Adobe Flash in Windows 8 Metro, but not technically a plug-in
Today’s Windows 8 rumour is that Adobe Flash will be baked into Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 8, not only in the desktop edition but also in Metro. Until this is confirmed by Microsoft, it is only a...
View ArticlePhoneGap 2.0 released with WebView, Windows Phone support
Adobe has released PhoneGap 2.0, its framework for creating cross-platform mobile apps using HTML and JavaScript. Using PhoneGap, you can wrap a web application as a native app, taking advantage of the...
View ArticleAdobe Brackets: a different type of HTML and JavaScript code editor....
On Adobe’s Tools and Services page there is an intriguing remark about the company’s plans for a code editor. “We think there’s a need for a different type of code editor – we’re working on something...
View ArticleAdobe’s Roy Fielding patches Apache to ignore IE10 Do Not Track privacy request
Adobe’s Roy Fielding, who is also the original author of the W3C’s Tracking Preference Expression draft, has patched Apache, the open source web server, to ignore the Do Not Track header sent by...
View ArticleAdobe results: 200,000 Creative Cloud subscribers and an impressive transition
Adobe has released its quarterly figures for its third financial quarter 2012. The figures show the success of Creative Cloud, Adobe’s subscription-based model for purchasing the Creative Suite...
View ArticleAdobe Creating the Web, offers Edge animation tool for free
It is less than a year ago that Adobe pivoted wholeheartedly from Flash to HTML, a moment that to mind was marked by the acquisition of Nitobi, the PhoneGap company, announced at MAX in October 2011....
View ArticleAdobe using Google Chromium Embedded Framework for Edge tools
Adobe has published a mission statement which is worth a read if only to demonstrate how far the company has moved away from Flash, once positioned at the heart of its ecosystem – remember the Flash...
View ArticleHow Adobe turned on a pin to embrace the web (and Google)
Adobe’s Create the Web world tour – which came to London yesterday – is in the public unveiling of of Adobe’s new wave of tools, the first since it turned away from Flash and towards open web standard,...
View ArticleAdobe AIR for Metro promised for first half of 2013
Adobe Game Developer Evangelist Lee Brimelow has stated on Twitter that AIR for Metro is coming next year. we’re working on Air for Metro. It should be available first half of next year. AIR is a way...
View ArticleAdobe launches Game Developer Tools including Scout profiler
Adobe is reminding developers that Flash is still around as a game development platform, with the release of a Game Developer Tools package including a Gaming SDK, the Flash C++ Compiler which...
View ArticleMicrosoft scraps Expression Web and Design, blends Blend with Visual Studio
Microsoft is giving up its long effort to compete with Adobe in the design tools space. The Expression range of products is being discontinued, in favour of enhanced design capabilities in its...
View ArticleNVIDIA’s Visual Computing Appliance: high-end virtual graphics power on tap
NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang has announced the Grid Visual Computing Appliance (VCA). Install one of these, and users anywhere on the network can run graphically-demanding applications on their Mac, PC or...
View ArticleAdobe announces next Creative Suite, now called Creative Cloud
Adobe has announced the next version of its all-conquering Creative Suite, now renamed (or subsumed into) Creative Cloud. Availability is set for June 2013. There will not be any perpetual licenses for...
View ArticleCreative Pros prefer iOS says Adobe, explaining lack of Android support in...
Adobe has shown a new touch app for Kuler, its web application for creating and choosing colour themes, which will be available in June. I asked Scott Morris, Senior Marketing Director of Creative...
View ArticleThe pros and cons of subscription vs perpetual licenses
Adobe has caused a stir with its announcement that Creative Suite will no longer be available under a perpetual license, for versions beyond the current Creative Suite 6. Given this, the CC...
View ArticleAdobe Creative Cloud giveaway at Microsoft Build: sign of a new alliance?
At Microsoft’s Build conference last week, one among a number of giveaways to all attendees was a year’s subscription to Adobe’s Creative Cloud. This was announced by Developer and Platform Evangelism...
View ArticleAdobe’s security calamity: 2.9 million customer account details accessed
Adobe has reported a major security breach. According to the FAQ: Our investigation currently indicates that the attackers accessed Adobe customer IDs and encrypted passwords on our systems. We also...
View ArticleAdobe Creative Cloud updates include 3D printing in Photoshop
Adobe has added a number of new features for its Creative Cloud software suite, which includes Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. The new features include Perspective Warp in Photoshop, which can...
View ArticleFlash developers fret as Adobe doubles down on PhoneGap
Adobe has announced Experience Manager Apps for Marketers and Developers. This comes in two flavours: Experience Manager Apps is for marketers, and PhoneGap Enterprise is for developers. The...
View ArticleA little bit of magic from Adobe PhoneGap: instant app preview on a device
Adobe has released an update to its PhoneGap tools (build mobile apps using HTML and Javascript) which enabled instant preview on a device. You don’t need to compile and deploy; it is enough simply to...
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