Jott Express doesn't say whether it's an OS X or XP app.
That's because it's neither; it's an Adobe AIR app.
Of course that means installing Adobe AIR on OS X*.
I've installed a few Adobe apps on OS X. Near as I can tell, Adobe is determined to destroy Apple. Adobe's installers routinely screw up OS X permissions, scatter files in illegal place, and generally act like drunken football hooligans.
Jott Express is also supposed to sync directly with an iPhone/iTouch. That's really piling the risk on.
I ain't installing AIR until I read some trusted source who's had a really good experience. I'd sooner invite Hell's Angels to dinner than Adobe products to my OS X box.
* In terms of cross-platform portable virtual environments there aren't a lot of great choices. Desktop Java is walking dead, Silverlight is from Microsoft, and ... well ... I think that's it.
2 comments:
I don't have any problems with AIR on XP, OS X or Ubuntu. As for Adobe being out to destroy Apple, who would be left to buy CS4?
Thanks blueclock, that helps!
I'm half-joking when I say Adobe is trying to destroy Apple. It's just that, in my experience, their software is so ill-behaved one must assume either incompetence or malign intent.
Of course, sadly, incompetence is the more likely explanation. I image Adobe has a very strong app group, but they outsourced their installation and QA to an incompetent company.
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