Adobe AIR

Adobe AIR Publisher's Description:
Adobe¨ AIRª (formerly code-named Apollo) is a cross-operating system runtime that allows web application developers to use their existing web development skills (HTML, Javascript, Adobe Flash¨, Adobe Flexª, Ajax) to build and deploy rich Internet applications to the desktop.

Adobe¨ AIRª enables developers to create applications that combine the benefits of web applications - network and user connectivity, rich media content, ease of development, and broad reach - with the strengths of desktop applications - application interactions, local resource access, personal settings, powerful functionality, and rich interactive experiences.

Adobe¨ AIRª enables familiar application interaction models, including drag-and-drop support, rich more...clipboard access, and desktop and system shortcuts. Furthermore, Apollo applications run as regular applications, and do not have to run within another application or shell (as web applications do by running within the browser).