Tag Archives: Adobe AIR

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 [...]

Jan 31st, 2008

RIAs, Dumb Terminals and Business Applications

There has been a lot of talk recently about Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) and how they are dramatically changing the way we interact with the web. Nearly every day, I discover a cool new RIA that once again raises the bar and reveals yet another way to employ this new technology. I’m always amazed at [...]

Jan 15th, 2008

AIR Application for Google Analytics gets Google's Support

If you don’t know what AIR is yet, start here. Ok, let’s take a look at some cool applications being built of this technology. The image above is actually a slideshow of 3 screens of data from my aerial photography website, http://www.tigeraerial.com. The application runs on my desktop and gives me instant access to tons [...]