Java ME and Flash Lite expert in Forum Nokia Americas, Mountain View. Besides mobile technologies, interested in HCI and the use of technology in sports.
Category: Flash
Using best tools for each task vs. "one size fits all" - a.k.a. problems of Java
Bruce Eckel has written a thoughtful "essay" about the problems of Java suggesting that a mix and match solution could be the best solution in many cases. (I know the entry is already a couple of months old, but I enjoyed reading it, and I thought some FN visitors might find it...
Comparing Java ME, Flash Lite and Python - what would be the topics?
I am in the process of creating a presentation on the three main runtimes on S60 platform - well, I should probably include also the browser in there, but currently the idea is to compare Java ME, Flash Lite and Python environments. Like: What functionalities are available? What is each...
The most challenging part of Flash Lite development...
... is creating the graphics for your application.
Well, not exactly, especially if you are developing a complex Flash Lite application as the coding can get tricky too. And definitely not, if you are familiar with drawing tools in general. (Of course, if you get someone else to draw the...
Fragmentation and Flash Lite
<start of rant>
So far I have believed the mantra that Flash Lite works the same way across the devices and that there is no fragmentation in Flash Lite. Well, based on my recent experiences, I need to re-think my stand on this...
I was creating a simple...
Courseware for mobile programming
Good and extensive teaching material about mobile programming is always hard to come by and knowing how long it takes to create material only for one lecture, it was nice to find that the course page for Mobile Multimedia Technoogies course , lectured by Vidya Setlur from NRC Palo Alto...
Apollo Alpha out
Adobe announced today that the first public alpha release of the Apollo toolkit is now available . I mentioned Apollo briefly in my Adobe MAX wrap-up a few months back.
According to Adobe Labs info page "Apollo is the code name for a cross-operating system runtime...
Benchmarking Flash Lite
If you have ever programmed with Flash Lite (or Flash) you are probably familiar with fps speedometer, which measure how many frames per second you device is capable of showing. Of course there is not much movement in the fps speedometer screen itself, so the results might not give you accurate...
Adobe's Flash Lite eSeminars
I attended a nice Flash Lite eSeminar organized Adobe, in which Scott Janousek and Richard Leggett demonstrated Flash Lite application development. The online seminar is part of a Flash Lite eSeminar series. Adobe developer services apparently organizes these seminars once a month,...
Device Central in Photoshop CS3 beta
I know this is old news to many of the Flash Lite enthusiasts, but I thought a general heads-up would be in order. Adobe is namely working on some quite cool tools for mobile content developers. You can get a sneak peak of the coming Device Central, if/when you install the...
Flash Lite 1.1 Certification Exam
Being a good procrastinator, I waited long enough after attending the Flash Lite 1.1 training , so that I had forgotten every bit of advice and exam tip. Completely.
As I still wanted to take the exam before the year ends, last week I ended up scheduling the exam for this...
Check out Flash Lite 2.1 on S60 3rd Edition
Adobe has posted Flash Lite 2.1 player for S60 3rd Edition devices for free download. I quickly tested installing the player on N93. It works and plays Flash content! Enjoy!
Oh, yes. Of course also earlier editions of S60 platform are supported (2nd Edition FP2 & FP3...
Adobe MAX - Wrap-up
Conferences are nice - you meet new people, learn new things, and you also learn what you do not know, as people are asking you questions which require you to follow-up later by email. On the other hand, the days after a conference are problematic, as most of your time is spent in combing...
First impressions from Adobe MAX
First day and the keynote of Adobe MAX conference are now history. Few comments.
First of all, this is not Flash-only conference (like I described this event in my previous post), but a conference for all users of Adobe products.
I was pleasantly surprised of the discussions I...
Adobe MAX - Annual "Flash" Conference
" MAX 2006 , the annual Adobe user conference, offers the Adobe community an unprecedented opportunity to learn about Adobe software, interact with industry experts, connect with other Adobe software users, and have lots of fun."
Well, the show is starting on Monday here...
Flash Lite World Map
The Flash Lite developer community all around the world is growing. But who knows Flash Lite?
Scott Janousek has started a little experiment he announced on the flashmobilegroup emailing list:
This is a little experiment.
It is purely for fun, and has no...
Calendar
Recently...
- Tips and tricks Flash Lite session @ MAX
- Adobe MAX San Francisco has started
- A couple of service notes: Upcoming service break and Discussions performance
- Security prompting improvements on their way to S60
- Service break on forum.nokia.com on November 8th-9th
- Improving the performance of Forum Nokia Wiki
- RDA service will be down around October 15th
- Table sorting with JavaScript
- Test posting with lifeblog
- Free Tira Wireless' device database
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