The Adobe AIR runtime enables developers to use proven web technologies in order to create rich Internet applications that will deploy to the desktop and can run on different operating systems.

With regard to the business benefits, Adobe AIR offers an exciting new way to engage customers with innovative, branded desktop applications, without requiring changes to existing technology, people, or processes.

This cross-operating system runtime renders the applications more fun, powerful and easy to use.

Requirements:

· Intel Pentium 1GHz or faster processor
· 512MB of RAM

For Adobe AIR applications featuring full-screen video playback, the following hardware configurations are recommended:
· Intel Pentium 2GHz or faster processor
· 512MB of RAM; 32MB of VRAM

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

Open documents with the user's default application:
· You can open document files in the application the user has set up as the default opening application. Launching executables or script files is not permitted unless the application is packaged in a native installer. See File.openWithDefaultApplication() and Opening files with the default system application.

Microphone data access:
· You can access the sound data from a microphone directly for recording or other processing. See Microphone.sampleData and Capturing microphone sound data.

Mass storage device detection:
· You can now detect when a mass storage device, such as a USB drive or a camera, has been connected to the user's computer. See StorageVolumeInfo.

Updated WebKit version:
· WebKit in AIR is based on the version shipped with Safari 4.0.3
· Support for JavaScript profiling
· SquirrelFish Extreme JavaScript engine resulting in 50% faster performance using SunSpider tests
· CSS3 Module support (2D transformations, transi...