Adobe Systems on Monday released Adobe Integrated Runtime, a software tool that allows users to seamlessly interact with interactive content even when they aren't connected to the Internet. Adobe Air's runtime environment allows developers with access to API (application programming interface) kits from companies to create customized versions of the Web experience -- without the browser. Developers with Flash and HTML abilities can take the information structures of a Web site and create an application that users can download to their desktop, which would then operate just like any other desktop application. This would allow -- among other actions -- users to drag and drop information from any Web site onto their desktop. Several companies, including eBayand the the New York Times Co., have already released applications with Air. The Times, for example, unveiled ShifD, which helps readers move content between computers and mobile devices using Ajax (asynchronous Java Latest News about Java and XML) technologies. "ShifD solves the problem of shifting data between all of a user's Web-enabled devices," said Michael Zimbalist, vice president, research and development operations for the New York Times Co. "We see a future for device-independent media, with convergence around the user experience and not around any particular delivery platform, which is why Adobe AIR is an excellent choice for ShifD." From technewsworld.com There's another program similar to this called Google Gears. http://gears.google.com/. Get AIR here. http://get.adobe.com/air/
Get the apps here: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/marketplace/index.cfm?event=marketplace.home&marketplaceid=1 I know this is from 2008 and all.
