[steveb]

Just another obscure technology no-one needs, no-one wants. Nerds will go crazy over it. And that's what Adobe knows. Fortunately it doesn't cost very many hundreds of euros.

[stickmus]

I thought it was like flash as application, with syncing built in.

[dtrenz]

Ajaxapollorubyrailsblahblahblah

edit; hey! i wrote that in all caps bitch! big brother is watching... don't censor me.

[giro]

um, im not thinking that you guys are quite getting the concept or technology. pretty much the apollo runtime is a wrapper, if you will, that holds flex and flash based applications. mainly flex controls most of it, but with that they have html rendering. thus you can have a web page load up in the apollo application. an manipulate that on layers etc. so essentially is suppose everything, its fully cross platformable, is internet connected, and has auto updating capabilities. thus i can change something, you dont have to go to my site and see if there is an update or to get the update. it just says, o there is an update, wana get it, ok, im downloading, im done, and im running... and you haven't left the application. etc... an well a whole slew of other functionality. check out the finetune apollo application, and the web book application to see these various functionalities.

[pgo]

Interesting, but paragraphs, man, PARAGRAPHS!

Enter key's there for a reason.

[steveb]

If Apollo is the solution, could you restate the problem?

[cam]

Originally Posted by steveb

If Apollo is the solution, could you restate the problem?

That using the browser for an interface isn't always the best solution for web-applications?

The potential for offline-working alone must have people offering things like online word processors/collaboration suites/etc creaming in their pants.

[John Good]

you pay now for basecamp online, you will pay also for basecamp local.

[weldo]

looks interesting ....

has anyone yet found the need or desire to use Flex ??

[weldo]

my developer colleagues here basically say 'what's the point ?'

'who would want to run 6 ajaxy desktop apps, when 1 decent browser will do it ...?'

[Mr Fred]

exactly.

and until the major os developers intergrate desktop broswing its all up in the air. I'd imagine the virus developes are rubbing their hands with glee as well.

[Jack000]

just tried out flex + apollo today. It's is almost like dreamweaver for desktop apps. There's a "code view" and "design view", and you can basically drag and drop graphics/flash files/videos for ui elements.

[triXtyle]

Interesting......... you say 'who wants it? noone' , because you don`t know how does it works, right?
Try before you talk, like I do ......

[Mr Fred]

ring dings.