May 8, 2007 at 1:25 pm · Filed under Adobe, CS3, Fireworks, Flash, Illustrator
I had previously posted about the CS3 trials not being available, and according to Google Analytics, it is one of the most popular posts. So I thought I would let those coming from Google and MXNA know that it looks like the wait is finally over! Adobe CS3 package trials are now available for download on Adobe.com (http://www.adobe.com/products/#creativesuite_family). This includes Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, InDesign, etc. Enjoy!
May 8, 2007 at 8:18 am · Filed under Adobe, Apple, Flash, Mobile Development
According to Ryan Stewart and the Wall Street Journal, Flash will be pre-installed on the Apple iPhone.
I'm surprised that I didn't see links to this flying all over MXNA yesterday, as I would think that most Flash developers would be really excited to have the ability to publish to an estimated 2 million new handheld devices within the next year. This will significantly increase the installed handheld user base, and very quickly.
It looks like there are still some questions floating around about who exactly is developing the player/plug-in (Apple or Adobe), but this could be a great platform and might even convince me to pick one up and ditch my Treo 700w.
[Update: Gizmodo has a post suggesting that the Flash player will be there for sure, especially since the NYTimes.com page they use for all the TV advertisements shows the Flash video player as loading just fine. Looks like a good clue to me! (via i2fly)]
[Update 2: Mike Downey from Adobe has a good post on the subject, but as we all know now that the iPhone has actually been released: there is no Flash support. I'd bet the farm that there will be soon, however.]
May 8, 2007 at 8:06 am · Filed under AIR (Apollo), Actionscript 3, Flash, Flex
Matt MacLean has just released an alpha version of asSQL - an ActionScript 3 MySQL driver. The SWC allows you to connect directly to a MySQL database from AS3, removing the need for a middle layer such as remoting or XML. As Mike Chambers points out, this could be extremely useful for Apollo applications which won't be able to use PHP locally to connect to a database.
I should also mention that Asql is available for download, and it looks to be a little further along in the development process. Hopefully these two get together and decide to combine their efforts.
