Archive for the ‘Flash’ Category
Adobe roadmap for the Flash runtimes
Adobe roadmap for the Flash runtimes | Adobe Developer Connection. This is an interesting skim-through. It looks like Adobe is going to shift Flash into focusing on gaming and “premium” video for the next decade. I can understand wanting to hold on to gaming, as the HTML5 game development space has a lot of room [...]
Adobe Dropping Mobile Flash
Exclusive: Adobe ceases development on mobile browser Flash, refocuses efforts on HTML5 | ZDNet. Sound the alarms, Pigs have flown! It’s not April Fool’s, nor is it a dream; it’s leaked that Adobe has briefed its developers about the future, and Mobile Flash isn’t part of it. Our community has always known hoped this day would [...]
Chrome Dropping H.264 Support
Chromium Blog: HTML Video Codec Support in Chrome. This story made quite the wave yesterday, with myself included. I’ve been using Chrome as my primary browser for months, I love it. This decision will cause me to switch back to Safari. From the looks of it, there are lots of others with the same mentality. [...]
HTML5 vs Flash Drawing
HTML5 vs Flash Drawing JavaScript vs ActionScript 3 { William Malone } As our relationship with HTML5 progresses and grows deeper, I’m excited to see direct comparisons between ‘old and busted’ and ‘the new hotness’ on a one-to-one scale. William Malone literally holds our hand as he walks us through the replication of an icon [...]
Thoughts on Flash
Today Mr. Steve Jobs published a lengthy piece titled Thoughts on Flash throughout which he explains Apple’s position on Flash and the reasons behind its absence on the best devices ever invented. I wanted to jot down some of our thoughts on Adobe’s Flash products so that customers and critics may better understand why we [...]
Essential ActionScript 3.0 Book Review
Essential ActionScript 3.0 by Colin Moock is an in depth resource for learning AS3. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone looking to really learn the ins and outs of AS3.
