PizzaHut has launched an AIR application that allows US residents to order pizza from their desktop, rather than having to browse to the PizzaHut website. The value of such a short cut for a PizzaHut customer, at least to me, is still up in the “AIR”.
Unfortunately, this application is little more than a marketing tool. When signing up for a PizzaHut.com account, you must subscribe to their email marketing messages – they’ve lumped the Terms of Service accept button with that checkbox. (I’m hopeful that I can unsubscribe after the first email they send me.)
When you install the PizzaHut application, it defaults to launching on startup, and also will inform you of coupons and discounts for PizzaHut. It might be useful, but I have a feeling that more AIR applications like this will start to detract from the real value of the runtime – no one is going to want desktop applications that stream in advertisements, will they?
(From Mashable)
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