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Adobe announced today it has plans to make Flex open source. This will of course help ensure Adobe wins the RIA platform race. M$ might make silverlight an open source project but I strongly doubt it (they will probably announce how Zunes can now play pac-man). They have an announcement coming out at MIX. Adobe already has all the developer tools that integrate well together. Flex since its release has seen slow adoption. Now that it is open source it will be sure to be popping up all over the web. This is great because anyone who has studied or used flex knows it is capable of making extremely intuitive applications that is simply unmatched in any other platform on the web!
Adobe Announces Flex Going Open Source
Open Flex Source Files
Anyone who has designed in flash knows first hand what a pleasure it is and how nice the results can be. Flash has come a long way since future splash and it shows. A number of people in the open source community have been developing flash skins for everyones favorite content management systems namely Drupal and WordPress! Drupal recently added Services module with version 5 makes configuration a breeze!
For those of you in the wordpress camp you can also enjoy a flash front-end!
Drupal and Wordpress developers have also been working on an extension that integrates the administration featuers directly into firefox with
http://groups.drupal.org/node/1331
http://www.schloebe.de/firefox-extensions/wordpress-helper/#english
Through the use of amf-php it would also be a good idea to develop an Apollo authoring application.
Side Note on M$ Silver Pile of Poo:
11Years of Flash – Long Live Flash!
Other Cool Sites:
The latest release of Ubuntu was released today Fiesty Fawn 7.04! Ubuntu has also been creating a studio addition of it operating system. It will be perfect for creative professionals (should be out in a few days)! The latest version will come complete with Video, Audio, Image, Vector, Print, and 3d editing and designing tools. I am especially looking forward to it being released. I have been working on my Ubuntu box diligently. I have been adding all the essential web developer tools. Also it should be noted Ubuntu now has a partnership with sun. I would like to customize the Studio addition upon release. I plan on adding creating my own customized distro based on Studio Ubuntu. I will be adding built in Apache, Tomcat, Eclipse, Webalizer, Zenoss, and many other web developer features. I also plan on adding a great deal of addons for firefox right off the bat with support for flash 9 etc.. I also plan on integrating WINE into the studio cd allowing people to use free tools like SE|PY Editior and Flash Develop. I will also be adding built in support for games who would like to play classic Sega, Nintendo, PlayStation, and Dos classic games. Ubuntu has been growing and Intel has plans to integrate ubuntu into some of its ultra mobile pcs! I am developing this as a DVD / Flash Drive customized distro and will make it available for download. I will also be using it as a piece for my portfolio it will also include some of my personal files for use and observation.
YouTube Videos Ubuntu + Beryl
Where the Real WOW is:
People do work for free and it does benefit us all. Firefox three will set the standard for browsers. Firefox three will pass acid test two and it will implement many new features placing it years ahead of IE one of those features will be the use of SQLite. SQLite will be integrated into the browser it will make it easier to manage bookmarks. Etc..
SQLite what is that good for? Well it for starters wouldn’t it be nice to actually search your favorites. It will make organizing your favorites easier. Firefox will also save some web pages for offline browsing. I would imagine you would be able to use SQLite for a number of other purposes as well.
Firefox 3 will also have many features for offline users. I guess what I am getting at is firefox is building their own runtime and it will be able to sync online applications:)
FireFox Runtime Enviorment:
Well ok Sounds nice what does that mean for me?
Well imagine you are using Google office and you are off line? What happened to all your presentations, spreadsheets, and documents? Will they disappear? No. That’s the point FireFox is preparing to help manage applications that exist both on the web and on the desktop (or Mobile Device). Microsoft and Adobe are preparing to do the same with their runtime environments namely M$’s SilverLight and Adobe’s Apollo.
FireFox will also be standards compliant it will pass Acid Test 2 and follow in the footsteps of Knoqueror, Safari, and Opera. Firefox 3 is also expanding its supports for addons and plugins.
Well I am not done configuring this site but I am getting closer.? I installed a sweet flash chat system, and Gallery.? This web site now has more features than it ever had before!? I will continue to work on it but it is getting their!? I will am also working on a custom version of Ubuntu to distribute my portfolio and to show what you can do with it!? It will be a dvd or jump drive version that will come equipped with various emulators for older nintendo, sega, dos, and amiga games.? It will also have a host of web developer tools and Apache and Tomcat off the get go..? Lisa and I are also going to California soon!
Well it looks like the people at adobe are finally integrating the macromedia folks and by the end of the month we should have some new killer apps to play with. For those of you out their that don?t know Adobe has been doing some really revolutionary things lately. They have begun to take their apps to the web. Just take a look at PhotoBucket.com and the integration with adobes on-line video editor remix. Adobe has also made it clear they are interested in multiple models of distribution. So I guess what I am getting at is PhotoBucket is not going to be the only social network with adobes on-line editing tools. This is excellent news for all the budding social networks out there. Adobe is also working on placing a Photoshop app on the web as well with an advertising model to support it to compete more directly with Googles Picasa! So you may be wondering what else you can expect out of Adobe and CS 3. Well for starters you may have heard the latest rumors of the new version of Flash. You may have heard people talking about new abilities to turn frame based animations into action script with the click of a button. Does that sound good to you that is just for starters no question about it Action Script 3 is what flash developers have been carving for since Flash 3. If you have downloaded the Beta I recommend you try it! I personally am anxious to see what they do with DreamWeaver lets hope for an overhaul of the CSS tools and maybe some Spry Ajax integration.
Adobe has also been rumored to be working on a Windows Platform Killer called Apollo. You may be wonder just what is Apollo?
Apollo will be used to create a hybrid applications that are truly cross platform (that Includes Linux). You will be able to use your desktop horse power to make changes to video and image files while saving them on-line. It will also have a host of other features as well. In short I expect this application to kill off applications like MDM studio and other methods of creating flash applications on the desktop. Apollo will also integrate more with the applications suites adobe already hasJ So Apollo is definitely worth checking out and I would expect to see some pleasant surprises in the Adobe Labs relatively soon! So check out some of the rumors for yourself:
http://news.com.com/Adobe+sees+its+future+on+the+Web/2008-1012_3-6164143.html?tag=st.num http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2544 http://www.whatisinthebox.co.uk/
Flash9 and Action Script 3
Well Action Script 3 is quite a revolution! Check out PaperVision3D! PaperVision is a 3d engine for Flash that uses XML or Collada files. It looks extremely powerful and you can now expect flash to boldly go where no other web plugin has gone before (Well no other plugin has that kind of penetration). It is also nice to see that Adobe has handed over the Flash Virtual Machine code to the FireFox foundation. Just what does this mean to you well for starters flash will truly be cross platform. I am also anxious to see it used in new ways that were previously not thought of. Thinking of FireFox Check out some of Alessandro Crugnola firefox extensions.
http://www.sephiroth.it/firefox/
Crugnola also has an extremely useful open source editor you can use to create .swf files if you good at coding Action Script it also has Motion Twin integrated into the application so you can actually build and test your .swf files. In short the web is looking better and better as a platform for applications, video, and interactive media. Adobe has some great things in store for us so keep a vigilant eye out on what is on the horizon.YouTube Apollo Videos
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