Adobe bets big on 'Air'

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NEW DELHI, INDIA: Adobe Systems Inc is betting big on its latest offering 'AIR.'

The application brings in Web 2.0 experiences, offline, thus bridging the gap between browsers, desktops and servers.

"Adobe AIR is a consumer facing application, which enables the users to have Web 2.0 experience on their desktops. The application can be installed on the desktops and one can then start using the machine resources. AIR is the next level of web development platform which combines with HTML and Java scripts to give an enhanced desktop experience," Ajay Pande, vice president (engineering) at Adobe Systems India told CyberMedia News.

AIR, part of Adobe's Rich Internet Applications (RIA) portfolio, enables developers to create RIAs on the desktop using the skills and web technologies – such as HTML, Ajax, PDF, Adobe Flash and Adobe Flex.

Applications deployed on the Adobe RIA have the advantages of browser-based RIAs, such as speed of development, ease of use, and access from virtually anywhere.

Yet they also have the benefits of desktop applications, such as the ability to read/ write local files, work with other applications on a user's computer and maintain local data storage on the desktop.

PN Anantharaman, director (engineering)m, Adobe Systems India said that AIR brings in the web experience to one's desktop.

"It is a single program which has changed the paradigm of web application development, which has resolved the disjoint concepts. AIR will bring in a new breed of applications, changing the user experience of HTML and bitmap."

Major portions of Adobe AIR, such as the WebKit HTML engine, Tamarin ActionScript Virtual Machine and SQLite local database functionality are open source.

"AIR takes Adobe Flex to the next level by doing on the desktops, what Flex did to the web applications," Anantharaman added.

Adobe is also delivering new applications built with Adobe Flex and deployed on Adobe AIR, such as Adobe Media Player, now in beta release.

Adobe Media Player is a fusion of TV and the Internet that allows users to watch their favorite shows anytime, anywhere.

Adobe is testing another application, Buzzword, which is an online word processor that has built-in collaboration capabilities with AIR.



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