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Slingshot – lightweight apollo?

Posted on May 2, 2007 by John

Today Joyent announced the public release of Slingshot, a framework for (their words) obliterating the distinction between the web and the desktop. Slingshot le...

Open Source Flex (MPL)

Posted on April 26, 2007 by John

<Update> It’s worth taking a look at Ed Burnette’s take on this at ZDNet: “Adobe keeps Flash, Flex close to the vest.” Although I ...

Web Apps with Offline Mode – Dojo Offline Toolkit

Posted on April 23, 2007 by John

Reading Dion Almaer’s “Web 2. 0 Expo Was Poor?” (I couldn’t be there due to client commitments so I can’t comment myself) I notice...

Rich Internet Applications and Greek Mythology

Posted on April 12, 2007 by John

Ever since I first starting hearing about Adobe Apollo, I had a feeling there was more to the name than was apparent. or ? Adobe wants you to believe that the n...