on Mar 15th, 2007Possibilities of Apollo
I have been bragging about the new Apollo platform and how web development will be affected because of these platforms. Well Apollo is a platform like the JVM which enables web developers to build applications for the desktop using web based languages like html, action scripts etc. Flex of course being a very essential part of the platform. Developers can leverage the capability of Apollo to extend web functionality to desktops. It could prove a major winner with all the startpages like netvibes, pageflakes, Google personalised home page etc gathering storm. Modern day OS’s like Vista and Panther also have widgets built into the very fabric of their desktops. Yes widgets are the future and will rule the world in the next 5 years 
seems like the nth time i have said it.
Alright, enough gibberish. I came across these bunch of applications that were demoed at the Adobe Engage. To take a look at what these things are capable of please take a look at these sites.
A calendar, writer , lists and more organizational stuff with the ability to work offline.
 An online Office application built entirely in flash. I hear its got excellent typography and pagination. Could be a competitor in the race to the online office automation prize.
Also dont forget to check out start page yourminis and my favorite photo editing tools fauxto and picnik.
Just wanted to point out that http://www.yourminis.com is more than just a start page. Actually, we’re all about widgets. Widgets that you can run on our start page or customize and embed on blogs and social networks… We’re also exciting about using Apollo to deploy these widgets, outside of the browser, on the desktop… Good things are in the works… Thanks for the mention!