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A business web site implemented entirely in Silverlight

By tim, on May 3rd, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

Ever wondered what the web would look like if Silverlight or Flash were used for everything? The other day I came across a business site implemented entirely in Silverlight – well, apart from the forums, which seem to be HTML and JavaScript. ForefrontSecurity.org is a third-party resource site for Microsoft’s firewall and server security

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After Apple’s Flash ban, what next for Adobe?

By tim, on May 3rd, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

I imagine there must be urgent meetings taking place at Adobe following Apple’s prohibition of Flash content or applications on its iPhone and iPad devices, and last week’s open letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs which leaves little hope of a change in policy.

The problem is that until now Adobe has put the

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Adobe no longer investing in Flash compiler for iPhone, sings Android praises

By tim, on April 21st, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

Adobe’s Mike Chambers has posted about Apple’s new restriction on how applications are built for the iPhone or iPad. He says Adobe is ceasing development work on this feature:

We will still be shipping the ability to target the iPhone and iPad in Flash CS5. However, we are not currently planning any additional investments

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Apple locks down its platform just a little bit more

By tim, on April 11th, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

How much money is enough? “Just a little bit more”, said J D Rockefeller; and Apple is taking a similar line with respect to control of its mobile platform. It is no longer enough that all apps are approved by Apple, sold by Apple, and that a slice of any sales goes to Apple.

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Apple’s impact on Flash penetration

By tim, on April 9th, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

While checking the latest figures from riastats for an article, I noticed something that surprised me. The installed figures for Adobe Flash, while still over 96%, seemed a shade down on what they used to be. I could think of only one reason for that – Apple. I switched the operating system to Mac

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Apple banning Flash applications from iPhone 4.0? That stinks.

By tim, on April 8th, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

John Gruber reports on a new clause in the iPhone 4.0 SDK, to be agreed by developers before downloading:

3.3.1 — Applications may only use Documented APIs in the manner prescribed by Apple and must not use or call any private APIs. Applications must be originally written in Objective-C, C, C++, or JavaScript as

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No Flash on iPad? No problem – we’ll redesign the site says NPR and others

By tim, on April 6th, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

It is fascinating to see the impact of Apple’s hostility to Adobe Flash on iPhone and now iPad.

On the one hand, it’s a gift to rival vendors such as Google, which is bundling Flash into Chrome (a contentious decision judging by the comments), and Microsoft, which has promised Flash support in Windows Phone

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Adobe news: Flash Builder 4, Creative Suite 5, quarterly results

By tim, on March 24th, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

Lots of Adobe news this week.

First, the release of Flash Builder 4. It seems a long time ago that I was looking at the first preview of code-name Gumbo; it’s good to see this finally released. Since it is Eclipse-based, it looks similar to to Flex Builder 3.0; but under the covers there

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Flash 10.1 mobile roadmap confusion, Windows phone support far off

By tim, on March 2nd, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

When is the right moment to buy a mobile phone? Usually the answer is not quite yet; and that seems to the case if you want to be sure of support for Flash Player 10.1, the first full version of the runtime to run on mobile devices. Adobe recently struck off support for Windows

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Flash developers are now mobile developers

By tim, on February 15th, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

Adobe’s announcement of AIR for mobile today at the Mobile World Congress means that any Flash or Flex developer can compile an AIR application that will run on a supported mobile device. I understand that AIR for mobile is a subset of desktop AIR, but does include Flash Player 10.1, local database support with

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