"The Adobe® AIR™ runtime enables you to have your favorite web applications with you all the time. Since applications built for Adobe AIR run on your desktop computer without a web browser, they provide all the convenience of a desktop application. In short, Adobe AIR means applications that are easier, more powerful, and more fun to use.

Installation Installation of Adobe AIR is easy. You may already have it installed. If you don't, you will be able to install it automatically when you download an application that has been built to run on Adobe AIR. Just authorize the installation, and you're all set. For special circumstances, you can also install Adobe AIR manually.

Security Be safe on the web. Adobe AIR helps ensure safe installations by requiring digital signatures on each AIR application that identify the application and its creator before you install." - Adobe Read More

"Flex is a highly productive, free open source framework for building and maintaining expressive web applications that deploy consistently on all major browsers, desktops, and operating systems." - Adobe Read More