Comments on: Appcelerator Titanium: Like AIR, But Better

By: Ed Syrett

Ed Syrett — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:11:51 +0000

And also, I wouldn’t call AIR a “closed” system. You get the full source of the framework, you can debug through it in Flex Builder, and I think you can get the source for Flash Player as well….that’s open enough for me…..

By: Ed Syrett

Ed Syrett — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:10:11 +0000

AIR still sounds like a more powerful platform than Appcelerator, simply because of ActionScript which is a fully-featured OO language with a complete development environment to go with it. We simply wouldn’t be able to do most of the things we do in Flex with a mix of HTML and JavaScript. For that reason I’m really struggling to see a selling point for Appcelerator, apart from somebody wanting to port an existing web app to the desktop very quickly. I can’t believe anyone starting on a new app would choose such dated technologies as HTML and JavaScript over Flex.

By: InTheLoop

InTheLoop — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:02:08 +0000

For the record, I will not be taking anything from Appcelerator, although I do appreciate the offer.

By: Trevor Cape

Trevor Cape — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:44:47 +0000

Hey, if any of you guys have any feedback or comments about Appcelerator, feel free to post and discuss on http://www.appcelefeedback.blog.com

By: Trevor Cape

Trevor Cape — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:44:23 +0000

Hey, my name is Trevor, I am with Appcelerator and i read the article. I along with Appcelerator would like to thank you for taking the time to write about our open source platform. As a thank you, we would like to send you some cool Appcelerator swag, including a shirt and a wrist bad. It would be great if you could send me your mailing address and i will have the swag sent to you. Thank you and keep on talking about Appcelerator and Titanium! Have a great holiday season as well.

Trevor

By: InTheLoop

InTheLoop — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:05:50 +0000

Florian – What does this have to do with security? The issue is if you want to allow Adobe to decide how well Linux is supported, what features will be offered, if the standards for writing applications will continue to be freely available, and so on.

By: wondair

wondair — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:24:03 +0000

Hi, I’ve downloaded Appcelerator Titanium. I tried out the demo applications and faced several issues especially with the Contact Manager. At first I thought that there was a compatibility bug with my Windows XP system. Then I tried it on another machine without luck. The result is that I have no confidence in it. I believe that Appcelerator Titanium is too immature to develop productive applications for this platform. My first experiences with Adobe AIR are much better.

By: Florian

Florian — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 10:27:00 +0000

“Like Adobe AIR, though, you don’t need an internet connection to run Titanium applications” – AIR is a RIA Plattform. Internet is included but – u don’t have to be connected as well… just for updated and for several tasks Titanium will need a connection as well.

“[...]would be a far superior option, since it would not take us down a route of closed systems[...]” The security system in air and the sandboxes are there for a reason. Where’s the sense in hoping for security when plattforms like Titanium open the doors to the system?

Sorry… i don’t see any point in what should make A.T. a better option.

By: InTheLoop

InTheLoop — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 04:52:29 +0000

Xavier Colomer – I don’t have anything against closed source applications, but I would prefer that platforms be completely open. The problem with a closed platform is that give up control over a large amount of the software you are running, not just a single application. If Adobe decides to drop support for Linux, what are you going to do?

By: Vadim P.

Vadim P. — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:35:13 +0000

@Jeff: Let me see why… I pre-ordered several programs for Linux now and they were always inexcusably delayed. That’s why.