Have you ever heard about Adobe AIR or any applications you have installed on this computer that has asked you to download it? Well, we know that this is a tool or utility that many more users than those who know how it works have installed on their computer, and that is why we will show you all the essential details about this program that you should know.

The first thing you must remember is that Adobe AIR has been developed with an obvious objective: to bring web applications to theDesktopin the form of executables, like any program we can install on our PC. This means that the next time we want to access their contents, instead of having to do it through a browser, we can run the applications from the Desktop .

The advantage of using Adobe AIR, we could say, is twofold, taking into account that then, as users, we will avoid depending on a browser, as we said before, while developers have the benefit that many people who otherwise would not see their products or approach them, in this case, they will.

Another undoubtedly positive issue we find with these cases is that all Adobe AIR programs have been developed to be compatible with all operating systems, which is very important. Anyway, you have to know that whenever you want to enjoy these benefits, it will be essential that you have previously installed Adobe AIR, somehow the means for these actions.

Once you have Adobe AIR installed on your PC, the next step is related to the possibility of downloading and installing many of the utilities that we usually have in the browser but that can now reach ourDesktop through Adobe Labs. Again, once you've downloaded and installed them, you'll be able to run them from your PC's home screen, allowing you to save time and take advantage of them like any classic application.

And what applications can I download on my computer thanks to Adobe Air? That will depend mainly on what you are looking for, although you should know that in our tests, we have found multimedia players, microblogging services, and much other software that allow us to make personalized use of our computer without having to search for so many contents in the browser, but launching them from the Desktop .

As we said before, Adobe AIR stands out because it supports any current operating system, so it doesn't matter if you have Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux since you can use its functions in any of them. Of course, here, we focus primarily on what happens with the Microsoft operating system. Still, if you also have computers with others, you can take double advantage of them.

If you are a web content creator, Adobe AIR will allow you to take advantage of its platform to create standalone applications that enable users who are not very fond of running services from their browsers to install them on the PC without any problems. Just as we can see many applications on Adobe's website that are available for download, you can add your own anytime.

The Adobe AIR user interface occupies this paragraph as a matter of course, although on this occasion, we can say that there is not too much to analyze. What happens is that this system works in the background most of the time and has a function much closer to being an intermediary than a definitive software, so we give it a pass almost by default.

If you want to know what we think are the main positive features of Adobe AIR, we have to say that it allows access to many applications and various helpful catalogs for all audiences. At the same time, the installation of the applications is effortless, and we must not lose sight of the fact that these programs usually have much better designs than through the browser.

Of course, Adobe AIR also has negative aspects, and although we have found several and almost all of them minor, not too necessary, in the same way, we must say that one, in particular, has seemed a little more problematic. We are talking about the higher consumption of system resources produced by downloaded applications compared to web versions, which could affect many older computers.

In short, and beyond this minor criticism, we are convinced that Adobe AIR is a little less than essential when running web applications from theDesktop as we usually do with other programs. If we add to that the guarantee that it is a service produced by the people at Adobe, you should start downloading it immediately.