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Adobe AIR brings the convenience of the browser to the desktop but without any of the limitations. Developers can now rapidly create Rich Internet Applications using the proven web technologies that they are familiar with namely, JavaScript and ActionScript. User experiences can be self contained, controlled and branded.

Desktop integration provides new functionality; local storage, encryption, notification, access to the desktop file system and the ability to operate offline. AIR also supports multiple platform delivery, which means that AIR applications can be installed, and run on multiple operating systems. The RIA has truly come of age.

 

But AIR does have a number of drawbacks;

  • AIR applications must be installed in order to run.
  • AIR applications will only run on a machine with the AIR runtime installed
  • AIR applications can not be run directly from a CD
  • AIR applications can not open files such as word documents or PDFs
  • AIR applications can not execute other applications
  • AIR application can only make use of the built in SQLite database

With Shu developers can now easily over come these restrictions, taking all the great features of an AIR application and packaging them into a powerful standalone application.

Shu really is the obvious choice for any developers wanting to develop and deploy professional AIR applications.