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The future of the internet and OS’s

Wietse Veenstra — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:06:19 +0000

Last night Leo Babauta posted a very interesting article on Lifehack.org about his Hard Drive & Software are obsolete. I share this vision in how we will use our computer in the (near?) future. At the moment it’s not yet possible to work completely online but I think this might certainly be a good option for the future. New initiatives and innovative web applications pop up like never before and the quality is getting better every day. The internet connections are becoming increasingly faster and the free online space to save your files is growing like crazy. In the example, Leo points out the website of MediaMax, where you can get 25 GB of free online space!

Another great application I personally use every day is NetVibes. I read my feeds daily from it, store my favorite/important links, it stores my calendar with important things and I have a to-do list. And new features are built in quite often. Users can also provide their own feature requests and the developers really look into this list. Some of the other applications that will possibly play a big role in the onlinization (did I just invent a new word?) are Desktop Two and YouOS, two applications which simulate a desktop-like environment online (the website of YouOS provides a demo). When you want to edit photos online you should give Fauxto a try. A really impressive RIA built in Flex. There is even an online Flex Compiler, which is a fairly simple example but it shows that more and more initiatives to move existing software to the web are being built every day. Of course this is quite the opposite of what Adobe is trying to achieve with Apollo. I’m not really sure which way it will go but I’m certainly going to follow up on the latest developments on both sides.

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Adobe Apollo alpha released on labs.

Wietse Veenstra — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 07:45:00 +0000

Adobe released Apollo alpha on their labs site. Let’s download and have some fun with it soon. Grab it overhere. More information can be found on the wiki and for the dutch readers/developers, there’s ofcourse my Dutch translation of the DeveloperFAQ.

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Apollo Developer FAQ in Dutch

Wietse Veenstra — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:52:56 +0000

I just finished translating the Developer FAQ for Adobe Apollo in Dutch. Check it out overhere. The original English version can be found here. If you have any suggestions or if you found errors in my translation, please let me know and I will update it.

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Flex 2.0.1 available!

Wietse Veenstra — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 22:17:39 +0000

Flex 2.0.1 has been released by Adobe Systems. The new version runs on Windows based systems but also on MAC and linux systems. Furthermore there are some improvements like CSS management at runtime and support for FlashType encoding. Also this new version is Apollo ready. Here you can find the downloadpage. And click here to read the release notes.

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Video: Christian Cantrell shows Apollo

Wietse Veenstra — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:58:48 +0000

In this video Mike Chambers interviews Christian Cantrell as he shows some apps in Apollo. Adobe Apollo will be the bridge between the internet and your desktop, it allows you to run native Flash and HTML on your desktop, interactive with all native components. It will be available for MAC as well as for PC.

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