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Adobe Apollo alpha version arrives
Adobe comes out with Apollo, a cross operating
system runtime to build rich internet
applications; offers competition to AJAX.
22 March 2007: Looking to bridge the gap
between the computer desktop and the internet?
Adobe Systems has a help in hand. The tech major
has unveiled a new software that would help users
do exactly that. Adobe claims that Apollo is
better than AJAX - widely used by web programmers
now - in creating Web applications.
Christened Apollo, the new invention has been
termed as a cross-operating system application
runtime. More or less resembling the Adobe Flash,
Apollo lets MySpace and YouTube users to watch
video clips in real time online. However, instead
of running inside web browsers only, Apollo
applications will run on the desktop too.
Developers can use their existing skills in AJAX,
XML, Flash and Flex in working with Adobe Apollo.
A report said that earlier on online companies had
been putting into use technologies and programming
techniques such as Flash and AJAX to add video,
chat and even desktop-like word processing
features to sites. With the advent of Apollo,
things are changing drastically. Aimed at bringing
the innovation on the web to the desktop, Apollo
can be seen as a path breaking technology
innovation.
Apollo applications can be created for the desktop
too, not just for the Web. A report said that it
would detect whether there's a network connection
available and act accordingly. A review added that
a user with Apollo application can even write an
e-mail while flying.
The technology giant has reportedly lined up a
mainstream release of Apollo later this year.
Apollo will given away free to users and
companies, and then sell tools that developers can
use to code Apollo applications, a report said.
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