Inspired by Mark Davis' Laszlo link viewer, I created a little OPML file with some of my collected links and modified his LZX file to read the data from the there. [Moved this version of the app into this blog entry, since I am going to update my gutter]
It took me about two hours, from inspiration to deployment. Here's what I did:
I read a bit about OPML. I ended up snagging the OPML file from blogrolling.com and then hand-edited to create some categories. I wonder if I upgrade my account and have multiple blogrolls, does it generates a single hierarchical OPML? ... that would be nice.
I borrowed the code and art assets -- thanks Mark
I modified the LZX:
added a dataset that references opml.xml
added datapaths to various views
changed color definitions to canvas attributes (although I probably should have left these as parameters)
added rollover feedback for links
created a 2 frame Flash movie for the link icon, drawing two icons by hand (a little rough, but I like to have some feedback that a new window will be opened)