AIR for Desktop abandoned too?... Defnitely not

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Mike Chambers has confirmed below that AIR for Desktop is here to stay! Thanks Mike.

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According to Adobe evangelist Renaun Erickson, AIR for desktop is not being dropped. See his comment at http://renaun.com/blog/2011/11/the-gaming-side-of-renaun/. While this is certainly good news for now, I think we are all left with some uncertainty about the future. I'm not ready to jump ship yet but I am not totally convinced either.

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With all the confusion and terrible communication from Adobe regarding Flash lately it is getting hard to weed out the truth from the rumors. However, one thing that is impossible to miss is the lack of mention of Adobe AIR for Windows/Mac. If you look at the recent posts from Adobe here and here you will notice no mention of it.

Now there are two possible reasons for this:

1. This was an oversight and they are planning to continue to develop it or
2. This was intentional and they are no longer planning to develop it

Option 1 seems very unlikely to me unfortunately. Given that Adobe has been under fire for the last week because of the terrible way they communicated things, I find it hard to believe that this was just overlooked. I have posted several comments, as have others, asking for comment with no response at all. So this leaves option 2. If Adobe plans to abandon Adobe AIR for desktop, then we as a developer community are basically screwed and left with the unfortunate task of porting our applications to other languages. This, of course, will unfortunately delay future releases and drive up the costs of our products... which ultimately hurts our customers as well.

While I respect the fact that Adobe needs to make very difficult business decisions, it certainly doesn't make me feel any better.

Adobe - this is your last chance to respond to the community on this before we make the switch to something else.

Klokwork Team Console - Release Candidate Now Available

We just posted the release candidate version of the Klokwork Team Console allowing teams to track time with the award winning Klok desktop application. For more information, visit getklok.com.

Lifehacker awards Adobe AIR app, Klok, "Best Time Tracking App for Windows and Mac"

We were very pleased to hear that Lifehacker.com awarded Klok the titles of "Best Time Tracking App for Mac OSX" and "Best Time Tracking App for Windows". Take a look and see what they had to say about it but nothing beats trying it out for yourself. Download the free version at www.getklok.com and let us know what you think.

Now we are not about to just sit back and coast, so we have been working on a new version of the Klokwork Team Console to make using Klok for a whole team much easier. Also on the horizon... updated mobile versions for Android, iOS and Blackberry Playbook with the ability to synchronize with the desktop version.

Follow us on Twitter at @getklok or friend us on Facebook to stay up to date on what we are doing.

Congratulations Boston Bruins - Celebrate with $5 off Klok

Congratulations Boston Bruins... Being from Boston, we are pretty happy and feeling generous. So for a limited time we are offering $5 off. Use the coupon code Bruins2011 at http://getklok.com/store/purchase.php.

Klok 2.3.3 Now Available

Version 2.3.3 is now available.

• Fixed bug with Google Docs integration the same timesheet can't be uploaded twice if the first one fails
• Added right click options for items on week view
• Fixed bug where times could display as 2:60 instead of 3:00 due to rounding

See all the previous version's release notes at http://getklok.com/KlokReleaseNotes.php

Klok 2.3.2 now available - Google Docs Integration

We just posted version 2.3.2 which includes some often requested features/bug fixes.

• Right click delete from Time Entries tab bug fixed. Right clicking an item before left clicking to select it will now allow you to delete from the context menu.
• New "Quick Comment" button in the "working on area" for current timer item. Click the small comment icon to open a box where you can update the comment on a running timer.
• Save timesheet to Google Docs (as spreadsheet). The timesheet will automatically be converted into a Google spreadsheet. (This feature is only available in the full version of Klok - See the version comparison for other features of the full version)
• Option to save encrypted Google Accounts settings between sessions. The settings are stored only if you select "Remember Me" and are stored in an encrypted local storage. You can tell Klok to forget the saved settings from the Tools > Preferences > Third Party Integration screen

Where did the Flex hero dark theme/skin go?

I finally got around to downloading and trying out the latest prerelease version of FlashBuilder and Flex Hero but now my apps are automatically getting a newer light color theme. While I like the light theme, I also like the dark theme and can see places where I would use each of them. However, it doesnt seem like the dark theme is included in the SDK anymore. Does anyone know if the dark theme will be maintained? Or can we just copy the one from the previous Hero build without issue?