Macromedia today released a public beta version of Macromedia Central, providing a new way for people to interact with Internet information without relying on a continuous connection. Macromedia says that “Central delivers a new kind of Internet experience, which brings information you’re most interested in directly to you. Central offers a clean, unified place for Internet applications including a customizable console for your most important information and a host of other features that help you save time and work faster.” This public beta includes two initial beta applications: Movie Finder and AccuWeather, which will be part of a larger application library being created by third parties for the software. Macromedia Central requires Mac OS X 10.1.5, or higher.