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Last login: 11 hours agoIdleCycle: idleCycle is a 26 year old single guy from Switzerland.; Likes 4,853 pages, 134 videos, 348 photos • 435 fans • Received 61 reviews; Member since Sep 24, 2005

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Adobe Releases AIR For Linux, Sees Better Linux Apps on Horizon | Compiler from Wired.com: Apr 4, 4:47am 1 review •http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/200...; A fairly uncritical article on Wired.com

AIR is a platform which enables programmers to build web applications that also run on the desktop. AIR apps do everything web apps do -- they seamlessly connect to web services, the navigation feels like a web browser, animation can be powered by either Flash or JavaScript.

While the web is a great place to play with designs and explore new user interfaces, desktop applications are much more static. And I think they should be. Users prefer layouts they know and can navigate intuitively. Think about what it would be like if each program had a completely different look and feel.

Also, the most innovative ideas in application design and user experience aren't happening on Linux. They are happening on Mac OS X, Windows and on the web.

I disagree. The author of this article clearly didn't use either Gnome or KDE in a long time. Both of these provide a complete desktop experience on Linux. That is, if you want such a thing. If not, you have the freedom to chose from an entire spectrum of different window managers using a plethora of window toolkits and libraries.

And BTW, Mac OS X is UNIX too.