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May 11, 2006
Wondering About Apollo?
I've talked to more than a few people over the past few months about Adobe Apollo... If you haven't looked it up, CNET's News.com.com.com.com has a piece running now that gives an overview of what Apollo will be. The key parts:
"Apollo is client-based software that will run Flash applications separately from a browser, whether online or offline, he said."... "Microsoft and Java specialists are also building slicker Web development tools. But Adobe remains the incumbent when it comes to front-end design, said Peter O'Kelly, an analyst at the Burton Group."... "Apollo is designed to give developers a way to create applications that can render Flash animations as well as HTML and Acrobat files (PDF). That approach preserves the benefits of the Web but allows room for programs that can't be included now, Lynch said."
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I can't honestly think though what I'd develop as a pure desktop app, standalone, unless I was able to connect to a database system from that app(ideally not CF for me).
I do see flex 'programs' running within the multitude of web OS releases that are currently emerging.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Instead of going the route of what sounds like "Widgets", Apollo should be a flash-based replacement for Director. Take everything that's good about Director, video and audio playback of many file types, database connectivity, file i/o, speed, extensibility, and put it in a package that's easy for flash developers to create for. Let the developers create fully standalone apps with hooks into the OS. With the growing base of flash developers, the great direction as3 is taking and the speed of the new player and we're talking some really cool junk.
Rich, you are clearly not a director developper. The things you mention here are just a fraction of what Director can do. You can not have a 'flash version' of Director, this makes no sense. Merging the two programm's is another option though.
If the reason for Flash programmers not to use Director is that it is not easy to develop, then Adobe could much more easily develop a "flash' overlay in Director to make shockwave files and stand alone apps.
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