Adobe AIR 2.0.0.10760 Beta 1

With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use their existing skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web. Based on previous successful function, Adobe AIR released 2.0.0.10760 beta, keeping more fun, more powerful and easier-to-use features.

What's new in Adobe AIR SDK 2.0.0.10760 Beta 1:
Open documents with the user's default application:
-Open document files in the application the user has set up as the default opening application.

Microphone data access:
-Access the sound data from a microphone directly for recording or other processing.

Mass storage device detection:
-Detect when a mass storage device, such as a USB drive or a camera, has been connected to the user's computer.

Global Error Handling:
-Handle all uncaught errors (both synchronous errors and asynchronous error events) in one place in your code.

Packaging an AIR application in a native installer:
-Package an AIR application in a native install program instead of an AIR file.

Database transactions save points:
-Commit or roll back multiple database changes as a single transaction.

Updated WebKit version:
• WebKit in AIR is based on the version shipped with Safari 4.0.3
• Support for JavaScript profiling
• SquirrelFish Extreme JavaScript engine resulting in 50% faster performance using SunSpider tests
• CSS3 Module support (2D transformations, transitions, animations, gradients, zoom and WebKit CSS selectors, etc.).
• Styling scrollbars via CSS
• Latest Canvas enhancements.

New networking support:
• Server sockets
• UDP sockets
• TLS/SSL sockets
• DNS lookup
• Network interface enumeration

Other improvements as below:
Native process API
Screen reader support
Printing enhancements
Idle time-out settings for URL requests
Improved IPv6 support
Increased maximum size of NativeWindow
File promises (Win/Mac only)
Multi-touch events
IME API and IME text input enhancement

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