You don't run AIR inside a browser. This is similar to Flash applications compiled to exe. Basically you can program desktop applications using Flash, JS etc. A sample application/game developed in AIR I looked at [1].
[1] <http://blog.eonsec.com/2008/02/tongits-is-in-air.html> Ed On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Paul Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Via InfoWorld. > > [snip] > > Bridging the gap between desktop and Web applications, Adobe Systems is set > to ship today its AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) 1.0 technology for melding > applications from both of these realms. Formerly known by its code name > Apollo, the free technology already is being used in applications at places > such as NASDAQ and AOL. > > AIR is a desktop runtime that allows Web applications to be run on the > desktop in a disconnected fashion, said Michele Turner, vice president of > the Adobe platform business unit. "We really believe the innovation in > technology today is... on the Web and that the desktop has stagnated over > the last couple of years," she said. > > Supported on Windows and Macintosh, AIR extends to Web applications desktop > capabilities such as drag-and-drop, system notification, and local file > system access. Applications using AIR can be written using the same > technologies commonly used to build Web applications, including Adobe Flex > and Flash, HTML, and JavaScript. > > [snip] > > More: > http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/02/24/adobe-air_1.html > > See also: > http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/02/25/air-list_1.html > > Somehow, I think this is going to make a lot of people's lives > a lot more interesting. > > I can't wait until NoScript integrates blocking for it... :-) > > - - ferg > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.3 (Build 3017) > > wj8DBQFHwlQlq1pz9mNUZTMRAmx0AKCo+AF1RdAagd6+jzsaZxits+d8sQCgujZH > HvGUKoK5PULZ7wDoTBVhwaE= > =9Zyg > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson > Engineering Architecture for the Internet > fergdawg(at)netzero.net > ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
