Yep, using free software and HTML, CSS, and jQuery, here’s a cross-platform desktop application using Adobe AIR. Well, the beginnings of one at least. The challenge was to build a useful application (rather than another to-do list, thankfully) to make use of the new flippa.com web site – it’s a marketplace for buying and selling web sites. So here’s the idea. Imagine you’re interested in buying a web site about photography with a forum attached. You open this application, fill in the custom search form, and see a list of matching auctions. The app will let you pick the auctions you want to watch and it’ll notify you every time there’s a new bid…
Direct link: Take Your CSS to the Desktop with Adobe AIR