As a developer I have noticed of late that it is much easier to get into development. Development tools are all FREE, or can be obtained for a generous period for free and with greatly reduced cost compared to 5-10 years ago. So what is going on. Development tools are expensive to develop. Why are [...]
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The Developer, Tech industries new front line.
August 14th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Adobe · Apple · Development · flash · google · Microsoft · Silverlight
Flashy iPhone excitement
February 4th, 2009 · 2 Comments
There is a lot of support from different sources (Apple Insider) that Adobe and Apple are going to support Flash. Boy am I excited. I love the aesthetics of the iPhone. It is a very well made device. However, as a developer that makes web applications, Flex/Flash is my tool of choice. I mean REAL [...]
Tags: Adobe · Apple · flash · flex
Adobe opens the door to independant online distribution
January 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
Adobe is releasing the specification to the (RTMP) protocols that flash player uses. In a nut shell. “… developers will be free to use their own technological measures to secure content. The RTMP specification does not provide any requirement or restrictions on a developer’s own measures to secure content.” See the full Adobe release here. [...]
Tags: Adobe · codecs · DRM · flash · flex · IPTV
Javascript frameworks. Is it the future?
September 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments
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 [...]
Tags: Adobe · Apple · Development · flash · flex · google · Microsoft · Silverlight · Standards
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. — Thanks James. Confirming that ABC Commercial has launched its integrated ABC Shop Media Player and [...]
Tags: Adobe · codecs · DRM · flash · IPTV · Microsoft · Silverlight