readwriteweb.com — Basically, Apollo creates a new type of runtime bringing web apps to the desktop for a richer, more interactive environment. So far we have Finetune (a desktop music player similar to last.fm or Pandora), eBay's Apollo desktop (Project San Dimas) and Adobe Media Player (a web TV app, a video aggregator, using RSS, and player at heart).
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mikevMay 15, 2007
I see the digg it button on YouTube brought over some new members.We don't want your spam comments. :|
njohnstonMay 15, 2007
Looks like Adobe's shaping up to have a good year, with the release of CS3, Flex, and eventually Apollo. :)
apolloxliiMay 15, 2007
they lie! i did not do this!
nickel4242May 15, 2007
Macromedia Breeze is an online presentation app. Its now known as Adobe Acrobat Connect. Very different product.
Closed AccountMay 15, 2007
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arnarMay 15, 2007
@squire: Apollo and Flex are both surprisingly open compared to other frameworks (of previous generations). I think Adobe is heading in the right direction as far as open source and open specs go - _and_ we get a product of much better quality than open source could achieve unless over a long time span.
squireMay 15, 2007
@brendanheyu "Be free of the browser security sandbox. Move into the 21st century. Be Buck Rogers."Not nearly far enough. He'd still be four centuries short...
scottschillerMay 15, 2007
I think it's interesting to see history repeat itself. It was Yogi Berra who said, "It's like deja-vu all over again"? .. Anyway, I could have sworn around 1996 there was a huge deal made about how Java was going to rule the desktop, the "thin client" vision saw computers being simple dumb terminals, requesting data from a large central network server and so on - applications would no longer be installed, they'd be licensed and served directly from the source (eg. Microsoft would be an "ASP", Application Service Provider?) .. Anyway, it would appear there's another round of this coming. ;) Problem is, the web and the browser is the current "cool thing", just like it was in 1996.