Tag Archives: Adobe AIR

Snackr Is To RSS Feeds What Slide Was To Photo Albums

An old friend from Macromedia, Narciso Jaramillo who is now on the Flex team has built a very cool AIR app called Snackr. It let’s you nibble at your feeds. The scrolling list of feed items can be distracting when … Continue reading

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Flash vs. AJAX is The Wrong Question

Following my post on the Flex 3 and AIR launch, a number of you have pinged me privately about the Flash vs. AJAX question. It goes something like this: “I know you are going to write that you prefer Flash/Flex because … Continue reading

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Adobe Engage 2008 To Launch Flex 3.0 and AIR

Tomorrow, at the invitation-only Engage 2008 event in SF Adobe will launch AIR and Flex 3.0. If you want to get a sense of what will be shown, here are the slides from the January pre-release tour. The event has … Continue reading

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