Posted by: arunbluebrain on: February 24, 2009
Pixel Bender is an exciting new technology by Adobe which brings video and image processing capabilities to the flash runtime. It allows you to create and apply filters to ‘bend’ pixels and create compelling animations which have never been possible in an HTML environment. Because Adobe AIR uses flash to load any HTML content, we [...]
Posted by: arunbluebrain on: January 22, 2009
Adobe platform evangelist Kevin Hoyt has announced on his blog that he has made available the source code for 75 Adobe AIR code samples built using JavaScript. This is a fantastic way to get up to speed on AIR’s API’s. Real world examples include how to: Access text files synchronously Access binary files synchronously Access [...]
Posted by: arunbluebrain on: January 8, 2009
The team at Storybook Anytime has recently released several major updates to their popular Sam’s Interactive Reader, a child-safe, downloadable application that allows children to discover the fun of reading and learning through interactive media. The application includes a growing catalogue of interactive content for children ranging from three to nine years old. Content is [...]
Posted by: arunbluebrain on: December 23, 2008
Adobe has received a few reports from Linux users having trouble running applications with AIR 1.5. Most of these cases appear related to the fact that the user had previously installed AIR applications using Adobe AIR for Linux beta we made available on Labs (an early release). In the release notes (.pdf), Adobe mentioned that [...]
Posted by: arunbluebrain on: December 19, 2008
Finally people can stop complaining that the BBC only support Windows XP for its downloadable iPlayer application. Using a cross-platform application developed using Adobe’s AIR the BBC have launched a downloadable iPlayer that can run on Windows, Mac and Linux. Suburbia has written quite a few times about the iPlayer and it seems that the [...]