Apollo

I am very excited about what is coming out about Apollo. It looks like the Rich Internet Application may actually finally be realized in a way that makes so much more sense than embedding your product inside another.

That's been my major complaint about Web 2.0. I can only access sites like Flickr, YouTube, and Upcoming through a third party app, namely a web browser. We can now look at these problems and not only create NetApps (very much like Alex Lindsey has been calling for on TWiM) but they can truly stand alone, and work on any platform.

Concerns about Apollo at this point: Documentation. First and foremost Macromedia (before it was acquired) was not the best documenter. I brought this up during the Beta of Coldfusion 7, but it's especially critical for Apollo, since Apollo will be Adobe's "switcher" app for programmers. What I have seen of Flash CS3's documentation is a promising start, but the docs in Apollo will be the make or break in keeping this from being another Central.

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