Comments on: Adobe AIR 1.5 (“Cosmo”) builds now in Flex SDK Nightly builds http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/2008/09/11/adobe-air-15-cosmo-builds-now-in-flex-sdk-nightly-builds/ code = joy Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:22:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Matthew Zimmer http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/2008/09/11/adobe-air-15-cosmo-builds-now-in-flex-sdk-nightly-builds/comment-page-1/#comment-17079 Matthew Zimmer Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:27:27 +0000 http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/?p=1479#comment-17079 @Rich, "The ability to encrypt swf and other content in the AIR file would be great" I was at MAX 2007 and attended a session on AIR back when it was still in beta. Normally I keep my mouth shut and listen to what others have to say but at this particular moment in time I built up enough courage to open my mouth and ask this very same question to one of the lead engineers of the project at that time (I cannot recall his name) in front of the entire audience. I was basically laughed at by the guy and was told that it would be extremely difficult and cumbersome to provide that type of functionality. Of course I shrugged it off and never considered writing a commercial AIR application in HTML/Ajax since due to this limitation. Under my breath, I was asking "why would I write a commercial application that I intend to profit off of when all I am doing is giving them the ability to take what I've done and make their own home brewed version for free?" Even ColdFusion gave us the ability to encode our source code before shipping it off to the client. Where is the harm in doing that in AIR? I'm just glad I am not the only one asking this question. On a positive note, AIR 2 FTW! :-) @Rich,

“The ability to encrypt swf and other content in the AIR file would be great”

I was at MAX 2007 and attended a session on AIR back when it was still in beta. Normally I keep my mouth shut and listen to what others have to say but at this particular moment in time I built up enough courage to open my mouth and ask this very same question to one of the lead engineers of the project at that time (I cannot recall his name) in front of the entire audience. I was basically laughed at by the guy and was told that it would be extremely difficult and cumbersome to provide that type of functionality. Of course I shrugged it off and never considered writing a commercial AIR application in HTML/Ajax since due to this limitation.

Under my breath, I was asking “why would I write a commercial application that I intend to profit off of when all I am doing is giving them the ability to take what I’ve done and make their own home brewed version for free?”

Even ColdFusion gave us the ability to encode our source code before shipping it off to the client. Where is the harm in doing that in AIR? I’m just glad I am not the only one asking this question.

On a positive note, AIR 2 FTW! :-)

]]> By: max http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/2008/09/11/adobe-air-15-cosmo-builds-now-in-flex-sdk-nightly-builds/comment-page-1/#comment-16681 max Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:00:16 +0000 http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/?p=1479#comment-16681 +1 For inter app communication (air to excel, photoshop,...) PLEASE +1 For inter app communication (air to excel, photoshop,…)

PLEASE

]]> By: ahmad http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/2008/09/11/adobe-air-15-cosmo-builds-now-in-flex-sdk-nightly-builds/comment-page-1/#comment-16566 ahmad Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:15:43 +0000 http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/?p=1479#comment-16566 I hope Adobe, at least, does what macromedia did with Flash Player regarding launching external exes, when they required the exe to be put inside "fscommand" folder. I hope Adobe, at least, does what macromedia did with Flash Player regarding launching external exes, when they required the exe to be put inside “fscommand” folder.

]]> By: Mark http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/2008/09/11/adobe-air-15-cosmo-builds-now-in-flex-sdk-nightly-builds/comment-page-1/#comment-16301 Mark Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:53:03 +0000 http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/?p=1479#comment-16301 I also find Air lacking on a number of fronts. I think its positioning as an online/offline tool is a little misleading to developers and its actual functionality and therefore use, is limited. I would love to use it to deliver a number of applications, but for every commercial project I come across, I get to a certain point before realizing its just not the right tool for the job. Good for rapid prototyping, but when it comes to the crunch, its a memory hog and security aside it just doesn't give us the access we need to the OS. ShellExec being one of them. I really hope there is something that can be done before it goes the way of other runtimes. I also find Air lacking on a number of fronts. I think its positioning as an online/offline tool is a little misleading to developers and its actual functionality and therefore use, is limited.

I would love to use it to deliver a number of applications, but for every commercial project I come across, I get to a certain point before realizing its just not the right tool for the job. Good for rapid prototyping, but when it comes to the crunch, its a memory hog and security aside it just doesn’t give us the access we need to the OS. ShellExec being one of them.

I really hope there is something that can be done before it goes the way of other runtimes.

]]> By: Gaba http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/2008/09/11/adobe-air-15-cosmo-builds-now-in-flex-sdk-nightly-builds/comment-page-1/#comment-16268 Gaba Mon, 25 May 2009 22:04:03 +0000 http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/?p=1479#comment-16268 It would be a nice touch to be able to launch the default editor for file types, least to say. However, must admit that updates have been helpful. It would be a nice touch to be able to launch the default editor for file types, least to say. However, must admit that updates have been helpful.

]]> By: eric http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/2008/09/11/adobe-air-15-cosmo-builds-now-in-flex-sdk-nightly-builds/comment-page-1/#comment-15966 eric Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:09:37 +0000 http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/?p=1479#comment-15966 Please, add ability to launch word docs, xls, etc. It didn't even occur to me that this was not yet a feature until i tried. AIR can delete, edit, create, etc new files and directories. Seems opening a document would be fundamental. Please, add ability to launch word docs, xls, etc.
It didn’t even occur to me that this was not yet a feature until i tried. AIR can delete, edit, create, etc new files and directories. Seems opening a document would be fundamental.

]]> By: Tejas Sanghavi http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/2008/09/11/adobe-air-15-cosmo-builds-now-in-flex-sdk-nightly-builds/comment-page-1/#comment-15788 Tejas Sanghavi Sat, 07 Feb 2009 12:36:47 +0000 http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/?p=1479#comment-15788 The ability to launch non-executable programs using the native associated application in the OS like Word for .doc and Excel for .xls is a must. Any serious development platform(which I believe AIR can be) that claims to utilize the benefit of both offline and online technologies cannot miss this feature. I don't think that it is a good idea to delegate this feature for future versions. Clients ask for such features and if we can't get these basic features in place, it may be better to develop separately for Windows and Mac, rather than telling clients that we can't provide them this feature because Adobe hasn't provided it, seems least interested in pursuing it(No official commitment yet) and does not allow anyone else to do so(Licensing limitations on changing installation procedure for AIR). The ability to launch non-executable programs using the native associated application in the OS like Word for .doc and Excel for .xls is a must. Any serious development platform(which I believe AIR can be) that claims to utilize the benefit of both offline and online technologies cannot miss this feature. I don’t think that it is a good idea to delegate this feature for future versions. Clients ask for such features and if we can’t get these basic features in place, it may be better to develop separately for Windows and Mac, rather than telling clients that we can’t provide them this feature because Adobe hasn’t provided it, seems least interested in pursuing it(No official commitment yet) and does not allow anyone else to do so(Licensing limitations on changing installation procedure for AIR).

]]> By: Daniel McQuillen http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/2008/09/11/adobe-air-15-cosmo-builds-now-in-flex-sdk-nightly-builds/comment-page-1/#comment-15501 Daniel McQuillen Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:21:43 +0000 http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/?p=1479#comment-15501 Let me echo Zed-K...we really need to be able to launch external programs with AIR. There must be a way to make this available to developers. Let me echo Zed-K…we really need to be able to launch external programs with AIR. There must be a way to make this available to developers.

]]> By: Rich Apps Consulting http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/2008/09/11/adobe-air-15-cosmo-builds-now-in-flex-sdk-nightly-builds/comment-page-1/#comment-15385 Rich Apps Consulting Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:23:21 +0000 http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/?p=1479#comment-15385 Nice and Valuable Insight on AIR. Thanks for Sharing. Nice and Valuable Insight on AIR. Thanks for Sharing.

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