Steve Jobs today penned a letter detailing why Apple doesn’t allow Flash on its line of mobile products. Jobs’ arguments aren’t necessarily, but they’re straight from the horses mouth, so take heed, people! “Apple has a long relationship with Adobe. In fact, we met Adobe’s founders when they were in their proverbial garage. Apple was [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Louis Gerbarg of devwhy nails it: If Adobe actually wants to persuade Apple to support Flash on iPhone (either as a plugin or compiled to native apps), I know how they can do it. They can get an awesome, high performance, Flash environment working on Android, and get a bunch of great Flash apps running on [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Apple’s recently updated iPhone developer agreement explicitly states that apps for the platform must be originally written in C, C++, and Objective C. This new rule, which naturally created a firestorm of controversy, put a damper on Adobe’s plans to get apps developed in Flash onto the iPhone via its new Flash-to-iPhone compiler. In response [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 21, 2010
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Well, it appears that Adobe got the hint. Though not as sensationalized as a missing iPhone prototype, Apple created quite a stir a few weeks back when it updated its iPhone developer agreement with the following clause: Applications must be originally written in Objective-C, C, C++, or JavaScript as executed by the iPhone OS WebKit [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Adobe evangelist Lee Brimelow is none too pleased with Apple’s recent decision to disallow iPhone apps originally written in Flash. This has nothing to do whatsoever with bringing the Flash player to Apple’s devices. That is a separate discussion entirely. What they are saying is that they won’t allow applications onto their marketplace solely because of [...]
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With all the anger directed at Apple over their reluctance to let apps onto iTunes that were simultaneously developed for a number of platforms, many haven’t stopped to take the time to look at Adobe’s role in all of this. Adobe’s flash to iPhone compiler was one of the big features in their new CS [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 14, 2010
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Well this certainly is rich. Some security pundit for IT World believes that Adobe is so incensed at Apple’s shot against their flash to iPhone compiler that legal action may be on the horizon. So, unless things change drastically between Apple and Adobe in the next few weeks, from what I’m hearing you can expect [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 13, 2010
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Engadget’s review of the Joo Joo tablet was anything but positive. In particular, the folks at Engadget took umbrage with the notion that Joo Joo’s support for Flash was enough to warrant calling it an iPad killer. But what about Flash? This is supposed to be the big differentiator, right? The iPad killer! In an [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 13, 2010
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The brouhaha surrounding Apple’s decision to disallow apps on iTunes that were developed using cross-platform development tools, such as Adobe’s Flash to iPhone compiler, has generated a considerable amount of vitriol from those quick to paint Apple as an evil company with no regard whatsoever for developers. Without getting into the merits of each side at [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 12, 2010
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Adobe announced today the release of its Creative Suite software. The new lineup is headlined by Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection, which includes, in a single package, all of Adobe’s renowned Creative Suite tools, such as Photoshop® CS5 (see separate release), Illustrator® CS5, InDesign® CS5 (see separate release), Flash Catalyst CS5 (see separate release), [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 12, 2010
Former Apple executive Jean-Louis Gassée comments on Apple’s decision to disallow developers from creating iPhone apps using multi-platform development tools: Who, in his right mind, expects Steve Jobs to let Adobe (and other) cross-platform application development tools control his (I mean the iPhone OS) future? Cross-platform tools dangle the old “write once, run everywhere” promise. [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 24, 2010
In anticipation of the April 12th release of CS 5, Adobe has released a number of videos highlighting some of the more compelling features in its suite of design and editing software. One such feature, Content-Aware Fill on Photoshop 5, is particularly tantalizing. Check out the video below and prepare to be amazed.
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Thursday, April 29, 2010
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