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Adobe AIR Continues to Expand

By EAN ⋅ October 3, 2007 ⋅  Email this Post ⋅  Print this Post ⋅ Post a Comment

A Breath of Fresh AIR

For those of you who didn’t flee in terror after reading my horrible pun, Adobe has inched one step closer to making their runtime environment even more mainstream.  While most of the previous AIR [review] applications were designed for somewhat lesser known sites like FineTune, Pownce, and Twitter, the new AIR apps released the other day are clearly targeted to bring AIR into everyone’s home.  Here’s what Adobe just brought to the table:

• Adobe Media Player - An online/offline, iTunes-esque, Flash based media player that lets you watch content from a variety of sources.

• AOL’s Top 100 Videos - Interface for viewing the hottest videos on AOL.

• eBay Desktop - Auction watching, browsing, and bidding tool for eBay fanatics.
• Nasdaq Market Replay - Stock market visualization tool.
• Nickelodeon Puzzle Game - A puzzle game (link seems to be down).

Adobe also released a new beta version of its AIR client.

Expect to see a post reviewing most of these after I get a chance to experiment with them.