Who needs Apollo?

I have been playing with Adobe Apollo today. It’s a product that is somehow not completely compatible with the most visible trend on the web: The web as the only interface on your computer.

I was having big difficulties understanding why I should have to write or use Apollo applications. But finetune desktop shows some of the potential of Apollo.

Nice application, but it’s also kind of scary. If the application is able to access my iTunes, it can also access my Adressbook and email.

This also solves my problem: I will write an addictive simple game. It has to be run in Apollo for “technical” reasons. To add to the suspense in the game, the game asks Microsoft Office which 10 documents you use the most. In an absolutely thrilling game you have the ability to win back the files, if you fail they will unfortunately be deleted.

Don’t know for sure whether it is possible to write such a game in Apollo. But it is certainly possible to create some serious privacy problems.