I’ve gotten this question a couple of times so figured it might be worth a blog post (because I wasn’t sure until I tested it). Now that the AIR runtime is on the Market, there are going to be apps that need it. If you’re one of those application developers who creates one, what’s the user experience for someone who hasn’t yet installed AIR for Android? It’s actually pretty nice.

The application will install just fine without any issues. When the user tries to run that application, they’ll be presented with this screen:

After that, they can click the install link and it will take them to Adobe AIR in the Android Market where they can download and install it. After that, the application will work just fine.

View full post on Digital Backcountry – Ryan Stewart’s Flash Platform Blog

Were seeing a number of reports on Twitter from people who are now seeing the new Google Search results design.

Google has been testing a new search interface on random people for some time, today it appears a significant batch of users have been given access to the new design.

Search Engine Land were given preview access late last year and have a detailed review, its worth a read if youre interested. Briefly though, its definitely cleaner, bolder and more colorful than the current version but clearly the biggest change is the design of the side column filtering, the sharper logo and larger search field.

If you havent got access and are keen to try it now, there is a hack, details after the jump.

To try it the new Google Search design now:

1. Go to Google.com

2. Once it loads, enter this code into your web browsers URL address field:

javascript:void(document.cookie=PREF=ID=20b6e4c2f44943bb:U=4bf292d46faad806:TM=1249677602:LM=1257919388:S=odm0Ys-53ZueXfZG;path=/; domain=.google.com);

3. Hit Enter.

4. Refresh Google.com page and now you should have the new Google Search.

Thanks to Lauren and Karoli for the screenshots.

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