Adobe Revamps Online Marketplace for AIR Apps

While Adobe calls the site a "marketplace," the applications on it are actually free for download and not for sale. Adobe has improved the search and download capabilities of the site, as well as added RSS feed and other features that make it easier for developers to share applications.

The Adobe AIR Marketplace showcases developer applications that are powered by AIR, a runtime that allows developers to create cross-platform desktop applications with the same technologies they use for building Web-based applications, such as HTML, AJAX and Flash.

Developers also can rate, review and comment about features of applications to give developers instant feedback, according to Adobe. The revamped site also allows developers to create profiles for themselves and manage the applications they post in a self-service interface.

Adobe also has added dashboards that show statistics, ratings and reviews for AIR developers to the site.

Adobe said that there are already hundreds of AIR applications on the marketplace, which was first launched in October 2007 so developers could begin sharing apps built on a beta version of AIR.