SWFObject version 2.2 was recently released and it’s available on their Google Code Project, after almost one year in development it comes with several new features and changes, some of them listed below.
1.- Improved DomContentLoaded emulation for Internet Explorer:
2.- Dynamic Library support.
3.- Callback method for embbeding Flash Content.
4.- Propietary HTML embed no longer used.
5.- Improved Flash Player Detection for non- Internet Explorer browsers.
6.- Improved Adobe Express Install.
7.-Improved createCSS method.
8.-Detected user agents properties are now public via the swfobject.ua object.
9.- No more conditional compilation directives.
10.- The option to switch SWFObject’s default show/hide behavior.
To download the SWFObject 2.2 version visit SWFObject google project. and learn more about it’s new features.
Published on
May 16, 2009 in
FLASH, FLASH BUILDER, FLASH PLATFORM, FLASH PLAYER, FLEX IDE, FLEX SDK, FRAMEWORKS and SDK.
Tags: Adobe Flash, Adobe Flash Builder, Adobe Flex, Adobe Flex Builder, FLEX SDK, Integrated development environment, SWF.
So it finally happened the IDE(Integrated development environment) known till now as Flex Builder it going to be renamed as Flash Builder , why ? To me it’s easy It makes a lot more sense, yes you can use the Flex Framework and yes you can use also build AIR apps and ActionScript 3.0 projects but at the end the result its the same your project gets compiled as an .swf file , so maybe this rename of the IDE should have happened earlier, it would have evited some confusion. This means that the Flex Framework it’s going to be renamed ? apparently no the flex framework stills and the Flex SDK stills the same but who better to explain it than Lee Brimelow and Duane “Chaos” Nickull check out their posts on the subject.
Hope this is the first step towards the process of integrating the Flash tools and not just renaming them. I haven’t used Flash IDE coding panel since who knows when, hope the Flash Builder and the Flash Professional IDES one day get along real well.
UPDATES:
Serge Jespers (Adobe Platform Evangelist ) explains in a little more detail why the renaming of Flex Builder to Flash Builder.
Keith Peters thoughts on Flash Builder
Ryan Stewart post Flex Builder “Gumbo” is Being Renamed Flash Builder
Lee Brimelow’s Flash Builder rebrand FAQ
Peter Elst Flex Builder gets rebranded to Flash Builder
Mihai Corlan (Adobe Platform Evangelist ) About the rebranding of Flex Builder into Flash Builder
Chuck Freedman The FlashFlex name game.
According the BBC-News Site Adobe it’s securing a set-top deal that would let flash content be delivered on TV sets that would mean that as a developer you will now have the opportunity to build rich experiences across pc, mobile , and now TV.
Here’s a quick excerpt from BBC’s article:
Adobe has secured a deal to put its Flash software into many of the chips that go inside TVs and set-top boxes.
It will enable developers and content providers to create applications to deliver web-based content such as news, weather and share prices to TV screens.
Flash will be included on most chips -those made by Broadcom, Intel, NXP and STMicroelectronics – but the deal does not cover TVs made by Sony and Samsung.
The first applications using Flash are expected to hit TV sets early in 2010.
Sony and Samsung already have a number of connected TVs on the market, but they are using Yahoo’s rich media platform of widgets instead of Flash.
Definitely,there’s qute some interesting stuff it’s going around the Flash Technology these days you can read the full article on BBC’s site
Adobe also announced today the availability of Adobe AIR 1.5, a key component of the Adobe Flash Platform, which enables Web developers to deliver rich Internet applications outside the browser. Offering new features and performance improvements to create more expressive AIR applications, Adobe AIR 1.5 incorporates the open source WebKit HTML engine and now accelerates application performance with “SquirrelFish,” the new WebKit JavaScript interpreter. Adobe AIR 1.5 also includes a new, encrypted database that meets enterprise security compliance requirements while storing data securely on customers’ computers. Additionally, AIR 1.5 includes functionality introduced in Adobe Flash Player 10, such as support for custom filters and effects, native 3D transformation and animation, and extensible rich text layout.
Adobe AIR 1.5 developer release notes
Adobe AIR 1.5 user release notes
Download Adobe AIR version 1.5
UPDATE:
A more detailed explanation by Robert Christensen in the Adobe AIR Team Blog on the post Introducing Adobe AIR 1.5
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