Adobe Systems is briing out the early version of Apollo a software that allows to run Web applications online and offline which successfully overcomes the gap between Web applications and desktop computers.

The first release will be an ‘alpha’ version, with a beta is due sometime this summer. Version 1.0 is planned for the second half of this year.

The alpha version will run on Windows and Macintosh, and will allow people use HTML, JavaScript, and Flash programming, and display Adobe’s PDF format. A Linux edition is also in the pipeline.

The early version of Apollo is targeted mainly at Web designers and programmers, and will include a software development kit and ‘runtime’ software for running Apollo applications.

When the software becomes more widely available, users will be able to download a runtime to their desktop PCs to run Apollo applications.

The Apollo release is highly anticipated, especially amongst those who develop rich Internet applications or Web applications with some of the interactivity of traditional desktop applications.

Apparently, Adobe’s upcoming Creative Suite 3, slated for release later this month, will also allow people create Apollo content.

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