Emmy Huang just posted a note about the Flash adoption statistics as of September 2007. Flash 9 is now at 93.3% adoption! This is great news for Flex developers! If you develop with Flex 2 or the upcoming Flex 3, 93.3% of your visitors can run your applications without any hassle of having to update [...]
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Flex & Flash as Competitors to Java?
As previously discussed, my friend Joshua from Sun recently blogged about how the consumer JRE will take market share from Flash in 2008. Today Sameer Tyagi , also from Sun, blogged about problems with using Flex to front-end JAX-WS. Both posts seem to insinuate Flash and Flex as competitors to Java. Yet for me Java [...]
Also posted in Flex, Java 22 Comments
2008 – The Year of Client Java?
My friend Joshua from Sun has predicted that “2008 will be the year that client Java starts taking market share from Flash”. This is a pretty bold prediction reminding me of when I used to hear this same sort of statement about Desktop Linux… “1999 will be the year of Desktop Linux”. Don’t get me [...]
Also posted in Flex, Java 7 Comments
Cringely on AIR, Flash, and Flex
My all time favorite journalist, Robert X. Cringely, has just published his weekly PBS article, this time discussing the future of Adobe’s platform technologies. It’s a great read and great press for our (Adobe) platform. Let me know what you all think about his opinions.
Also posted in Adobe AIR, Flex, Java 4 Comments
How I Overcame My Fear of Flash
Long ago I remember the first Flash site I ever saw–spinning gears replaced typically boring site navigation and sound illuminated a previously silent web. My jaw dropped and I said to myself, “I want to build these kinds of websites!” After playing with Flash Professional for days, I realized that my mathematically inclined brain just [...]
Also posted in Flex, Linux, Open Source 50 Comments
My Tribute to Flash 9 on Linux: Compiz Like Wobbly Windows
I’m sitting in Caribou Coffee in Ann Arbor Michigan looking out at beautiful ice covered trees glistening in the sunlight. It’s Jan 17th 2007 and this day is going down in history! Today is the day Flash Player 9 was officially released for Linux! This is HUGE! The web allows anyone with a PC to [...]
Also posted in Flex, Linux 14 Comments
Flash 9 on 64bit Linux in 2 Commands
I’ve heard it so many times… “Flash 9 doesn’t work on 64bit Linux” So when I loaded 64bit Gentoo Linux my new Merom based Intel Core 2 Duo, I really was expecting an adventure. Turns out that it was actually pretty uneventful. It worked first try without any problems and in only 2 commands. Here’s [...]
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