Quite some time ago I came across this article at Adobe’s Web site that describes how to create multilingual HTML-based AIR applications. I haven’t personally had the need to create a multilingual AIR application, but I found the concept worth being aware of should the need later arise (it’s always easy to be obvious as to what’s possible).
This video at Adobe’s Web site previews two of the file system additions forthcoming in Adobe AIR 2.0. It’s only six minutes long but shows some cool new features for launching files and for accessing mounted drives. The specific code being used is Flex, but the same functionality will be capable using Ajax, too.
Adobe announced last week details for the forthcoming 2.0 version of their Adobe AIR (of which I’m a big fan). It’ll be released in beta format by the end of 2009, with the official release in the first half of 2010 (theoretically). The updated AIR 2.0 will be able to make use of mounted mass storage devices, like flash drives and cameras, will be able to communicate with native applications running on the computer, should have improved performance, and more.
For more on Adobe AIR, you can check the official Adobe AIR Web site, read this review (of AIR 1.5), or see my book on developing AIR applications using HTML and JavaScript.
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