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The article is directed at Flash Platform developers that are looking to leverage their existing skill-set to create Android applications. I know several peopl

The article is directed at Flash Platform developers that are looking to leverage their existing skill-set to create Android applications. I know several people that develop Flash and get an Android app for "free" with Air. It isn't really a matter of Air doing something that you can't accomplish with a web page in a browser. I see it as making use of existing assets/skills.

bad_user 16y ago
> I know several people that develop Flash ... I see it as making use of existing assets/skills. Air's selling point was that it enables the use of web-specific skillsets for making a desktop application. A strong accent has been placed on HTML + Javascript, because it has a lower barrier to entry (lower cost) then Flash / Flex (I know because I worked there). On a regular desktop this makes lots of sense, since Air also takes care of the distribution / updating of an app (i.e. making it almost as painless as using a web app). > get an Android app for "free" with Air You mean they'll get a shitty app for free: even web applications are optimized for mobile phones, even for specific architectures with stuff like: http://jqtouch.com/ http://jqtouch.com/ (for the iPhone) Flash devs also know Html+Javascript. On the iPhone it takes a couple of meta-tags to make it behave more like a native app (loading screen / no address bar). Add to that HTML5 capabilities that you can take for granted on Android/iOS (geolocation, local storage). The app store / os takes care of updating native apps (that in the case of Android at least, can have an UI made with web technologies). So again, what does AIR offer? (really, it's not a rhetorical question, I'm curios as they probably worked really hard on it)
- joelhooks 16y ago
  Because native or web apps aren't "shitty"? The quality of the app isn't a direct correlation to the technology. > Flash devs also know Html+Javascript. This is not true. I am incredibly inefficient with html/css/js. I can rapidly create quality applications with Flash. My guess is that I am not unique in that regard. > So again, what does AIR offer? It offers clear wins for some people. You aren't in that group, which is fine. The Flash development community is excited about it and making use of it as we type. Arguments for or against preferred technologies doesn't change that. > HTML + Javascript ... has a lower barrier to entry (lower cost) Both are zero in terms of cost.

bad_user 16y ago

> I know several people that develop Flash ... I see it as making use of existing assets/skills. Air's selling point was that it enables the use of web-specific skillsets for making a desktop application. A strong accent has been placed on HTML + Javascript, because it has a lower barrier to entry (lower cost) then Flash / Flex (I know because I worked there). On a regular desktop this makes lots of sense, since Air also takes care of the distribution / updating of an app (i.e. making it almost as painless as using a web app). > get an Android app for "free" with Air You mean they'll get a shitty app for free: even web applications are optimized for mobile phones, even for specific architectures with stuff like: http://jqtouch.com/ http://jqtouch.com/ (for the iPhone) Flash devs also know Html+Javascript. On the iPhone it takes a couple of meta-tags to make it behave more like a native app (loading screen / no address bar). Add to that HTML5 capabilities that you can take for granted on Android/iOS (geolocation, local storage). The app store / os takes care of updating native apps (that in the case of Android at least, can have an UI made with web technologies). So again, what does AIR offer? (really, it's not a rhetorical question, I'm curios as they probably worked really hard on it)

joelhooks 16y ago
Because native or web apps aren't "shitty"? The quality of the app isn't a direct correlation to the technology. > Flash devs also know Html+Javascript. This is not true. I am incredibly inefficient with html/css/js. I can rapidly create quality applications with Flash. My guess is that I am not unique in that regard. > So again, what does AIR offer? It offers clear wins for some people. You aren't in that group, which is fine. The Flash development community is excited about it and making use of it as we type. Arguments for or against preferred technologies doesn't change that. > HTML + Javascript ... has a lower barrier to entry (lower cost) Both are zero in terms of cost.