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Adobe Flex® Builder™ for Linux Adobe Flex® Builder™ for Linux can be used to build rich internet applications that deploy to the desktop and run across operating systems using proven web technologies. Please help us ensure that the final release of Adobe AIR for Linux will be of the highest quality by installing and using this alpha version and sending us your feedback on the forums.
[3] Please see the release notes for more information on what features are not yet available. Will Adobe always release its Linux version after Mac and Windows? No. It is our intention to release future versions of Adobe AIR simultaneously on Linux, Mac and Windows When are you releasing the final version of Adobe AIR for Linux? We are targeting the second half of this year.
[3] Information about creating Adobe AIR applications for Linux is available within the Adobe AIR for Linux Developer Notes Adobe AIR for Linux Developer Notes. " Complete Adobe AIR 1.0 developer documentation is available on the Adobe AIR resources
Adobe AIR resources page of the Adobe Help Resource Center
Adobe Help Resource Center.
[3] Is Adobe AIR for Linux feature complete? No. Please see the release notes for the complete list of features that have not been implemented. Features such as printing, hardware acceleration, badge installation, keyboard accelerators and screen API's are not yet completed. These features are actively being worked on and will be made available in our next public beta release.
[3] Ask questions and share your feedback in"the Adobe AIR for Linux Labs forum. Please note that your submission of comments, ideas, feature requests and techniques on this and other Adobe maintained forums, as well as Adobe's right to use such materials, is governed by the Terms of Use
Terms of Use Terms of Use.
[3] Will the application I've been building that targets Adobe AIR 1.0 for the Mac or Windows run on the Linux build? Maybe, as it depends on what features are utilized by a particular application.
[3] Why release a version of Linux that is not yet feature complete? Feedback from the community is a crucial component to our software development process at Adobe.
[3] If you want to learn more about releases on Labs as well as other Adobe technologies, visiting a user group or connecting with an Adobe Community Expert is a great place to start.
[3] This release of Adobe AIR for Linux is prerelease, alpha-quality software and is designed for evaluation purposes only.
[3] Will Adobe AIR for Linux expire? Yes, the Adobe AIR for Linux alpha will expire on March 1st, 2009.
[3] By releasing an early version of Adobe AIR for Linux, we anticipate discovering issues sooner which ultimately helps improve the quality of the product.
[3] Important: This prerelease of Adobe AIR for Linux is alpha-quality and is not feature complete.
[3] If you are looking for Adobe AIR for Macintosh or Windows, please go to Adobe.com
Adobe.com.
[3] Below you'll find references and links to help you participate in the Adobe AIR user community.
[3] The Adobe AIR beta 3 was released on December 12, 2007 and contains a timeout that will cause it to stop working on November 1, 2008.
[4] Adobe AIR SDK: Beta 3 version of the Adobe AIR SDK includes everything you need to build HTML-based applications.
[5] Adobe Flex 3 SDK: Beta builds of Adobe Flex 3 SDK that includes support for building Flex based Adobe AIR applications.
[5] Adobe AIR Extension for Dreamweaver CS3: Beta build of an extension for Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 that adds support for building HTML, CSS, and JavaScript-based Adobe AIR applications.
[5] Adobe AIR Extension for Flash CS3 Professional: Beta build of an extension for Flash CS3 Professional that adds support for building Flash based Adobe AIR applications.
[5] Adobe AIR sample applications: Applications built by Adobe employees (mostly by the Adobe AIR team) that demonstrate various features of Adobe AIR.
[5] We were also pleased that Thawte now offers Adobe AIR developer certificates for signing of applications.
[5] Adobe AIR Developer Center: Here you find articles, tutorials, and resources to help you get started with Adobe AIR development.
[5] Adobe AIR documentation: Complete getting-started and API documentation for Flex, Flash, and HTML/Ajax development for Adobe AIR.
[5] We want to hear from you. This is expected to be the final beta release for Adobe AIR before general availability early next year. This beta includes all of the features that are planned for the Adobe AIR release and no further changes to the APIs are expected.
[5] We've had incredible feedback throughout the Apollo alpha and the two Adobe AIR beta versions, so we're excited to be able to provide some of the new features you requested.
[5] Today we posted the third beta of Adobe AIR
Adobe AIR (formerly code-named Apollo) on Adobe Labs.
[5] We're getting close to the initial release of Adobe AIR and we've been amazed by what we've seen so far. I'm looking forward to seeing even more great apps with this new beta.
[5] I have worked at Adobe (and Macromedia before the merger) for nearly seven years.
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[8] From shopping on eBay to managing music, Adobe AIR means applications that are easier, more powerful, and more fun to use.
[8] Adobe AIR offers an exciting new way to engage customers with innovative, branded desktop applications, without requiring changes to existing technology, people, or processes.
[8] The Adobe® AIR™ runtime lets developers use proven web technologies to build rich Internet applications that deploy to the desktop and run across operating systems.
[8] The cross-platform nature of the runtime means any HTML editor, coupled with the AIR SDK, can create AIR applications.
[1] AIR is intended to be a very versatile runtime environment, as it allows existing Flash or HTML and JavaScript code to be re-used to construct a more traditional desktop-like program.
[1] On June 10, 2007, Apollo was renamed to AIR and a public beta release of the runtime was launched.
[1] Adobe made a public preview release of AIR (then called Apollo) along with a software development kit and extension for developing Apollo applications with the Flex framework, on March 19, 2007.
[1] HTML / AJAX, either via Adobe's own Dreamweaver CS3, another HTML editing program or a normal text editor in conjunction with the AIR SDK.
[1] Adobe AIR has a rich set of features, with support for building applications using HTML, JavaScript, Flex and Flash.
[6] Adobe AIR has full support for developing applications with web technologies such as HTML, JavaScript, CSS, XHTML and more.
[6] Adobe Flex and Flex Builder 3 have full support for authoring AIR applications.
[6] Download and install the latest and greatest showcase applications
showcase applications that run on Adobe AIR.
[6] Leverage the rich graphics and scripting capabilities of Adobe Flash CS3 Professional to build content for Adobe AIR.
[6] Currently based in San Francisco, California, Daniel Dura is a Platform Evangelist at Adobe focusing on Apollo and Flash.
[7] Before joining Macromedia (which merged with Adobe in 2005) Daniel and his brother Josh founded Dura Media LLC, a Rich Internet Application development company based in Dallas, Texas. While at Adobe, he was a member of the Central and Flex teams, as well as a Product Manager for Developer Relations.
[7] With top-notch books and innovative online resources covering the latest in rich Internet application development, the Adobe Developer Library offers expert training and in-depth resources, straight from the source.
[7] Created in 2006, the Adobe Developer Library is the official source for comprehensive learning solutions to help developers create expressive and interactive web applications that can reach virtually anyone on any platform.
[7] Adobe Developer Library is a co-publishing partnership between O'Reilly Media and Adobe Systems, Inc. and is designed to produce the number one information resources for developers who use Adobe technologies.
[7] Kevin Hoyt is a Platform Evangelist with Adobe Systems, Inc. who likes moving, breaking, blurring and jumping over the lines of conventional technology. He seeks out every opportunity to congregate with other like-minded developers, and exploring how to escape any lines that form a box. Pushing the envelope of what technology can do, and how people perceive and interact with it, is his passion.
[7] Mike Chambers has spent the last 8 years building applications that target the Flash runtime. During that time, he has worked with numerous technologies including Flash, Generator,.NET, Central, Flex, and Ajax. He is currently the senior product manager for developer relations for Apollo.
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