I’ve just put the finishing touches on a basic Adobe AIR-based desktop app that retrieves activity feeds from Alfresco Share.
There is a common misconception is that AIR is only for Flash-based apps, but this app makes no use of Flash instead it uses ExtJS as the AJAX/UI library though I could’ve used virtually any JavaScript toolkit such as Dojo, YUI, Scriptaculous, etc.
To install it, simply visit this page.
Once installed, click the “Config” button to point it to your Alfresco server. The fields are self-explanatory.
There is one note about the “Site” field: This is an OPTIONAL field. If set, it will retrieve the activity feed for the site in question, otherwise, it will retrieve the user’s personal feed.
If you want to see the source code, simply download the AIR file then rename it to “AlfDesktop.zip” you can then unzip it and see all the goodness inside.
Please let me know if you have any comments or questions.
