Is Apollo an executable SWF file?
No. First, Apollo is heavily focused on the offline/online synchronization problem. One of the stated goals is to allow people to use Apollo to take their content with them when they’re not online. The idea is that Rich Internet Applications developed in Flash can synchronize with applications leveraging Flash in Apollo. Second, during his keynote at WebDU, Mike Chambers stressed that Apollo will enable Flash developers to take full advantage of the desktop environment. source This will essentially allow developers to build desktop applications using Flash, AJAX, and HTML. To quote Mike again, “You can build full featured desktop applications.” (with Apollo) Another sound bite describing what Apollo does is from Ed Rowe, a senior Adobe Engineer: “Apollo is all about creating an environment — based on Flash, HTML, and PDF — that can do everything a browser can do and more.” source When will Apollo be released The developer release will be available on Adobe labs before end of calendar y
