The Data and Information Application Layer (DIAL) ACCESS project uses plug-in technology to add NASA data visualization and access tools to the Adobe Director™ multimedia application authoring environment. This means that, with a little additional work, stand-alone data-rich applications can be authored as easily as any other software authored using Director™.
After six months of coding and refactoring, the OSX version of the IDL plugin to Director is undergoing testing at the Institute. The Plugin currently has Carbon and Mach 0 versions (Director is a Carbon application, and IDL is Mach 0). The Institute (like all Director users) is waiting for Adobe to announce the upgrade to Director, which should make this a Mach 0 application too. Until that time, the OS X plugin will remain in beta mode.
Will Adobe kill Director, or bring it to a new level of capability?