Adobe AIR soars to loftier heights

Adobe AIR has come a long way in a short time, and the momentum among third-party developers (such as the Merapi Project) and the AIR community at large is encouraging. Yet another milestone, AIR for Linux, is due out any day. For developers who want...

The most visually stunning improvements come by way of new text layout features -- long overdue for those of us who recall the sketchy text handling of early Flash. Typographical enhancements sharpen text rendering, and text flows now support...