Aviary is a suite of web-based multi-media applications currently in development from Worth1000, using the proprietary Adobe Flex platform. In Software engineering, a web application or webapp is an application that is accessed via Web browser over a network such as the Internet Multimedia is media and content that utilizes a combination of different content forms. Worth1000 (also w1kcom) is an image manipulation and contest website Adobe Flex is a collection of technologies released by Adobe Systems for the development and deployment of cross platform Rich Internet applications based on the proprietary The individual tools are named after birds (or at least bird-themed). Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. The scope of proposed tools has drawn comparisons to the Zoho Office Suite. The Zoho Office Suite is an Online office suite which includes tools for word processing spreadsheets presentations databases note-taking wikis CRM project management ^[1]

Tools

Currently in invitation-only beta

Screenshot of Phoenix, taken from the Aviary press kit

• Phoenix - Image editor
• Peacock - Computer algorithm-based pattern generator ^[2]

Announced

• Toucan - Color swatches and palettes creator
• Raven - Vector editor
• Hummingbird - 3D Modeller and skinner
• Myna - Audio editor
• Roc - Music generator
• Starling - Video editor
• Owl - Desktop publishing layout editor
• Penguin - Word processor
• Pigeon - Painting simulator
• Horus - Font editor
• Rookery - Distributed file system network
• Hawk - Digital content marketplace
• Crane - Custom image product creator
• Eagle - A smart online application that can identify complex data about an image based on the pixel patterns (i. A press kit, often referred to as a media kit in business environments is a pre-packaged set of promotional materials of a person company or organization distributed to members e. which specific camera an image originally came from)
• Woodpecker - Smart image resizer using seam carving (minitool)
• Tern - Terrain generator (minitool) ^[3]

A tool entitled Dodo, branded as a "web-based time machine" was announced on April 1, 2008. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne ^[4], but later revealed to be an April Fools joke.

References

1. ^ Webware: Cool Web 2.0 apps for everyone
2. ^ Designing a New Breed of Applications with Aviary - InsideRIA
3. ^ Aviary - Creation on the fly / tools
4. ^ Aviary - Creation on the fly / blog / Dodo: Web-based time machine!