Comments on: Adobe AIR is on Fire

By: Cancerandrisks

Cancerandrisks — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:19:18 +0000

Rob when do you expect the new version to be released? Have sent you an email

By: ducktyper

ducktyper — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:33:22 +0000

I wonder when they are gonna fix Socket:
http://ducktyper.com/2008/1/17/socket-output-progress-in-air

By: adoberob

adoberob — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:41:51 +0000

@pixeline: Rest assured, AIR is coming to Linux! We’re actively working on the Linux version of AIR. If you are interested in applying for our prerelease program, please contact me.

-Rob Christensen
Sr. Product Manager, Adobe AIR
rchriste[at]adobe[dot]com

By: igaenssley

igaenssley — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:19:56 +0000

Just get the whole eval() situation worked out (without having to use an iframe) and I’m sold on AIR.

And in response to the first comment:
(muted trumpet sound) Waaa waaaaaaaa….

By: urandom

urandom — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:02:48 +0000

So, when can we actually expect the linux version of AIR, if ever?

By: pixeline

pixeline — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:22:06 +0000

My favourite AIR app is a desktop port of Google Analytics. Check it out, it’s still in Beta (as half of the world nowadays) but it’s superb: http://analytics.boulevart.be/

By: DiSiLLUSiON

DiSiLLUSiON — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:06:45 +0000

I haven’t played with the Introspector yet, but I definately will. If it’s even half as usable as Firebug, Mozilla’s XULRunner’s got quite some catching up to do.

By: rcrowley

rcrowley — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:26:25 +0000

I feel obligated, as usual, to point out that AIR simply cannot do real desktop stuff. You can’t link in your own (native) libraries and you can’t have real threads.

That said, AIR is spot on for easy web-apps-on-the-desktop.

By: Rey Bango

Rey Bango — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:07:30 +0000

Thanks for clearing the up that rumor Rob. :)

By: adoberob

adoberob — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:57:26 +0000

Hi Rey,

First, thank you for mentioning the Introspector. We added this capability as a direct result from community feedback. The Introspector will be included in the Adobe AIR SDK for 1.0.

Second, I wanted to address the rumor you mentioned about the possibility of Adobe bundling AIR with the Flash Player: we have no plans to do this.

As a browser plug-in, it’s our intention to always keep the download size of the Flash Player as tiny as possible. Since Adobe AIR targets desktop applications and includes capabilities like an HTML engine (WebKit) and a SQLite database, the download size requirements are a bit bigger. For example, on Windows, the download size of the Flash Player is about 1.5 MB and Adobe AIR beta 3 is about 11 MB. Adding another 11 megabytes to the Flash Player download size runs counter to our core objective of keeping it as small as possible. :)

Thanks!

-Rob Christensen
Sr. Product Manager, Adobe AIR
rchriste[at]adobe[dot]com

By: dogsthat

dogsthat — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:08:39 +0000

If it’s on fire, does that mean it’s lot of hot AIR?

(groan… sorry :*)