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AIR and Flex 3 Betas Launch Tonight

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Posted in Flex | Posted on 06-10-2007 | 2,083 views

Adobe is on a roll lately. First a late night launch of ColdFusion 8, now we have new versions (and a new name!) of Adobe AIR (formally Apollo) and Flex 3.

Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) (I love this technology, but boy do I wish they had kept the old name. Right now it sounds as cool as TPS forms!)

Flex 3

If you haven't looked at either of these technologies yet, you are really missing out. Do yourself a favor and check them out now!

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Gary said on 06-11-2007 at 8:10 AM #
They should have called it Adobe Air in the beginning and called it Adobe Apollo. AIR = LAME. I'll still call it Apollo!
Ken Dunnington said on 06-11-2007 at 8:23 AM #
They also posted a beta update of Flash Player 9 which has some really interesting changes and improvements (1080p video? That would kind of take the wind out of Silverlight's sails... if it had any :))

http://www.kaourantin.net/2007/06/flash-player-upd...

On top of that, Apple's WWDC starts today, which means Leopard beta goodness! It's an exciting time to be a developer!
David said on 06-11-2007 at 8:51 AM #
I know this is nitpicking, but I have to back up Gary on this one. When many of us were lobbying to keep the name Apollo, we were told we were going to get a "really cool" name. AIR doesn't quite make it.

Still, at least it's one syllable, which is more than can be said for WPF (5, I think!).

Cheers,

David
Raymond Camden said on 06-11-2007 at 8:56 AM #
Yeah, the more I hear it - the more I don't like it.

-But- to be honest, I could care less. They could call ColdFusion "DogPoop" and I'd still use it every day (and love using it).
Emmet said on 06-11-2007 at 9:24 AM #
Hey, TPS Reports 11 beta just came out. They added color coding and support for comic sans. I wouldnt be so quick to jump on its uncoolness.
Ken Dunnington said on 06-11-2007 at 11:35 AM #
Hey, AIR is RIA backwards! I just realized that. I assume I'm the last person on the planet to do so. :)
Brian Swartzfager said on 01-21-2008 at 5:39 PM #
@Ken: No, apparently that dubious honor belongs to me now.

Good thing I did a Google search to see if anyone else had realized the same thing before I rushed off to blog it as some sort of divine revelation. :)

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