Posts Tagged ‘Adobe’

Skyfire on iPhone backfired, dose it matter at all?

November 5th, 2010 Software No Comments
Skyfire the special web browser for the iPhone which offers the ability for iPhone users to view Flash video content by transcoding it into HTML5 on the fly. We all know Apple has this thing against Flash, the Web’s most popular video format; says it’s buggy, it’s not secure and depletes the battery and bla bla. So why sudden change of heart? Why did Apple approved Skyfire, which brings Flash on iPhone? Is it because Skyfire built in accordance with Apple guidelines, including the use of a WebKit browser core shared with Safari, and H.264 adaptive streaming and Apple wants’ to prove it excepts any application which follow guidance laid out by them. Or is it some other agenda like prove a point that Flash isn’t that big deal and fading away. So what happen to Skyfire? A lot of people were seriously existed to see Flash coming on iPhone. But despite widespread excitement over the first app to work with Adobe’s plug-in, it turns out that Skyfire isn’t very useful. My experience of Skyfire – it’s disappointing and i just wasted my hard earned $2.99. Despite all he whistle blowing and overwhelming hope it didn’t work any where near…
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Adobe, HTML5 and Apple why needs to be observed

May 28th, 2010 Featured, Information Technology No Comments
We all aware of the spat going on between Adobe and Apple regarding Adobe’s Flash. It wasn’t always like that, not too long ago they had a mutually beneficial relationship creating a niche market based on Apple’s Mac operating system and Adobe’s content creation software. Long story short now these two once friends are now bitter rivals and hostilely fighting (media war) each other over the merits of Flash and the future of interactive content and video on the Mobile & Web. Adobe’s flash which no doubt overwhelmingly dominate web, obviously defend its product and wishes to conquer Mobile device dominance as well. On the other hand Apple the biggest tech company in the world continually refuses to accept flash on their iPhone and iPad instead advocates HTML5 as standard. It’s seems after quite a bit news battle, Adobe decided to take two approach to stay on the top of food chain. Flash defending-ad campaign Take the lead in HTML5 development Now Adobe showcased a new HTML5 addition to its Creative Suite software on Wednesday at the Google I/O developer conference. Seems Adobe would like to be more of a leader and less of a follower when it comes to…
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Acrobat.com a glimpse of Adobe’s full featured online office suit?

June 2nd, 2008 Web 1 Comment
Not so sure if Adobe will push it through full featured online office suit, but surely the launch of Acrobat.com will make a lot of people worried. Adobe released today a free Web-based beta supplement called Acrobat.com for its popular PDF application. This Acrobat.com is a suite of hosted services available as public beta for free signup, bringing Adobe style RIA based communication, productivity, and collaboration tools right within a web browser. This beta release supports basic Web conferencing (don’t forget there is desktop sharing) and limited free conversion of documents to PDF format. Acrobat.com works well with the beta version of Acrobat 9, which is schedule to ship on July, but as well have backward compatibility support. Though only Acrobat 9 users will have access to a "personal workspace in the clouds" that is available from virtually anywhere for working with others online. Acrobat.com include Adobe Buzzword, a Web-based word processor was originally developed by Virtual Ubiquity, which Adobe acquired last September. Buzzword can be used to easily co-author and share documents for comment and review, creating high-quality print results and Adobe ConnectNow, a personal Web conferencing service that includes desktop sharing, video and voice conferencing and integrated chat….
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Windows mobile phones will support Flash Lite

March 17th, 2008 Gadgets No Comments
Though recently Apple chief executive Steve Jobs slams Flash by saying at Apple’s shareholder meeting that the version of Flash for desktops and notebooks "performs too slow to be useful" on the iPhone, and the mobile version of Flash "is not capable of being used with the Web." But good news for Adobe, Microsoft just announced that in addition to its own Silverlight multimedia technology, Microsoft will support Adobe’s competing Flash technology on Windows Mobile phones. Since already 450 million Flash-enabled devices out there and Flash is used to display the majority of online video, including that on YouTube, Adobe actually have to worry a very little bit about iPhone. Now it’s even merrier since Microsoft will include flash support to windows mobile. Microsoft has licenced Adobe Flash Lite, the Flash Player runtime for mobile devices, so that Windows Mobile phone users can view Flash content in the Internet Explorer Mobile browser. Microsoft has also licenced the Adobe Reader LE software, so that Windows Mobile users will be able to view PDF documents. As smartphones become more and more common, people are starting to get fed up with the basic Web surfing experience offered by many phones. They want something…
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Adobe’s AIR, bridging online and offline world

February 25th, 2008 Information Technology No Comments
Adobe took an important step in merging desktop and Internet applications upon announcing the availability of AIR 1.0, a run-time module that provides a way of running "rich Internet applications" (RIAs) on the desktop. Since the release of the beta version of AIR, several organizations already adopted the technology; among them, NASDAQ Stock Market Inc, AOL, EBay and many others. I agree with most developers, that AIR will reduce download time due to the fact that the desktop is constantly being updated while connected to the Internet. A free download will allow users of Macs, PCs and, later this year, Linux machines to run any Air applications. Talking about interpretability, the word will get a whole new meaning on the web now. It’s about taking existing web applications and adding extra functionality whether you want to work offline or whether you want to access data on your disk. Adobe had and is still facing a challenging task – to spread wider in the predominantly Java/.NET enterprise world.  But they already made some serious achievement in this direction. The birth of AIR is pretty much the death of Java on the desktop, well at least some of e thinking that way…
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Adobe’s new mobile show off

February 18th, 2008 Software No Comments
Mobile World Congress in Barcelona has been full of surprises and innovations, every top notch companies were out there showing off what’s under their sleeve. Adobe systems didn’t hold back either, this week they launched two new mobile applications, Flash Home and Flash Cast 2, designed for providers that want to enhance their products with rich mobile content. Flash Home is a mobile application for creating customizable home screens and wallpapers using live data services. The combination gives users a more personalized mobile experience, said Adobe. For example, instead of an idle home screen, users would get instant access to more elaborate content branded by specific providers. In contrast, Flash Cast is a server push solution for mobile devices; version 2 has just been released. Unlike its predecessor, client 2.0 is more streamlined and faster; it also adapts its channels to your device better. Adobe Flash Cast is already licensed by various carriers worldwide, including US Verizon Wireless, Japan’s NTT DoCoMo, and China’s Chunghwa Telecom. All three uses the application to provide rich media through their customized content portals. Both of these top notch solutions are branched from The Adobe Mobile Platform, the new Flash platform for mobile devices. The…
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Goodbye Adobe stock photos

February 5th, 2008 Software No Comments
Adobe Systems Inc. has announced plans to discontinue its Adobe Stock Photos service effective April 1, 2008. The service enables users of Adobe’s Bridge software to purchase royalty-free images for use in their work. It was introduced in 2005 when Adobe rolled out Creative Suite 2. “Adobe has decided to concentrate its efforts in other areas,” said the company in a statement posted to the Adobe Stock Photos Web site. In straighter wards-Adobe stock photos don’t bring us any money, the way our world class image editing software brings. It’s true that me and many of my colleagues use Adobe Photoshop and Fireworks almost every day but never used their stock photos service. Some of us though use similar sort of services, which they consider much more cost effective and rich in resources. I agree with those who thinks Adobe stock photos service just not up to the mark(ex. iStockPhoto and Getty Images) to gain a lead in that stock photography market. The service will remain fully operational until March 3, 2008. From then through the end of March, comp images will still be available for download. Adobe has posted instructions for users interested in purchasing or downloading images after…
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Microsoft & Adobe starts their SaaS expedition

October 1st, 2007 Software, Web No Comments
Just couple of years ago SaaS (Software as a service) was just merely an idea/lab concept of software giants. But hey that scenario has completely changed and turned into a head to toe race that transforming the basic computing completely virtual. T Though Adobe is one of the most admirable software giant, but was completely absent from this race, by virtue of its purchase of a start-up firm (Virtual Ubiquity Inc) that’s been developing an online word processor that’s coincidentally built on Adobe technology now adobe joins the race in full gear. Adobe will announce today its plans to move into online word processing by acquiring Virtual Ubiquity Inc., a closely held firm in Massachusetts that offers a service called Buzzword. Terms of the acquisition were unknown at the time of this writing. Buzzword will work online or offline, in a browser or on a desktop, on Windows, Macintosh or Linux, and provide the exact same experience regardless of platform or connection status. Adobe is promising that Buzzword will be the next generation in online, collaborative document creation and management. As part of the online publishing push, Adobe is launching a service called Share as well, which will allow people…
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Flex 103: ActionScript basics

July 31st, 2007 Software 1 Comment
ActionScript is a scripting language (Developed by Macromedia,now owned by Adobe ) based on ECMAScript (Also referred as JavaScript or Jscript), used primarily for the development of websites and software using the Adobe Flash Player platform. The latest ActionScript 3.0 introduced last June (2006) with Adobe Flex 2.0 and Flash player 9.0. This ActionScript is completely different than any of its predecessor since it uses an entirely different virtual machine. ActionScript 3.0 provides significant enhancement in performance, as well as more robust programming model that lends itself to complex Rich Internet Application development. You can say that’s the reason Flex is so kick ass RIA builder. How ActionScript work? The way ActionScript work is very simple like any other scripting you have known. Generally ActionScript is executed by the ActionScript Virtual Machine (AVM), which is part of Flash Player. ActionScript code is typically compiled into bytecode format by a compiler, such Flex Builder, or that is available in the Flex SDK and the Flex Data Services. The bytecode is embedded in SWF files, which are executed by the Flash Player, the run-time environment. Pretty simple and straight forward isn’t it? Why ActionScript 3.0? As you already know since Flex 2,…
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