Comments on: Adobe AIR Is Flying: 100 Million Installations Accounted For http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/adobe-air-is-flying-100-million-installations-accounted-for/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:24:59 -0800 hourly 1 By: Coupons http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/adobe-air-is-flying-100-million-installations-accounted-for/comment-page-2/#comment-3063753 Coupons Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:28:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=40081#comment-3063753 Any actual dev who has actually looked at both Flash and Silverlight can tell you that Silverlight owns Flash. C# and visual studio vs. Actionscript and Flash CS. Not hard to decide which one of those is better if you’ve actually used them. ==== Agreed! Any actual dev who has actually looked at both Flash and Silverlight can tell you that Silverlight owns Flash. C# and visual studio vs. Actionscript and Flash CS. Not hard to decide which one of those is better if you’ve actually used them.
==== Agreed!

]]> By: V Rose http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/adobe-air-is-flying-100-million-installations-accounted-for/comment-page-2/#comment-2968737 V Rose Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:27:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=40081#comment-2968737 Quote “There’s no physical way to opt out of Adobe AIR during Acrobat Reader installation.” Wow, that says it all. More software arrogance. Quote “What is the argument against installing AIR if you are user of adobe reader?” How about the fact that everytime I visit a site which activates Adobe Air.. my cpu load goes thru the roof and in 5 minutes I am getting warnngs about my cpu exceeding 200deg F.? NOTHING else has ever caused such a problem on my machine. Quote “There’s no physical way to opt out of Adobe AIR during Acrobat Reader installation.” Wow, that says it all. More software arrogance. Quote “What is the argument against installing AIR if you are user of adobe reader?”

How about the fact that everytime I visit a site which activates Adobe Air.. my cpu load goes thru the roof and in 5 minutes I am getting warnngs about my cpu exceeding 200deg F.? NOTHING else has ever caused such a problem on my machine.

]]> By: Geek Land | Adobe AIR Zooms Past 200 Million Installs, And We Have Some Apps To Recommend http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/adobe-air-is-flying-100-million-installations-accounted-for/comment-page-2/#comment-2806410 Geek Land | Adobe AIR Zooms Past 200 Million Installs, And We Have Some Apps To Recommend Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:39:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=40081#comment-2806410 [...] lines at the recent Flash Camp Keynote in San Francisco: 200 million, double the amount the company touted at the end of January 2009. The number was reached a little over two weeks ago, about 16 months [...] [...] lines at the recent Flash Camp Keynote in San Francisco: 200 million, double the amount the company touted at the end of January 2009. The number was reached a little over two weeks ago, about 16 months [...]

]]> By: Adobe AIR Zooms Past 200 Million Installs, And We Have Some Apps To Recommend http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/adobe-air-is-flying-100-million-installations-accounted-for/comment-page-2/#comment-2804384 Adobe AIR Zooms Past 200 Million Installs, And We Have Some Apps To Recommend Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:39:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=40081#comment-2804384 [...] lines at the recent Flash Camp Keynote in San Francisco: 200 million, double the amount the company touted at the end of January 2009. The number was reached a little over two weeks ago, about 16 months [...] [...] lines at the recent Flash Camp Keynote in San Francisco: 200 million, double the amount the company touted at the end of January 2009. The number was reached a little over two weeks ago, about 16 months [...]

]]> By: Riapalooza 2 A Must for RIA Enthusiasts http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/adobe-air-is-flying-100-million-installations-accounted-for/comment-page-2/#comment-2794769 Riapalooza 2 A Must for RIA Enthusiasts Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:14:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=40081#comment-2794769 [...] Adobe has been in the RIA space a long time with its Flash runtime being ubiquitous in over 98% of all desktops. Flash Lite, Adobe’s mobile Flash runtime is forecasted to be in over 1 BILLION mobile devices by 2009. Adobe’s AIR runtime, a cross platform runtime that brings RIAs to the desktop, already has over 100 million installs. [...] [...] Adobe has been in the RIA space a long time with its Flash runtime being ubiquitous in over 98% of all desktops. Flash Lite, Adobe’s mobile Flash runtime is forecasted to be in over 1 BILLION mobile devices by 2009. Adobe’s AIR runtime, a cross platform runtime that brings RIAs to the desktop, already has over 100 million installs. [...]

]]> By: GL http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/adobe-air-is-flying-100-million-installations-accounted-for/comment-page-2/#comment-2767682 GL Wed, 27 May 2009 00:44:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=40081#comment-2767682 The title should be: Adobe AIR Is Flying: 100 Million Installations UNACCOUNTED For Since the user HAS NO WAY TO OPT-OUT OF ADOBE "AIR" AT ADOBE READER INSTALL TIME. Adobe, stop trying to reinvent the wheel. Software is not supposed to be "new" IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE RELIABLE. Those of you who are LITE users of adobe products think it's the greatest thing since sliced bread. Those of us who have to maintain networks have seen countless buggy behavior from adobe products over the years and a LACK of serious competent technical PHONE support. Quote "There's no physical way to opt out of Adobe AIR during Acrobat Reader installation." Wow, that says it all. More software arrogance. Quote "What is the argument against installing AIR if you are user of adobe reader?" It's called CHOICE you 1d10t and it's called KEEPING A COMPUTER UNDER CONTROL AND PROTECTED FROM BUGGY BLOATED UN-NEEDED SOFTWARE. *** TO BUNDLE ADOBE "AIR" WITH ACROBAT READER WITHOUT ANY USER OPT-OUT OPTION SETS AN UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF CORPORATE ARROGANCE *** The title should be:

Adobe AIR Is Flying: 100 Million Installations UNACCOUNTED For

Since the user HAS NO WAY TO OPT-OUT OF ADOBE “AIR” AT ADOBE READER INSTALL TIME.

Adobe, stop trying to reinvent the wheel. Software is not supposed to be “new” IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE RELIABLE. Those of you who are LITE users of adobe products think it’s the greatest thing since sliced bread. Those of us who have to maintain networks have seen countless buggy behavior from adobe products over the years and a LACK of serious competent technical PHONE support.

Quote “There’s no physical way to opt out of Adobe AIR during Acrobat Reader installation.” Wow, that says it all. More software arrogance. Quote “What is the argument against installing AIR if you are user of adobe reader?”

It’s called CHOICE you 1d10t and it’s called KEEPING A COMPUTER UNDER CONTROL AND PROTECTED FROM BUGGY BLOATED UN-NEEDED SOFTWARE.

*** TO BUNDLE ADOBE “AIR” WITH ACROBAT READER WITHOUT ANY USER OPT-OUT OPTION SETS AN UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF CORPORATE ARROGANCE ***

]]> By: inday http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/adobe-air-is-flying-100-million-installations-accounted-for/comment-page-2/#comment-2660001 inday Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:14:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=40081#comment-2660001 am part of the 1 million.. am part of the 1 million..

]]> By: Is Adobe Overhyping AIR’s Success? | Techno Portal http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/adobe-air-is-flying-100-million-installations-accounted-for/comment-page-2/#comment-2647597 Is Adobe Overhyping AIR’s Success? | Techno Portal Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:27:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=40081#comment-2647597 [...] Beat says Adobe is winning the platform race and TechCrunch says that AIR is Flying. There are reasons to believe, however, that AIR is not being used widely and news coverage of the [...] [...] Beat says Adobe is winning the platform race and TechCrunch says that AIR is Flying. There are reasons to believe, however, that AIR is not being used widely and news coverage of the [...]

]]> By: Is Adobe Overhyping AIR’s Success? | Techno Portal http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/adobe-air-is-flying-100-million-installations-accounted-for/comment-page-2/#comment-2647596 Is Adobe Overhyping AIR’s Success? | Techno Portal Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:27:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=40081#comment-2647596 [...] Beat says Adobe is winning the platform race and TechCrunch says that AIR is Flying. There are reasons to believe, however, that AIR is not being used widely and news coverage of the [...] [...] Beat says Adobe is winning the platform race and TechCrunch says that AIR is Flying. There are reasons to believe, however, that AIR is not being used widely and news coverage of the [...]

]]> By: Glen Richardson http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/adobe-air-is-flying-100-million-installations-accounted-for/comment-page-2/#comment-2637060 Glen Richardson Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:25:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=40081#comment-2637060 Hi, thought this may be of interest: Adobe AIR - what's with the high CPU load, http://tinyurl.com/aircpu Hi, thought this may be of interest: Adobe AIR – what’s with the high CPU load, http://tinyurl.com/aircpu

]]> By: Linux Can Now Access Silverlight; The Rat Race Between Silverlight and Adobe Flash Continues http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/adobe-air-is-flying-100-million-installations-accounted-for/comment-page-1/#comment-2622854 Linux Can Now Access Silverlight; The Rat Race Between Silverlight and Adobe Flash Continues Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:53:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=40081#comment-2622854 [...] a few weeks ago, Adobe said its AIR and Flash Player 10 applications received a record number of downloads in the past year, with AIR receiving more than 100 million installations. Looks like there is no [...] [...] a few weeks ago, Adobe said its AIR and Flash Player 10 applications received a record number of downloads in the past year, with AIR receiving more than 100 million installations. Looks like there is no [...]

]]> By: Taking Adobe AIR beyond Twitter clients…and why AIR matters. « InstaBlog http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/adobe-air-is-flying-100-million-installations-accounted-for/comment-page-1/#comment-2614584 Taking Adobe AIR beyond Twitter clients…and why AIR matters. « InstaBlog Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:56:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=40081#comment-2614584 [...] of AIR runtime installs has crossed 100 million and this milestone achievement has been echoed by several others. Several folks including thought-leaders like ReadWriteWeb have rightfully [...] [...] of AIR runtime installs has crossed 100 million and this milestone achievement has been echoed by several others. Several folks including thought-leaders like ReadWriteWeb have rightfully [...]

]]> By: People Over Process » Links for February 2nd http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/adobe-air-is-flying-100-million-installations-accounted-for/comment-page-1/#comment-2614385 People Over Process » Links for February 2nd Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:09:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=40081#comment-2614385 [...] Adobe AIR Is Flying: 100 Million Installations Accounted For100M AIR installs. 1M downloads of AIR SDK. [...] [...] Adobe AIR Is Flying: 100 Million Installations Accounted For100M AIR installs. 1M downloads of AIR SDK. [...]

]]> By: yarnpr0n http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/adobe-air-is-flying-100-million-installations-accounted-for/comment-page-1/#comment-2613260 yarnpr0n Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:51:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=40081#comment-2613260 The only reason Adobe managed to get that many installs is because they sneak it in when you are installing Acrobat Reader 9. I never even knew what AIR was, nor was I given an option to opt out of it during my Acrobat Reader 9 install, yet here it is on my computer. I'm currently in the process of trying to get Acrobat.com and AIR off of my bloody computer, but Adobe is making it really difficult. Apparently, you can't uninstall AIR until AFTER you have uninstalled Acrobat.com. So now I'm faced with having to reinstall AIR so I can get all of this crap off of my computer. Oh, did I mention that the reason these products are being exorcised from my computer is because after it installs itself onto your computer, Acrobat.com drops itself into your Start Up Files folder, and insists on opening its explorer window full of install files every time I start up my computer? How's that for obnoxious? Yet another wonderful feature for Acrobat.com I love Adobe products, but I can't believe they have made such a major f#@k up with their install files. Sure hope they fix it for future Adobe Reader installers. The only reason Adobe managed to get that many installs is because they sneak it in when you are installing Acrobat Reader 9.
I never even knew what AIR was, nor was I given an option to opt out of it during my Acrobat Reader 9 install, yet here it is on my computer.
I’m currently in the process of trying to get Acrobat.com and AIR off of my bloody computer, but Adobe is making it really difficult.
Apparently, you can’t uninstall AIR until AFTER you have uninstalled Acrobat.com. So now I’m faced with having to reinstall AIR so I can get all of this crap off of my computer.
Oh, did I mention that the reason these products are being exorcised from my computer is because after it installs itself onto your computer, Acrobat.com drops itself into your Start Up Files folder, and insists on opening its explorer window full of install files every time I start up my computer? How’s that for obnoxious? Yet another wonderful feature for Acrobat.com
I love Adobe products, but I can’t believe they have made such a major f#@k up with their install files. Sure hope they fix it for future Adobe Reader installers.

]]> By: 100 millones de instalaciones de Adobe Air : Blogografia http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/adobe-air-is-flying-100-million-installations-accounted-for/comment-page-1/#comment-2612070 100 millones de instalaciones de Adobe Air : Blogografia Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:43:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=40081#comment-2612070 [...] son ciertos, entonces Air, la plataforma para crear widgets y miniaplicaciones ha sido descargada 100 millones de veces. Creo que hay dos motivos para tal [...] [...] son ciertos, entonces Air, la plataforma para crear widgets y miniaplicaciones ha sido descargada 100 millones de veces. Creo que hay dos motivos para tal [...]

]]> By: 100 millones de instalaciones de Adobe Air | FeedXtractor http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/adobe-air-is-flying-100-million-installations-accounted-for/comment-page-1/#comment-2612054 100 millones de instalaciones de Adobe Air | FeedXtractor Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:03:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=40081#comment-2612054 [...] son ciertos, entonces Air, la plataforma para crear widgets y miniaplicaciones ha sido descargada 100 millones de veces. Creo que hay dos motivos para tal [...] [...] son ciertos, entonces Air, la plataforma para crear widgets y miniaplicaciones ha sido descargada 100 millones de veces. Creo que hay dos motivos para tal [...]

]]> By: 100 millones de instalaciones de Adobe Air http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/adobe-air-is-flying-100-million-installations-accounted-for/comment-page-1/#comment-2612027 100 millones de instalaciones de Adobe Air Sat, 31 Jan 2009 11:09:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=40081#comment-2612027 [...] son ciertos, entonces Air, la plataforma para crear widgets y miniaplicaciones ha sido descargada 100 millones de veces. Creo que hay dos motivos para tal [...] [...] son ciertos, entonces Air, la plataforma para crear widgets y miniaplicaciones ha sido descargada 100 millones de veces. Creo que hay dos motivos para tal [...]

]]> By: Is Adobe Overhyping AIR’s Success? - Online Media Managers http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/adobe-air-is-flying-100-million-installations-accounted-for/comment-page-1/#comment-2611346 Is Adobe Overhyping AIR’s Success? - Online Media Managers Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:04:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=40081#comment-2611346 [...] Beat says Adobe is winning the platform race and TechCrunch says that AIR is Flying. There are reasons to believe, however, that AIR is not being used widely and news coverage of the [...] [...] Beat says Adobe is winning the platform race and TechCrunch says that AIR is Flying. There are reasons to believe, however, that AIR is not being used widely and news coverage of the [...]

]]> By: links for 2009-01-30 « Brent Sordyl’s Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/adobe-air-is-flying-100-million-installations-accounted-for/comment-page-1/#comment-2611213 links for 2009-01-30 « Brent Sordyl’s Blog Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:00:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=40081#comment-2611213 [...] Adobe AIR Is Flying: 100 Million Installations Adobe has announced that they’ve recorded 100 million successful installations of Adobe AIR, the company’s cross-platform runtime environment for RIAs, at the same time boasting that the newest version of Adobe Flash Player (10) was installed on over half of computers worldwide in just the first two months of its release. (tags: tweet adobeintegratedruntime) [...] [...] Adobe AIR Is Flying: 100 Million Installations Adobe has announced that they’ve recorded 100 million successful installations of Adobe AIR, the company’s cross-platform runtime environment for RIAs, at the same time boasting that the newest version of Adobe Flash Player (10) was installed on over half of computers worldwide in just the first two months of its release. (tags: tweet adobeintegratedruntime) [...]

]]> By: iWeb Blog » Nouvelles Techno iWeb, 29 Janvier http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/adobe-air-is-flying-100-million-installations-accounted-for/comment-page-1/#comment-2611211 iWeb Blog » Nouvelles Techno iWeb, 29 Janvier Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:58:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=40081#comment-2611211 [...] Adobe AIR a atteint 100 millins d’installations [...] [...] Adobe AIR a atteint 100 millins d’installations [...]

]]> By: Adobe AIR 100 Million Installations | Adobe AIR Tutorials http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/adobe-air-is-flying-100-million-installations-accounted-for/comment-page-1/#comment-2611186 Adobe AIR 100 Million Installations | Adobe AIR Tutorials Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:22:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=40081#comment-2611186 [...] And also an nice article on the topic at techcrunch [...] [...] And also an nice article on the topic at techcrunch [...]

]]> By: Mihai Corlan http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/adobe-air-is-flying-100-million-installations-accounted-for/comment-page-1/#comment-2611150 Mihai Corlan Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:36:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=40081#comment-2611150 @Jane McCarty Disclaimer: I work for Adobe (forgot to point this in my previous comment). Regarding your comment "[...]users get interface that looks and works differently[...]". Actually it is up to developer to implement the application UI. AIR has support for things like desktop tray or dock icons, a developer can choose to use the underlying OS window chrome, and thus the app will have min/max/close buttons and menus as you expect on that OS. So my point is you are not right on this one. Regarding your second comment, well, I must say I have trust in developers and I don't think they are bunch of lazy people (I must confess I am a developer too). Many of them keep coming with good ideas. The frameworks just help them to do it more efficiently or to add something new ... @Jane McCarty

Disclaimer: I work for Adobe (forgot to point this in my previous comment).

Regarding your comment “[...]users get interface that looks and works differently[...]“. Actually it is up to developer to implement the application UI. AIR has support for things like desktop tray or dock icons, a developer can choose to use the underlying OS window chrome, and thus the app will have min/max/close buttons and menus as you expect on that OS. So my point is you are not right on this one.

Regarding your second comment, well, I must say I have trust in developers and I don’t think they are bunch of lazy people (I must confess I am a developer too). Many of them keep coming with good ideas. The frameworks just help them to do it more efficiently or to add something new …

]]> By: iWeb Blog » iWeb Tech News Highlights, Jan 29th http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/adobe-air-is-flying-100-million-installations-accounted-for/comment-page-1/#comment-2611148 iWeb Blog » iWeb Tech News Highlights, Jan 29th Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:30:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=40081#comment-2611148 [...] Adobe AIR has reached 100 million installs [...] [...] Adobe AIR has reached 100 million installs [...]

]]> By: Is Adobe Overhyping AIR’s Success? | The Internet http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/adobe-air-is-flying-100-million-installations-accounted-for/comment-page-1/#comment-2611059 Is Adobe Overhyping AIR’s Success? | The Internet Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:51:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=40081#comment-2611059 [...] Beat says Adobe is winning the platform race and TechCrunch says that AIR is Flying. There are reasons to believe, however, that AIR is not being used widely and news coverage of the [...] [...] Beat says Adobe is winning the platform race and TechCrunch says that AIR is Flying. There are reasons to believe, however, that AIR is not being used widely and news coverage of the [...]

]]> By: No, you're not a developer http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/adobe-air-is-flying-100-million-installations-accounted-for/comment-page-1/#comment-2610859 No, you're not a developer Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:37:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=40081#comment-2610859 Any actual dev who has actually looked at both Flash and Silverlight can tell you that Silverlight owns Flash. C# and visual studio vs. Actionscript and Flash CS. Not hard to decide which one of those is better if you've actually used them. Any actual dev who has actually looked at both Flash and Silverlight can tell you that Silverlight owns Flash. C# and visual studio vs. Actionscript and Flash CS. Not hard to decide which one of those is better if you’ve actually used them.

]]>