internet Application and People’s Choice. The application (which is in public beta now) shows what is possible with eBay’s API platform, a point t…
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Thanks, Om. eBay Desktop launches in public beta today, and can be downloaded for free from (link)
We’ll be continuing to optimize memory usage over the coming months, and we hope to see big improvements in this area soon.
-Alan
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Flash in general seems to be resource hog on Mac OS. Sometimes barely usable on our beloved platform. What a shame.
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ummm ..Adobe is getting little ambitious now - may be time for MS and Google to take it little seriously?
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A life public beta of Pronto! on AIR can be tested for free at (link)
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