Comments on: Adobe Engage: Apollo as Web+ rather than Desktop-

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:10:01 +0000

I think that Apollo could be an incredible step forward, if it is close to what Adobe is claiming it is. The thing I notice is that so far no one is looking past what this will do for existing sites. Even Adobe does not seem to see the full power in this (the ebay demo is pretty worthless in my opinion). What I am interested in is the entire new breed of applications this would create. I mean this is the first hint of a web application crossing a threshold to actually move closer towards the application label. The idea of interaction with local and web content seamlessly is what will make this the killer app and the next step forward. Come on Adobe let us have a beta of this thing.

By: Mark Holton

Mark Holton — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:16:49 +0000

…I think Apollo is going to be huge. A great tech that definitely has its place in e-commerce, and plenty of real market value to be delivered, with a low bar of adoption to web developers. Can’t wait to see it all unfold, and start utilizing it.

By: Jii

Jii — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:34:10 +0000

the only loser here will be swing…

By: Steve Boyd

Steve Boyd — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:13:53 +0000

hmmm abstract as much as possible, but allow for native stuff if it makes much difference e.g. for printing, networking. id imagine that there will be quite a few intranet style apps made for this, which basically means Windows only

By: Jesse Kuhnert

Jesse Kuhnert — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:01:12 +0000

And I’m tired of seeing square pane desktop applications. If it brings a new fleet of these our way then “thanks but no thanks”….but Flash was never a square box experience for me in the past. …I suppose if it didn’t suck dev wise it has lots of potential.

The last thing we want to do is bring the “web to the desktop” in the same stupid way we’ve brought the desktop to the web. .

By: Bill Christian

Bill Christian — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:44:59 +0000

What I find exciting about Apollo is being able to use web technologies (html, flash, actionscript) outside of the browser. I sick of worrying about the back button. I want a new metaphor instead of the document traversal that we are forced to adhere to with browser based applications.

By: Brad Neuberg

Brad Neuberg — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:47:20 +0000

I’m interested in knowing how people compare something like Adobe Apollo with Dojo Offline? Is a small, focused, open source approach like Dojo Offline valuable to you, or is something like Adobe Apollo more what you need? Disclosure: SitePen and I are the developers of Dojo Offline.

Best,
Brad Neuberg

By: boodie

boodie — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:21:08 +0000

how can a site about ajax have no ajax in it? :-)

By: Howard Rauscher

Howard Rauscher — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:22:09 +0000

I think we should be allowd to do native interactions. I know we won’t be able too, but it would be cool let say to import a list of song locations from iTunes.