Hello,
People seem to forget that it's possible to build local desktop app using fullscreen browser (or menu-less browser) + locally run web and db server that requires no configuration or installation. E.g. special packages for cross-platform local apps for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux - containing web server, mysql/sqlite, php/python/perl/java exist - see e.g.Web Server for CD and USB drives.
User just unpacks .zip file, clicks an icon and web server and database server start on random ports and web browser opens with page on that web server.. Such beast can be even put to read-only media (database files will be stored in hidden directory on HDD if writes to db are required)!
Why people try to move everything to AIR?
People seem to forget that it's possible to build local desktop app using fullscreen browser (or menu-less browser) + locally run web and db server that requires no configuration or installation. E.g. special packages for cross-platform local apps for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux - containing web server, mysql/sqlite, php/python/perl/java exist - see e.g.Web Server for CD and USB drives.
User just unpacks .zip file, clicks an icon and web server and database server start on random ports and web browser opens with page on that web server.. Such beast can be even put to read-only media (database files will be stored in hidden directory on HDD if writes to db are required)!
Why people try to move everything to AIR?