“We continue to monitor developments on HTML5, but as of now it doesn’t yet meet all of our customers’ needs,” Wei said. “Our player doesn’t just simply stream video, it must also secure the content, handle reporting for our advertisers, render the video using a high performance codec to ensure premium visual quality, communicate back with the server to determine how long to buffer and what bitrate to stream, and dozens of other things that aren’t necessarily visible to the end user. Not all video sites have these needs, but for our business these are all important and often contractual requirements.”
The news does put a chill on the rumor that the company was working on a version of the site for devices that can run HTML5 video but not Adobe’s Flash.
(Link: Hulu improves its player, commits to Flash | Web Crawler – CNET News)
Hulu improves its player, commits to Flash | Web Crawler – CNET News
May 14, 2010
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Gordon: An open source Flash™ runtime written in pure JavaScript
January 13, 2010
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Home – gordon – GitHub
(Link: Gordon: An open source Flash™ runtime written in pure JavaScript)
What's New in GWT 2.0? – Google Web Toolkit
December 10, 2009
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One of the biggest changes you will notice with GWT 2.0 is development mode, which replaces what used to be called “hosted mode”. Prior to 2.0, “hosted mode” provided a special-purpose “hosted browser” to debug your GWT code. As of GWT 2.0, the web application being debugged is viewed within a regular browser with the support of the Google Web Toolkit Developer Plugin, which is available for most popular browsers. In other words, you can now develop and debug code as it runs in Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Chrome.
(Link: What’s New in GWT 2.0? – Google Web Toolkit)
Microsoft's Silverlight 4 – Flash developers need not apply
December 5, 2009
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Flash is hard to shift, with greater penetration in web browsers, much better device support, and a strong industry alliance in the form of its Open Screen Project. Silverlight 4 adds DRM for H.264 content, along with offline DRM, but success here is more about establishing partnerships and getting the runtime deployed than it is about adding features.
(Link: Microsoft’s Silverlight 4 – Flash developers need not apply)
FluidHtml is a text-based markup language (like HTML) that lets you dynamically generate Flash content.
September 14, 2009
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FluidHtml is a text-based markup language (like HTML) that lets you dynamically generate Flash content. This is an extraordinarily powerful idea. It means that anyone can build highly animated websites, ads, media players and 3D animations quickly and easily.
(Link: FluidHtml is a text-based markup language (like HTML) that lets you dynamically generate Flash content.)
Flex's coopetition: HTML5 | InsideRIA
August 26, 2009
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It won’t be ready for prime time this year, and probably not next year, but the HTML5 specification is firming up and current implementations suggest a that HTML5 will be a strong platform for RIAs. People familiar with other versions of HTML might assume that Flex would have a few advantages over HTML5: AIR (no browser required) and data services (distributed computing.) The neologism ‘ coopetition’ might be an apt term for the relationship between HTML5 and Flex.
(Link: Flex’s coopetition: HTML5 | InsideRIA)
Flex 3 versus Silverlight 3 in Enterprise development.
August 1, 2009
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Ultimately for me the choice comes down to what you’re trying to achieve. At this stage if looks are your only concern, then Flex probably has an edge. However if you’re looking to build complex business functionality and are concerned with value for money then I think Silverlight offers a better value proposition. This is primarily due to the resultant code base that you would have with a Silverlight project; simpler, higher level, more maintainable and robust code. As complexity increases, so does the importance of having a well structured codebase. Without this the number of bugs and regressions can grow exponentially, in turn driving up development cost.
I’m biased, I’ve developed with C# for years and I’ve enjoyed doing so.
(Link: Flex 3 versus Silverlight 3 in Enterprise development.)
16 Impressive Flash-Like Javascript Animation Inspirations, Tutorials and Plugins | Queness
August 1, 2009
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A while ago, create animation with javascript is just too difficult. Since the introduction of javascript frameworks like prototype, jQuery and mootools, a lot other frameworks that designed to enhance the animation abilities have emerged. Now, we can use create impressive javascript animation easily and your visitors just wouldn’t able to tell the differences.
(Link: 16 Impressive Flash-Like Javascript Animation Inspirations, Tutorials and Plugins | Queness)
Hemlock combines flash and XMPP
June 2, 2009
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Hemlock is an open-source framework that combines the richness of Flash with the scalability of XMPP, facilitating a new class of web applications where multiple users can interact in real time. Games, workspace collaboration, educational tools… The only limit is your imagination.
(Link: Hemlock combines flash and XMPP)
Cairngorm is the lightweight micro-architecture for Rich Internet Applications built in Flex or AIR
June 2, 2009
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Cairngorm is the lightweight micro-architecture for Rich Internet Applications built in Flex or AIR. A collaboration of recognized design patterns, Cairngorm exemplifies and encourages best-practices for RIA development advocated by Adobe Consulting, encourages best-practice leverage of the underlying Flex framework, while making it easier for medium to large teams of software engineers deliver medium to large scale, mission-critical Rich Internet Applications.
(Link: Cairngorm is the lightweight micro-architecture for Rich Internet Applications built in Flex or AIR)
