Adobe Flash platform summit 2010 part 1
Today i am attending adobe flash platform summit 2010 @ bangalore, will go for live blog post updating every talk.
Ben Forta started out the event with a excellent statistics, according to ben
=> out of top 20 OEM 95 % using flash
=> 98% computer which are connected with flash
=> more then 3 million flash developer, 85 % of top 100 website uses flash
Flash is multipurpose runtime, high performance VM, incredible graphics and animation engine, advance audio video
He talked about Flash builder, flex builder and Adobe catalyst, Discussing about the new features of Adobe AIr Mark pointed following features
=>offline support which makes sure the gluing
=> Leverage local resources
=> tight integration with hardware and os
=> Air = Flash + installation + updates+ Local SQ:+local file access+Notification
He shared an interesting stats stating that 300M AIR install 2.5 M air SDK download
For flash CS 5 here are some interesting points
=> Brand new test engine for non Latin text in flash CS5
=> Most imp features XML based FLAs you can share assets using FXG
For Adobe flex he pointed out that
=> Mxml markup language, framework fir building application and eco system
=> controls charts etc features were added
=> flex builder / flash builder renamed in version 4 IDE for flex
He wrapped up his talk with few demos and talking about Flash Catalyst which seems to be an interesting product for designers
Will post the follow up talk session in few hours keep following
Thanks
Pranay
