Wednesday, September 19, 2007
MAX 2003 - memories of central
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 
11 days to go until MAX 2007 North America. I'm sure a large amount of focus will be on Adobe's AIR technology, which has roots in Central.Does anyone remember Central?
I was digging around through some dusty files and found my Central application that was created for Macromedia for the 2003 MAX conference.
All that I can presently do is launch the badge, as Central can no longer be installed (I wish I could though just for posterity). I remember the tabAccordion component fondly -- even though it received a lot of ire from many developer/designers at the time. I went to see what Adobe had to say about Central (I never checked before):
"We appreciate your interest in Macromedia Central. However, Adobe has decided not to continue to develop, sell, or market Central as a desktop client for rich applications.You guys were on the right track with Central, but the branding issues and applications living in the same container as other applications was holding you back. You did the right thing going to Apollo and now AIR. Kudos. Central was fun to develop for way back then, and AIR is a ton of fun to develop for now (AS3/MXML/etc)... way more than Central was.
Adobe is committed to enabling developers to build and deploy desktop applications that leverage web technologies and their existing skills. To achieve this objective, we are applying the lessons learned and feedback we received to a new project called Adobe® Integrated Runtime (AIR), formerly code-named Apollo. Adobe AIR™ incorporates technologies such as PDF, Flash, and HTML—and the insight gained from Central—into a new desktop client designed from the ground up."
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aSH said...“It was great, I agree!
Thanks for the post.
memories for central!”
