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09 Nov 2011 10:14

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Tech: Adobe to stop actively developing Flash mobile platform

  • Over the past two years, we’ve delivered Flash Player for mobile browsers and brought the full expressiveness of the web to many mobile devices. However, HTML5 is now universally supported on major mobile devices, in some cases exclusively. This makes HTML5 the best solution for creating and deploying content in the browser across mobile platforms.
  • Adobe Vice President and General Manager of Interactive Development Danny Winokur • Offering up an explanation for why the company has decided to stop actively developing their Flash mobile products — which Steve Jobs famously ripped apart in an open letter last year. With the iPhone no longer a viable platform for Flash development and the problems developing Flash on mobile devices becoming increasingly obvious, Adobe has decided to change its course entirely. More emphasis on tools (of which Flash is one); less emphasis on across-the-board development platforms. Adobe’s been moving in this direction for a little while; back in August, they released a tool called Edge, which is like Flash for HTML5. Think it’s the right move for them? source
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01 Aug 2011 10:34

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Tech: With new Edge, Adobe begins to learn to let go of Flash

  • Adobe has seen the future, and it isn’t Flash. The company has released an experimental version of an app called “Edge,” which essentially does the kind of Web animation Flash is known for … except using CSS and HTML5. Wanna try it? You can download it at the link, kids. Check it out. source
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27 Oct 2010 21:12

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Tech: Single tear, Flash: HTML5 videos quickly becoming the norm

  • 26% of all Web video was available in HTML5 back in May, a big jump from 10 percent in January
  • 52% of all Web video is available in HTML5 now; in six months HTML5 will take over the world source
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08 Oct 2010 12:57

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Tech: Associated Press creates HTML5 timeline app that doesn’t suck

  • Yo, AP, you should consider replacing your laughable child-like iPad app with this thing, because it’s actually kind of innovative and stuff. And it uses HTML5. Basically, this is the coolest thing the AP has ever done. source
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11 Aug 2010 22:28

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Tech: Treesaver and Nomad Edition: The latest web magazine twist

  • While the magazine is interesting, the technology is way more interesting. Treesaver is a HTML5 platform designed for magazine content in a way that is very versatile and adapts to the viewport on the screen. Which is frickin’ rad. As for Nomad Edition, the magazine format which will use the to-be-open-sourced technology first, we liked the idea until we read the phrase “links will not be embedded in the Nomad Editions content” in this New York Times article. Boo. You don’t get the advantages of this format. You lose instantly. Go directly to jail, do not collect $200. source
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03 Jul 2010 03:01

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Music: Mixest: A pretty badass HTML5 take on the Pandora model

  • Know how we know Mixest is awesome? Because this song came up on the playlist. It’s seriously one of our favorite songs (your ears should be burning, Cymbals Eat Guitars). It’s a dead-simple idea that reminds us of a radio Muxtape. Plus, it’s done in HTML5 using the jPlayer framework, which means it will work on your iPhone and iPad. Hello new radio station. (Hat tip Hacker News) source
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08 Jun 2010 11:21

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Tech: Mozilla dude on Apple’s HTML5 demos: “Not intellectually honest”

  • Apple’s messaging is clearly meant to say ‘hey, we love the web’ but the actual demos they have and the fact that actively block other browsers from those demos don’t match their messaging. It’s not intellectually honest at all.
  • Mozilla evangelist Christopher Blizzard • Regarding a series of technical demos Apple put on their site to test HTML5. While the demos are cool – we particularly dig the font one – we were surprised to find out that the demos didn’t work on Firefox OR Chrome, despite the fact that most of the features were supported by both browsers. In case you don’t want to change browsers but want to test out the technology, here’s a version without the Steve-block. They still work, guys, strangely enough. source
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05 May 2010 20:41

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Tech: Scribd switching to HTML5, kicking Flash while it’s down

  • We are scrapping three years of Flash development and betting the company on HTML5 because we believe HTML5 is a dramatically better reading experience than Flash. Now any document can become a Web page.
  • Scribd co-founder and chief technology officer Jared Friedman • Revealing the company’s plans to ditch its Flash-based distribution mechanism for HTML5. Why is this a big deal? Well, they’re about to turn hundreds of thousands of print-focused PDF documents into Web pages. This is a big deal for the future of the Web, because it’s yet another fairly large platform that’s about to switch away from Adobe’s software. Even Adobe, recently eviscerated by Steve Jobs, sees the writing on the wall here. source
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