Every designer & developer loves handy tools that simplify frequent tasks.
And, even if you’ve a complicated software that does the same thing, usually it is much more effective to run a tiny, fast-loading application that does the job.
This is a list of 27 functional Adobe AIR applications that can help a web designer to design & develop:
- Better
- Faster
- More organized
Info: If you don’t have Adobe AIR installed, it can be downloaded from here.
Web Snapshot
Very nice application for taking snapshots of any webpage.
It enables you to configure the snapshot sizes & lets you choose whether the snapshot be a thumbnail, browser size or the full page.
WebKut
Using WebKut, you can take snapshots of an entire webpage, parts of them or a selection.
The tool’s interface helps a lot by showing the size of the area selected, letting the user to choose the image format & quality.
Pixus
A pixel ruler that enables you to measure the size of any object..
With browser skins, overlay mode and screen size presets, you can also preview how your design will look in the real environment.
Web & interface designers will love it.
PixelPerfect
PixelPerfect has 1 job to do: measure things on your desktop.
While designing a website or looking for the size of an object in a website, you can run this ruler & that’s it.
Icon Generator
A little application that lets you generate a CS3 or Web 2.0 style icon, in only 3 steps. Pick color, type characters, and save it. Icon is generated in 4 different sizes.
