The next release of Flex SDK is code-named Hero. It has three main goals:
Multi-Screen Development: Allow developers to build applications that target the web, desktop or mobile devices using a single unified framework.
Spark Maturation: Polish and grow the Spark architecture by adding new Spark components and capabilities.
Large-Application Development: Support developers building large applications by improving [...]
Yesterday, Adobe has released AIR 2.0 runtime and can be downloaded at get.adobe.com/air/.
The new things in AIR 2.0 are:
New Webkit with additional HTML5 and CSS3 support
Multitouch and gestures
Enhanced drag-and-drop support
Enhanced socket support
Enhanced printer interaction
DNS resolution
Local microphone API
Native document handlers to open document
Native process APIs
Native installer
Socket servers and peer-to-peer networking
TLS/SSL sockets
UDP networking support
Global error handler
IPv6 network [...]
The FX4 Tour – Flex Camp Bucharest is over now. It has been a great success: there has been around 60 participants from which 65-70 percent were Flex developers. This is great! The Flex community is growing bigger and stronger.
Three interesting things:
seen TransformGestureEvent in action
Slider – Flex Mobile Framework is expected to be available in [...]
As you know on 15th of April 2010 a new Flex Camp will take place in Bucharest. Now we have the registration and some agenda modification. Most important change is that it will start around 4:30 PM.
16:30 – 17:00 – Registration
17:00 – 17:45 – Keynote – Mihai Corlan
17:45 – 18:30 – 10 things you didn’t [...]
On 15th of April 2010 we will have a Flex Camp, related to the recent launch of Flash Builder 4 which will take place at Adobe Systems Romania Offices (Anchor Plaza, Bdul. Timisoara, nr. 26Z, Bucharest). We will start around 5:30 PM and we will end somewhere before the last bus. There will be food [...]
Intelligent Software Solutions developed a touch table for the White House Situation Room.
The application is really a mash-up of technologies including the ISS-developed Web Enabled Temporal Analysis System framework for data access and aggregation combined with a custom touch interface developed by ISS, utilizing the Adobe® Flex® framework, finally sending results to Google™ Earth.
With this [...]
Together with the release of Adobe AIR 2.0 beta 2 Adobe has released Flex SDK 3.5a. The big fix is this bug (SDK-24766) – ApplicationUpdaterUI not working on Flex SDK 3.5.
From the announcement on the Official Flex Team Blog we read….
The refreshed build, SDK 3.5a, has only a few files modified in order to fix [...]
A new Flex Camp is going to take place in Iasi on 31st October. This is in the north-eastern part of Romania. It will be an interesting conference because I’m sure the Adobe Evangelists will come with lots of new stuff from MAX.
Magda from Adobe Romania has already posted a call for papers. If you [...]
The 3.4 version of Flex SDK is available. An important vulnerability has been identified in Flex 3.3 SDK and earlier versions which could result in cross-site scripting. This technote explains the important vulnerability found in the previous version of the Flex SDK.
Please go to Adobe Open Source website and download the Flex 3.4 SDK version.
It [...]
Yesterday, Matt Chotin was writing on the Flex Team blog (see here) that flex developers are needed to take part in research studies.
Adobe is interested how the professionals are using their tools, and especially about the work flow of flex developers. So you need to be a flex developer to qualify for this research [...]
This is a good thing for us, developers. We will have the possibility to access this good resource free and easy. To quote their press release:
Since September 2009 FFD Magazine becomes online magazine. What is important – it will be also FREE of ANY charges. The only thing you need to do is to sign [...]
A few day ago Adobe launched Wave – a desktop notification system for your favorite websites. To understand it better think about it like an aggregator that keeps together all your favorite social networks and websites.
The application is built using Adobe AIR and connects to different services and alerts you when changes are made or [...]
Two weeks ago Adobe released LiveCycle Data Services 3.0 beta on Adobe Labs. This is an early preview release and anybody can participate.
Check it out here: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/livecycle_dataservices3/.
Andrew Trice said:
The two big features in LCDS 3.0 seem to be Model Driven Development and Quality of Service/throttling/caching from the server side.
in his article on insideRIA and [...]
Last year on 1st of August I presented some stats on Flash Player Penetration. Now we have some new stats regarding the versions of Flash Player.
What to notice?
That in a few month Flash Player 10 will overcome Flash Player 9.
That Japan is the fastest adopting country of Flash Player 10.
That in half of an [...]
Yesterday (10.06.2009) at Adobe Systems Romania offices took place the Adobe User Groups Tour – Bucharest Pit Stop event. The event was a success – great things presented. Even all tickets were sold out long time before the event only 40 persons showed up at the event.
The event was about new beta products that [...]