Adobe Edge previewed: another step towards HTML 5

By tim, on August 1st, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

Adobe has released a preview of Edge, a new tool for creating animations in HTML 5, JavaScript and CSS3.

Edge is interesting on two levels. First, HTML 5 lacks strong design tools so a new tool from Adobe is welcome. Edge is a timeline-based tool for creating animations. You import elements such as images,

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Adobe closes AIR Marketplace, InMarket

By tim, on July 25th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

Adobe is giving up its efforts to support developers deploying to multiple app stores. The idea of InMarket, announced at the Adobe MAX Conference in October 2010, was to be a one-stop distribution point for developers seeking to target multiple platforms. Adobe handled distribution and billing. The reason given:

After reviewing our efforts and

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Wolfram announces Computable Document Format for interactive docs

By tim, on July 21st, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

Wolfram has announced the Computable Document Format (CDF), a document format that enables live computation to be embedded within it. “It’s a new way to communicate the world’s quantitative ideas much more richly than we have in the past, and in doing that a new kind of active document,” says Conrad Wolfram, Strategic Director

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IE9 ActiveX Filtering causing tears of frustration

By tim, on June 22nd, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

I have been assisting a friend who, she told me, could not get BBC iPlayer to work. Further, another site was telling her she did not have ActiveX, but she was sure she had it.

This was puzzling me. She described how she went to the BBC iPlayer site, and it said she needed

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Cross-platform concerns as Adobe abandons AIR for Linux

By tim, on June 16th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

Adobe is giving up on AIR for Linux – at least, in a fully supported manner:

To support the variety of Linux-based platforms across PCs and devices, we are prioritizing a Linux porting kit for AIR (including source code), which Open Screen Project (OSP) partners can use to complete implementations of AIR for Linux-based

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Windows Phone “Mango” shown, looks good but still no Adobe Flash

By tim, on May 24th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

I attended the London press briefing for Windows Phone “Mango”, also known as Windows Phone 7.1. This will be on new phones in the Autumn, and will be a free update for all existing Windows Phone 7 devices.

Microsoft showed a bunch of new features, including Internet Explorer 9 – which, we were

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Hands On with Adobe Flash Builder 4.5 for Android

By tim, on May 11th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

I have been trying several cross-platform development tools for mobile, and today I set out to create an Adobe AIR app for Android using the new Flash Builder 4.5, available separately or as part of the Creative Suite CS5.5.

I made another calculator app, which may seem boring but gives me a chance to

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Adobe announces Flash Builder for PHP, PhoneGap integration in Dreamweaver

By tim, on April 11th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

Adobe has stepped up its support for mobile and Flash development with a couple of announcements today.

The first is that Dreamweaver 5.5, part of the new Creative Suite 5.5, has integrated support for PhoneGap.

PhoneGap lets you build apps for Apple iOS and Google Android using HTML and JavaScript, taking advantage of

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Adobe announces Flash Builder for PHP, PhoneGap integration in Dreamweaver

By tim, on April 11th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

Adobe has stepped up its support for mobile and Flash development with a couple of announcements today. The first is that Dreamweaver 5.5, part of the new Creative Suite 5.5, has integrated support for PhoneGap. PhoneGap lets you build apps for Apple iOS and Google Android using HTML and JavaScript, taking advantage of the

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Adobe AIR 2.6, MonoMac 1.0, cross-platform is not dead yet

By tim, on March 22nd, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

It is a busy time for cross-platform toolkits. Adobe has released AIR 2.6, and reading the list of what’s new you would think it was mainly for mobile, since the notes focus on new features for Apple iOS, though AIR is also a runtime for Windows, Linux and desktop Mac. New features for iOS

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