On June 11, Adobe Systems released a beta version of Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR), known as Apollo, that enables Web-based applications to function as standalone software. on the computer.

Community users have been waiting for the arrival of Apollo because it will be the foundation for cohesion and elimination of the boundary between the Web and the PC. Currently, the AIR test software development package is being provided free of charge to application developers.

Adobe released the expected Apollo testing platform images 1 Also on June 11, Adobe also released a beta of Flex 3, a software development tool used to write AIR applications in conjunction with Flash and HTML-based Web platforms. Web applications written in AIR can work without a browser.

According to Kevin Lynch, software chief architect and senior vice president of Adobe platform, AIR's biggest advantage is that software developers can use existing tools and skills to build applications. Use the desktop and then link them to the online service, just like Adobe did with the Adobe Media Player video playback application.