Comments on: Adobe offers early peek at Apollo

"Alpha" version of Apollo, which can run Web applications offline, is one of a handful of emerging Web development platforms.

[ewelch]

That loud noise...

Is Steve Ballmer throwing another chair against the wall as he sees
the Windows Presentation technology become irrelevent.

Who's going to go with Microsoft when you can work with Flash/
PDF to make rich web applications with Windows/Mac/Linux?

Answer: Nobody in their right mind.

[adlyb1]

Me...

...well, sort of. It might be Java too.

Considering the bloated bug-ridden current state of Adobe's products, I will stick to other proven techs for now, whether it be MS of Java.

[WJeansonne]

What an ignoramus

Obviously, you don't know what's currently being developed on the WPF, otherwise you wouldn't be saying this.

[mayankmishra]

Welcome Apollo!

Welcome Apollo! With Microsoft's WPF, Lazalo and advent of Java based Desktop Platform - Dekoh, race to win RIA territory getting hotter and hotter day by day as Dekoh and Apollo offer their releases.

Let's see answers to questions like, browser freedom, support for web 2.0, ease to use, deploy, and develop etc.

[artyinusa]

Ummm Alpha version should be self explanatory

Hi Mishra, your point is well taken, however did you know that Alpha version is even before the Beta release which sort of precedes ease of use (btw and not ease to use...), etc etc. Those are all terribly important, however unless there are scores of users such as yourself that can give it the ultimate test and feedback, how do you think a final version gets developed? I am absolutely THRILLED to hear of this software in the works and cannot wait to see this being used. THANK YOU ADOBE for being such an innovative software company!

[fcekuahd]

Welcome to another security nightmare

And how is this different from Java which the author evidently took great care *not* to mention?

[mn39202]

Yep, and we don't need another proprietary web technology

I'd rather see HTML, DHTML, CSS, AJAX, and Java continue to evolve to support rich web apps.

I don't have Flash player installed and I have no interest in yet another plugin.

[ewelch]

Not Java

It combines PDF and Flash and other technologies. So it's nothing
like Java.

[ralfthedog]

How much code runs client side, how much server?

I write most of my code with PHP/SQL. If I needed to add client side execution I would just put in some Java.

The only place I could see this being useful is if it lets the server and the client talk without refreshing the page.

Please note that I am writing online database applications. I would assume that people who are writing online games might get more use from this.

[t8]

I only have one thing to say

Weblications are the future.

[Hardrada]

So are open standards.

eom.