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Adobe Apollo uses WebKit
If you are not a follower of Adobe you might not be aware of the recently announced Apollo. Apollo is a cross platform runtime that basically allows developers to write desktop applications using Flash, HTML, and Javascript. Sure, that's a cool idea but why am I writing about it on TUAW?
Besides the fact that we can assume that Apollo will run on OS X, the HTML engine that Apollo is using might be familiar to some of you. In fact, you might be reading this post using it right now. That's right, Adobe decided to use Apple's WebKit for Apollo. No matter how you slice it, more people using WebKit is a win for Mac users. Adobe, you might have angered some of us with Soundbooth but you've won me back.
[via Surfin' Safari, screenshot via Ryan Stewart]
Update: Mike Chambers has posted this set of pictures showing an updated version of the above app running in OS X.
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Enola G. said 7:06PM on 10-30-2006
I don't really care about Adobe but i would follow Marco Casario anywhere!
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mike chambers said 7:09PM on 10-30-2006
fyi,
You can find a much, much more recent image of the Apollo app you have the screenshot of here:
http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mesh/archives/2006/10/apollo_ascensio.html
I am also going to post a video of one of the Apollo / HTML sessions from the Max developer conference in the next day or two (check my weblog).
mike chambers
mesh@adobe.com
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Simon said 10:58PM on 10-30-2006
"Adobe, you might have angered some of us with Soundbooth but you've won me back."
They've angered me with After Effects 7, that P.O.S. drives me into a blind rage.
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Object-X said 3:16AM on 10-31-2006
Well, this is interesting news. Especially since Adobe didn't initially support OS X when they released Flex (Big mistake!). In fact, they just got around to it recently.
It's a shame really that Adobe could really have something special here with their technology, it boggles the mind that they would diss the very developers who could help make their .Net alternative successful.
Hey Adobe, go to a Ruby conference and count the number of MacBook/PowerBooks there. There is a reason Ruby is getting buzz and Flex is getting ...
Flex and now Apollo, this is really interesting stuff; it has a lot of potential. Lets hope Adobe gets out of their Windows myopia.
Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers ::sweating profussly:: Developers Developers Developers ::throws a chair or two:: Developers Developers Developers
You get the picture.
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Daniel Dura said 2:47PM on 10-31-2006
In response to the previous comment: you can now download a beta version of Flex Builder for Mac on Adobe Labs (http://labs.adobe.com).
- Danny ddura@adobe.com
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ethan estes said 3:21PM on 10-31-2006
A minor note that they are using the webkit.org version, not the actual build by apple in the frameworks folder on your mac.
Object-X: adobe didn't role out Flex builder 2 due to issues with eclipse on the mac which have now been resolved. Having attended the Max conference and seen the half the apollo team running on mac laptops i wouldn't get to worked up. Also a key goal of apollo is to be cross platform so mac is very important to them and there isn't a "Windows myopia" from what i saw and heard last week.
-ethan
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