Archive for: February, 2008

Feb 27th, 2008

AIR, Flex, FlexBuilder, Flash, ActionScript … huh?

People new to the technologies listed in the title of this post are often quickly confused as to what the relationship is between them. I often get asked questions such as “What does Flex have to do with Flash?” and “Does Flex replace ActionScript?” and “Is AIR just Flex without a browser?“. I’ve been considering [...]

Feb 27th, 2008

Interested in AIR Security?

As with any new technology, a lot of speculation is already spreading about the security aspects of AIR applications.  When taking a quick first glance at AIR, you see “connected app” and “local file access” and immediately you see red flags, right?   Especially if you are writing enterprise apps! Here are a couple of links [...]

Feb 25th, 2008

AIR on Linux – Testers Wanted

Ok, it’s been nearly 24 hours since AIR 1.0 launched but now it’s time to get back to work on completing the vision of one app running on Windows, Mac OS and Linux. We are looking for testers for the upcoming AIR for Linux. James Ward has listed the details of what’s needed at http://www.jamesward.org/wordpress/2008/02/20/adobe-air-on-linux-pre-beta-testers-needed/ [...]

Feb 25th, 2008

AIR 1.0, Flex 3.0 and more announced today…

Today, AIR 1.0 and Flex 3.0 have officially launched. News coverage is popping up every few minutes – go to Google News and start reading! Companies like eBay, Nasdaq, AOL and the New York Times already have apps up and running. New York Times article on AIR My previous articles on AIR NEW AIR Home [...]