Bloggers were buzzing Monday about Adobe Systems' plans to release an "alpha" version of its new Apollo software, designed to allow applications to run both online and offline.
Apollo applications will work just like standard Web apps, but also act like locally installed software, with desktop icons and the ability to automatically reconnect when the computer goes online.
It's one of a set of new technologies aimed at developers of cross-platform rich Internet applications, including Adobe's Flash, Ajax, Microsoft's Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere and OpenLaszlo.
Bloggers welcomed Adobe's entry, and seemed eager to try out the new tool and to see what developers would come up with.
Apollo applications will work just like standard Web apps, but also act like locally installed software, with desktop icons and the ability to automatically reconnect when the computer goes online.
It's one of a set of new technologies aimed at developers of cross-platform rich Internet applications, including Adobe's Flash, Ajax, Microsoft's Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere and OpenLaszlo.
Bloggers welcomed Adobe's entry, and seemed eager to try out the new tool and to see what developers would come up with.
