Freaking Choice!

May 21, 2010 on 8:38 am | In musings, news | 2 Comments

Wow! What an amazing few weeks it has been. Just a little while ago, my company was all excited about developing for the iPad. We even purchased 3 for testing. Our tools of choice were going to be Unity3D and Flash. We even pre-ordered CS5. Just a little before, the release of CS5, Apple announces its new ToS which basically excludes Flash developed apps from the app store and possibly Unity Apps. Now we are left floundering for a new plan. Google comes along and essentially pulls a coupe by addressing so many issues that it is not even funny. A Google Chrome based tablet will make Apple rethink a lot of stuff.

Granted, all of the things announced at Google I/O have yet to be instated, but if all goes well their platform will empower a whole lot of people and make it so that you can develop with whatever you like, and for Pete’s sake even make money! That is truly awesome! There is a lot to think about, and a lot of change coming, and freaking choice! What a concept. As many have said, ‘it is a real good time to be a web developer’.

DCF

Apple Email - The all-new Adobe Creative Suite 5. Get yours today

May 17, 2010 on 8:10 am | In musings | No Comments

Got an email from Apple last Friday regarding CS5.

Maybe it’s just me, but for some reason, this just seems odd…

DCF

Change and Choice

May 14, 2010 on 9:15 am | In Rich Internet Applications, flash, flex | No Comments

The past few months have been a roller coaster ride for Flash devs. The events have felt like an action movie complete with cliff hangers and crazy plot twist. Adobe has this new campaign regarding “Freedom of Choice“. I think it is a great move on their part, but I can’t help but think that this whole Apple thing has been a warning shot over their bow. The writing is now on the wall, the coffee is burning, and it is obvious that ‘someone is trying to eat Adobe’s lunch’.

Adobe has had many warnings in the past from its devs out in the field to fix and upgrade various aspects of the player. Improvements have been made, but there was no pressing need to move faster, because there really was no competition. Truthfully, HTML5 is not quite ready for prime time and there is time for Adobe to step it up and make Flash really solid, but that time grows short. Steve Jobs may have inadvertently done something that Flash devs could not do, and that is turn up the innovative fire in Adobe’s boiler room.

If all goes well, I am hoping that Flash will become the general choice for the game console, the video player, the RIA platform, the anything media console for any device, web or stand alone. Flash being the closest to the ‘write once, run anywhere’ pipe dream, and with the most penetration, it just seemed logical that it would eventually happen. This whole Apple stir is business. It’s about who’s going to be the player of choice and ultimately the gate keeper. If Flash did not have this kind of potential, this drama would not be happening.

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