Adobe AIR Showcase

AOL

Leading online services provider uses Adobe® AIR™ to extend customer experiences beyond the browser.

• Download the AOL Top 100 Videos application

AOL touches millions of users by providing some of the world's most compelling news, lifestyle, and entertainment content. AOL strives to deliver its brand in ways that enable people to easily engage with content when and where they choose. With the launch of Top 100 Videos—AOL's next-generation desktop application built on Adobe AIR—AOL is able to deliver content in a dynamic desktop application that people can enjoy, customize and share.

"With our Adobe AIR application, we can reach communities of users with compelling, free content available from AOL," says Sun Sachs, director of AOL's interactive design and development team. By combining easy access with great content, AOL's new Adobe AIR application satisfies consumer demand for great content served to them the way they want it. "Adobe AIR provides huge efficiencies for us to create online and offline experiences that run consistently across platforms," he says.

The Changing Desktop Landscape

With core expertise in Adobe Flash® and Adobe Flex™ Builder™, Sachs' team finds that working in Adobe AIR is a natural fit. "We have full design and development control in Adobe AIR," Sachs says. He estimates that the efficiencies of working in Adobe Flex and Adobe AIR outpace a typical web development cycle by several months. As well, the team finds that it can leverage its web development efforts and extend them to new desktop applications through Adobe AIR.