Adobe AIR 1.1 Released: http://get.adobe.com/air/

The major change in tis version is support for localized and internationalized applications. The AIR runtime itself now supports multiple languages (Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Spanish), as well as support for building internationalized applications (including keyboard input for double-byte languages). Meanwhile, over in the Labs, there’s an Adobe AIR Update Framework just out: http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Adobe_AIR_Update_Framework This beta release of the update framework for Adobe AIR applications provides APIs to help developers offer good update capabilities in their AIR applications.

Adobe User Group Meeting - Tuesday June 17th

EVENING MEETING ONLY - Pizza & Soda will be served! 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM Steve Drucker, Certified Adobe Master Instructor Presents TOPIC: ColdFusion AJAX, Adobe Spry, and Google Maps During this 2.5 hour session you will learn how to create CF-based AJAX applications that use Google Maps. We will cover the following subtopics: * Developing Applications with Adobe Spry * Making AJAX calls using Adobe Spry * Working with Spry DataSets * Using ColdFusion 8-specific AJAX functionality () * Developing mapping applications with Google Maps Event Location: CTIA Building Fig Leaf Software Training Center 1400 16th Street, NW Level B1 Training Room Washington, DC 20036 Directions: http://www.useadobe.com/directions.cfm RSVP for this meeting here: http://www.useadobe.com/rsvp.cfm

Acrobat.com launched - What are you waiting for?

Check out the newest creation from Adobe: www.acrobat.com This great new place to collaborate includes Adobe Buzzword for online word processing, Adobe Connect Now for real time screen sharing and collaboration, PDF creation engine, file sharing and even storage! The interface is very friendly and it's easy to get started.

Acrobat Accessibility Course launched by Fig Leaf Software

Click the link for the full course outline and registration dates: http://training.figleaf.com/Courses/Acrobat_Accessibility.cfm

Flex Cookbook Cook-off contest - ENTER TODAY!

This summer, O'Reilly Media announces the Flex Cookbook Cook-Off contest to celebrate the recent publication of "Flex 3 Cookbook: Code-Recipes, Tips, and Tricks for RIA Developers," written by Josh Noble, Todd Anderson, and a selection of authors whose recipes were plucked from the Adobe Flex Cookbook web site. From June 2-August 1 we invite you to submit your best code recipes for the chance to win some great prizes. Four winners will be chosen during the contest period. The prizes include: -Grand prize: A ticket to Adobe MAX in San Francisco, California and $500 (US) in O'Reilly Media books -Community choice award: $350 (US) in O'Reilly Media books -Second prize: Every Adobe Developer Library book published by O'Reilly Media -Third prize: Five O'Reilly Media books of choice Contest runs June 2–August 1, 2008 Winners are to be announced Sept 1, 2008 To submit your entry, go to: http://www.adobe.com/go/flex_cookbook