Apollo: Ground Control to Major Tom

I’ve just got in from work, poured my self a glass of red wine, put The Misfits on and then turned my stereo up.

So it could be the wine talking… or the punk rock… but am I the only person who isn’t excited by Apollo? ‘Cos based on my RSS feed reader, I’m kinda thinking I am.

Tomorrow I will down load the preview realise and see what I’m missing… but until then I choose to remain bemused by the attraction of web developers making desktop apps.

I’ve just got this image of all regard to taste and usability being replaced with a 10 pixel by 10 pixel dancing banana.


[EDIT: I’ve just watched a video demo and get it now… It’s Adobe stopping copying Sun’s Java and start leap frogging it. I get why people are so excited now, I think my scepticism was based around the fact that web applications don’t function like desktop applications but this is a tool for making desktop applications not repurposing existing web apps. I’m still worried about that dancing banana though, but who isn’t.]

March 19, 2007 | Filed Under Development, Flash Platform

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2 Responses to “Apollo: Ground Control to Major Tom”

  1. Simon on March 23rd, 2007 2:23 pm

    Hemmm Apollo. Need to know more Dk0. Ive got the basic principal straight in my head but like your earlier thoughts i fail to see the big deal. Cant wait for the realisation moment. :)

  2. Pixelbox » Apollo - We have lift off on March 26th, 2007 9:06 pm

    […] Oh and I also had to quash Tom’s claims that “I’ve just got this image of all regard to taste and usability being replaced with a 10 pixel by 10 pixel dancing banana.“ […]

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