There’s no denying that Apple did a terrific job with the iPhone. After walking around with PDAs and smartphones, Apple really changed the market and it took a while for competitors to catch up. I honestly never thought I would think about replacing my iPhone any time soon. Even with all its obvious flaws… But [...]
February 2, 2010 - 6:10 pm
Tags: adobe, apple, Flash, ipad, iPhone, kevin lynch, open screen, osp, platform
Posted in Industry, adobe, open screen project | No comments
Adobe’s CTO Kevin Lynch just published a blog post with his thoughts on Flash, past and future, Apple iPad, HTML5, OSP and more.
The blog post entitled “Open Access to Content and Applications” gives you a good idea on where Adobe and the Flash Platform is going and what we are doing with our Open Screen [...]
January 28, 2010 - 8:53 pm
Tags: apple, Flash, ipad, open screen project
Posted in Industry | 38 comments
DISCLAIMER: I work for Adobe on the platform evangelism team. I’ve been a Flash designer/developer for the last 12 years. Even though I work for Adobe. I’m pretty sure I would have also written this post if I was still a freelance Flash developer. The views expressed on this blog are my own and do [...]
January 14, 2010 - 1:02 pm
Tags: adobe, flash cs5, flash player 10.1, mobile world congres, mwc, open screen project, osp
Posted in Events, devices, iPhone, mobile | 11 comments
Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is just around the corner and you can already feel the excitement building.
2010 is going to be an amazing year for Flash developers who want to create mobile applications. Not only did we announce the Flash CS5 iPhone compiler but we’ve already demoed Flash Player 10.1 on a variety of [...]
There’s a good chance you immediately recognized the game in this screenshot. Over 28 million people played Farmville yesterday. Another 10 million played Cafe World. 6 million for FishVille Mafia Wars (Mafia Wars is not a Flash Game. Thanks Robert for pointing that out!). In fact, Zynga alone (maker of these games) serves 60 million players every [...]
December 9, 2009 - 3:47 pm
Tags: applications, cross device, Flash, flash cs5, Flash Player, iPhone, mobile, native, palm, pre
Posted in Flash Platform, devices, iPhone, mobile | 19 comments
Write once, deploy anywhere. Sounds nice, no? Sadly it’s not really a reality today. The currently available technologies are very fragmented and today there is no technology out there that makes that dream a reality.
I have a strong feeling that is going to change dramatically in 2010. Some will disagree or say that I am [...]
Note: Please update your After Effects CS4 installation to make sure you have the latest version available via the Adobe Updater. There is an issue with the preinstalled After Effects script that requires you to work with the latest point release (separate downloads available for Mac OS and Windows).
Ever wondered how you can create personalized [...]
Earlier this week, Kevin Lynch was a guest at NewTeeVee Live. He talks about Flash on TVs, the future of the Flash Platform. He also talks about how open Adobe has become and was also asked about his stance on HTML5.
November 13, 2009 - 8:32 am
Tags: Flash, gallery, hbo, imagine, showcase, Video
Posted in gallery | 2 comments
Just about every week, I come across many cool sites and applications. To showcase these apps and sites, I’ve created a new category on my blog: The Gallery. The Gallery will be a place to showcase cool and innovative Flash applications and sites.
The HBO Imagine site is a great one to kick off this new [...]
November 4, 2009 - 10:41 am
Tags: disabled, Flash, Flash Player
Posted in Flash Platform | 12 comments
Rob Ford’s Tweet this morning caught my attention. “We need 1 day when the Flash player is disabled just to appreciate how it lights up the web“, he said. I completely agree… We’ve become so accustomed to Flash just being there that we no longer realize how much it is used and how it “lights [...]
June 24, 2009 - 1:32 pm
So what flash player does it target ? a slightly enhanced Flash Lite 3 player ?
June 24, 2009 - 1:42 pm
It’s Flash Lite 3.1 which plays the majority of Flash 9 based content built with AS2.0
June 24, 2009 - 2:27 pm
It doesn’t have a hardware keyboard and the software keyboard is imho not very practical.
Waiting for the Lancaster which is supposed to be the Hero with keybaord.
Or perhaps someone over at XDA developers will make an Android rom for the Touch Pro2. That would rock.
Greets
ps: Thanks for the nice article!
June 24, 2009 - 2:55 pm
I’m assuming this is the same flash player being utilized by Nokia. Any info on who is going to get the first full blown flash player 10 incorporated into their browser and OS? Will AIR support be released at the same time?
June 24, 2009 - 3:03 pm
The same functionality is also available on the Symbian and WinMo platforms. We haven’t announced anything with regards to your other questions.
June 24, 2009 - 3:29 pm
“This is also a very important step towards full Web browsing with Flash Player 10 on mobile phones in the future.”
There’s no specific mention of Distributable Player, but if it were on board, I imagine it would be possible to bring down a Flash 10 player sometime in the future … that is, if device hardware were up to snuff (memory, cpu). This is purely speculation. however … but if I were Adobe, that’s what I’d do, launch with what’s available now, and prepare for the future. Of course, maybe this could be just training ground for the first Android device with Flash … and a new device will emerge that will have the FP10.
Again, all this is mere speculation, and I won’t call for Adobe to comment, at all. :)
June 24, 2009 - 7:39 pm
Hey Serge
Interesting post… The only thing stopping me from checking out the mobile paradigm is the fact that it’s all still written in AS2… Any idea as to when the move to AS3 will be made?
August 3, 2009 - 10:07 pm
nice to find this article.
Does anyone -have the scoop at all on which the next (or two)HTC phones with Flash are??