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If you’ve heard about Adobe AIR but haven’t taken it for a test drive yet, there are many reasons to check it out — especially if you have a background in Flash development.
The Adobe AIR runtime enables you to use your existing web development skills and tools to build desktop applications that run on Mac OS X and Windows (and soon also on Linux). AIR applications have all the necessary functionality of standard desktop applications — including access to local files, drag-and-drop support, and more — while also providing the benefit of online and offline connectivity.
In addition, installing AIR apps is safe and transparent to end users thanks to support of digital signatures and the seamless badge install. (You can read Deploying Adobe AIR applications seamlessly with badge install by David Tucker in the AIR Developer Center for more information about that.)
Flash CS3 Professional is available at an academic discount price of $245.
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