Adobe AIR 2.0 out and looking good !

Adobe has struck again with its sensational AIR 2.0 APIs.  Here are some of the features supported on AIR 2.0. With the launch of AIR 2.0,  i can make a wild guess on what impact this will have on existing desktop languages in the market.

  • Support for the detection of mass storage devices.
  • Advanced networking capabilities like secure sockets, UDP support, and the ability to listen on sockets.
  • Support for native code integration.
  • The ability to open a file with its default application.
  • Multi-touch and gesture support.
  • New APIs for access to raw microphone data.
  • Webkit update with HTML5/CSS3 support.
  • Global error handling.
  • Improved cross-platform printing
  • Improved security and support for enterprise and government standards.

Here is a demo from adobe max on how to integrate AIR  with command line:

While MS continues to chase after flash with silverlight, it may be quiet clear now that AIR will soon be a real threat to the dot net development platform. With a clear cross platform integration and keeping in mind Adobe’s commitment to ma and Linux  with AIR/ Flash Player  which has been much better than MS commitment with IE, its not impossible to see where this is going. This may the first time i see a scripting language rising to challenge desktop programming languages.  Great going Adobe !

November 20, 2009   Posted in: General

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