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 !
