1. Auckland webdesign developer meetup 30
our sponsors
Auckland webdesign developer meetup 30
- John Ballinger – Who moved my browser - Glen barnes – Nielsen//NetRatings update - Darren Wood – Web standards nerd, microformats
Facilities kindly provided by Media design school Beer and pizza sponsored by bka (thanks)

2. our sponsors
The numbers Active members (182 total) 30 meetups 5 sponsors in waiting 2 sponsored events 1 sponsored meeting place 0 dollars in fees

3. Who moved my browser?
And how Adobe Apollo could help me.

4. What is wrong with the browser
Security Model
Desktop Interaction
Conflicting Interface (eg back button)
Always online (of course)
Does my application work on all browsers.
Ajax to the rescue (really?)
The server must process everything (why?)

5. What is wrong with the browser
Security Model
Desktop Interaction
Conflicting Interface (eg back button)
Always online (of course)
Does my application work on all browsers.
Ajax to the rescue (really?)

6. What is good about the browser
XML, Javascript, Flash, Flex, WPF
Every OS has a browser (nearly)
Applications are deployed via the internet and are easy to update (just change code on server)
Reasonably safe from virus’s
Great at reading documents or brochures
Tabs *yay.

7. So what does Apollo Do? Cross platform runtime Mac / PC, 5Mb
Simply application deployment, one file
Application OS touch points
Drag and Drop, both in and out.
File system support, read/write/create (cannot execute, grrr)
Network caching, online, offline and detection.
Local connections – Flash in the browser can talk to Apollo on the desktop.
Run HTML, XML, Javascript, AJAX and Flex, Flash*

8. Finetune

9. Scrapblog in the browser

10. Scrapblog – then on the desktop

11. Tweetr – My experience

12. Why does Apollo matter? Other choices – Java, .net, MDM, widgets
Can use existing skills and knowledge
Works with HTML, AJAX, Javascript and Flex
PDF support to read and write PDF files.
One file to deploy for both mac/pc
Runtime and application bundle*
Application is not hidden within one of 3 open browsers on the 5th tab.

13. What will Apollo be used for
We already have seen finetune, scrapblog
Hopefully we will see a youtube video uploader with clientside video encoding
Photo uploaders
MS office type functionality – – Word – Spreadsheet – Powerpoint.
IM clients, Twitter clients, blogging and CMS clients.
iTunes, iPhoto, Picassa…

14. How to get started Apollo Runtime
Developer tools here as well.
Install Flex Builder (Eclipse), install Apollo SDK and Apollo runtime.
Server mime type for .air files is
"application/vnd.adobe.apollo-application-installer-package+zip"