Iím excited about the MeetingPulse application ó it really lets us showcase some of the possibilities for rich client-side interaction with Connect. Adobe AIR is still in Beta, but I had very few problems working with the "Moxie 2" SDK ó itís proved very robust. I ran into one issue with a null pointer exception when clicking on the datagrid (a variant of this bug: http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-10979), but I was able to work around it in the source for DataGrid.as. MeetingPulse has gone through quite a few internal versions and should be really solid ó if you run into any problems, please let me know. The AIR upgrade process is slick and easy to use, so I can deploy a new version of MeetingPulse very quickly, and then the next time you launch the application, youíll be notified that there is an upgrade available. The upgrade installs itself (thanks to the AIR upgrade code) in much less than a minute.
MeetingPulse also demonstrates the kind of UI we are going to be using to let customers manage their Connect instance. Look for much more about this in the near future ó youíre going to be able to see real-time graphs showing system availability over time, youíll be able to schedule the application of Connect service packs, and many other features to help you get the most out of Connect. Throughout the objectives are transparency (youíll have full access to the status of your Connect account) and ease of use. The look and functionality of MeetingPulse is a small preview of how this will all work.
Iím finally in a position to apply all the lessons that Iíve learned over the course of seven years of working with Breeze/Connect (starting at Presedia in 2000, then at Macromedia, and finally at Adobe). This is going to be great!
