A screenshot sample of Adobe Air applications

Summary: Adobe Systems is looking to make their Air platform the de facto choice for cloud-computing applications, but judging by their marketplace offerings, they still have some work to do.

By Mark Kaelin | August 13, 2010 -- 07:47 GMT (00:47 PDT)

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Adobe Systems is looking to make their Air platform the de facto choice for cloud-computing applications, but judging by their marketplace offerings, they still have some work to do.

While there are several solid applications available in the Air platform (TweetDeck is a good example) there are also numerous mediocre desktop widget-like applications too.

Images captured by Mark Kaelin for TechRepublic. All applicable rights reserved.

Topics: Apps, Cloud, Software Development

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