***UPDATE***

This project has stopped working as it is part of a developers account – not commercial.

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I’ve been a bit lazy on the blogging side of things so I thought I’d kick off 2009 with a new post. I spent a few hours with the Ribbit API over the xmas break and I’ve created a little AIR app I’m calling QuickDial. As the name suggests, it lets you call people from a favorites list..quickly. It’s really simple – I even used the Spellr interface since I wasn’t feeling all that creative on a stomach full of seafood and beer – and easy to use. You basically add a contact, give him/her a name and a number (be sure to use international and area codes), and then it’s stored locally. To dial you just start typing the name of the contact and you’ll be presented with a list of similar names from your contact list. Hit enter on the keyboard to dial, or delete to remove the contact from you list. That’s it!

If you’re a Flash/Flex developer, I strongly recommend you check out the Ribbit API. There is a lot of documentation and handy examples on the developer’s site, and there is even a competition running at the moment with a 100k up for grabs.

Click here or on the image below to install the QuickDial AIR app to your desktop, and leave a comment to let me know what you think.

Jassa