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Posted At : July 10, 2007 12:29 AM | Posted By : Rob Gonda
Related Categories: Adobe,AIR / Apollo

Apollo is now called AIR... note, not Adobe AIR, just AIR .... AIR stands for Adobe Integrated Runtime, so you don't want to call it Adobe Adobe Integrated Runtime. You can get the beta from Adobe Labs.

Adobe Article on Six Must-See AIR Sample Applications

Aptana IDE (or Eclipse Plugin) new supports AIR.

AIR Project contains all necessary files for out-of-the box launching of AIR applications
Export wizard for bundling and deploying AIR applications
Easy import of Ajax libraries into Adobe AIR projects
Integrated content assist for AIR SDK
Help and online documentation

Build your first AIR application with Aptana
Free AIR eBook available for download

New SQL API for AIR available as of Flex 3 beta.
New AIR application: Pownce is a way to send messages, files, links, and events to your friends. You'll create a network of the people you know and then you can share stuff with all of them, just a few of them, or even just one other person really fast. (add me)

posted on July 10, 2007 at 12:29 AM by Rob Gonda

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Although I agree it would seem the logical name would simply be "AIR", I imagine a lot of us are in the habit of calling it "Adobe AIR" due to it being exactly written as such in numerous pages at the Adobe Labs website itself.

http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/AIR

It also somehow gives it a better feel on the tongue to speak it compared to just AIR IMO :)

# Posted By Chris Seahorn | 7/10/07 2:23 AM

I actually spoke to Adobe about that and they said it may be attributed to a mass-replace from Apollo to AIR, making Adobe Apollo into Adobe AIR ... but they're aiming to brand the AIR acronym by itself.

# Posted By Rob Gonda | 7/10/07 9:19 AM

It's funny how things get ingrained in us...even I am guilty of the act after seeing Adobe® AIR™ in so many references in the documentation and after today will do my level best to get out of the habit.

I imagine along with the fact Adobe writes it that way I originally justified it subconciously thinking to new users it would immediately make it obvious that AIR is an Adobe product but could just have easily written it as AIR with it's full description in parenthesis under it or next to it until AIR is more widely known by users outside the development community.

I appreciate your article reminding me of the obvious and will begin immediately changing my ways :)

# Posted By Chris Seahorn | 7/10/07 10:43 AM

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