Let’s say you want to display a series of pictures onscreen for your friends over coffee. Or maybe you are showing holiday photos to relatives at a family function.

These are times when waiting for a slideshow screensaver or using a big bulky photo application will not

I’m do. I searched Google many times in vain for a suitable application and found nothing but shareware garbage.

I came across a couple of Flash offerings from airtightinteractive. My requirements—free, open source, stylish, straightfoward to use—these were all admirably met. They can be run on screen for fast presentations or embedded in a webpage with a few lines of code.

So without further delay, here they are:

• SimpleViewer http://www.airtightinteractive.com/simpleviewer/ (download here)

• AutoViewer http://www.airtightinteractive.com/projects/autoviewer/ (download here)

• PostcardViewer http://www.airtightinteractive.com/projects/postcardviewer/ (download here)

I’ll be using them for the NYE event tonight.