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I have been keeping my eyes open for latest developments on Silverlight and AIR. I just read Daniel’s post about AIR is not a competitor to Silverlight, well that’s correct. Also, Flex is not a direct competitor as well. Its just about client runtimes, Flash and Silverlight, which actually renders content in browser and provide APIs to developers to create interactive experiences. AIR can run Flash and AJAX based applications …
I noticed this nice comparison, where Silverlight is actually compared with its correct counterpart, the Flash Player, rather than Flex. http://shoutat.blogspot.com/2007/08/microsoft-silverlight-vs.html I don’t call it that accurate as it misinforms about some features of Flash, but it worth a look. don’t forget to read my comments over there, and post yours if you like :) // chall3ng3r //
Its now public, Apollo is now officially named AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) by Adobe. There’s a new beta version of the runtime is available along with the SDK on Adobe Labs. The other good news is, Flex 3 beta is also released on Adobe Labs. Flex 3 beta supports development of AIR applications. The two other things that I almost missed are, AIR extension for Dreamweaver, which you can use …
Its looking great, and amazing. though, it didn’t worked for me straight away :| I am using Windows Vista Ultimate, Apollo installer goes fine with installation, and shows successful installation message. But the .air file extension is not mapped with anything. There’s a post in Apollo forums about this, so looking forward for solution. I will try it in my VirtualPC VM later. Also, I received a newsletter from SDTimes, which …
A user asked on Orison’s Support Forums about compatibility of FG with Flex 2 (AS3)? So, i just went to livedocs and checked the LocalConnection reference there. Its cool that AS3 LocalConnection supports communication with legacy versions of Flash Players, here’s the text from livedocs LocalConnection objects created in ActionScript 3.0 can communicate with LocalConnection objects created in ActionScript 1.0 or 2.0. The reverse is also true: LocalConnection objects created in ActionScript …
Just found on macromedia.com’s developer center that Flex 2.0 beta 2 is now available with solid updates. learn more about what’s new and download from Adobe Labs. Also there’s another news, develop any Flex 2.0 application and get a chance to win fabulous prizes!!! so, what are you waiting for… // chall3ng3r // technorati tags: Flex
I am quite excited to let you all know that we have just released FriendlyGhost, the first complete toolset for debugging Flash, Flex, FlashLite, Central, and even AJAX applications. Read the full press release It features FriendlyGhost Lite, a Flash Library for debugging FlashLite applications on real devices. Now FlashLite developers can solve Device API myths directly on the device. It also features FriendlyGhost AJAX Toolkit for debugging JavaScript and …