I love Flickr and many of the great applications around this photo solution. Today I tried a new one, DestroyFlickr. A horrible name, but not a bad application!

The application runs on Adobe Air (I have earlier written about Times Reader 2.0), and is a great example on the fact that Cloud Computing doesn’t have to be done from within a browser. DestroyFlickr explores alternative methods for viewing and sharing Flickr content. The application lets you plug into your Flickr account and view photos on a virtual canvas, and it is mighty fast. And here is why: It only has to pull the thumbnails once (they will be stored on your harddisk after that), unlike Flickr’s own site. By using workspaces and canvases, DestroyFlickr is then also able to retain a constant history of where you have navigated, offering the ability to revisit an area without the need to reload the entire page. And something you might like even more, is that DestroyFlickr lets you download the highest resolution version of a photo without having to see it first—just drag it’s thumbnail to the download menu and the download begins.

DestroyFlickr

This small downloadable AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) application is actually one of the semifinalist in this year’s Adobe Design Achievement Awards, so I was not alone in liking this application. I hope you enjoy the application as well!