An interesting post on TechCrunch was pointed out to me today by Philip Hodgetts. Philip has been putting his acceptance behind the open-web based around the push by Apple into WebKit/javascript and Javascript frameworks like Sproutcore. (Note this can also now be said for Google and the new Chrome browser) Today we have another contender [...]
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Javascript frameworks. Is it the future?
September 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: Adobe · Apple · Development · Microsoft · Silverlight · Standards · flash · flex · google
ABC (Australia’s public broadcaster) goes Microsoft Silverlight
August 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments
UPDATE: Angelo Tilocca has contacted me and has pointed out what we both consider to be a misunderstanding. To clear it all up, let me quote him in regards to the use of Microsoft and Silverlight by the ABC.
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Thanks James.
Confirming that ABC Commercial has launched its integrated ABC Shop
Media Player and its Downloads [...]
Tags: Adobe · DRM · IPTV · Microsoft · Silverlight · codecs · flash
A fly in Steve’s soup (Apple’s path to online video)
August 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment
There has been much discussion over the motives behind Steve Jobs not allowing Abode Flash player on the iPhone. In general, as a developer, there is no reason why flash lite could not work on the iPhone. Full version of flash, yes that is questionable, but not out of the question either. The real reason, [...]
Tags: Adobe · Apple · DRM · FinalCutPro · IPTV · codecs · flash
Where to now developer
July 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments
There is no denying that the future of how we use computer is changing. The advent of applications that live on the network/Internet is making the developer think twice about where he should be headed. As a developer, you need to be ahead of the curve as by the time your product is ready your [...]
Tags: Adobe · Apple · Development · Microsoft · Silverlight · Standards · flash · flex
Apple Quicktime X, a new Flash/Silverlight competitor.
June 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments
The Apple hype engine has been going into overdrive lately about Sproutcore. “What is Sproutcore?” Well, to a long tooth net developer, its JUST ANOTHER JAVASCRIPT FRAMEWORK. But to the Apple alumni, its the biggest thing to happen to net applications in a long time.
My Web/Javascript programming friends do not even consider sproutcore is as [...]