Companies building Web sites should beware of proprietary rich-media technologies like Adobe's Flash and Microsoft's Silverlight, the founder of Mozilla Europe has warned.
Despite comments made by its CEO, Adobe has clarified that it won't be bringing Flash to the iPhone right now.
Microsoft's Adobe flash-killer Silverlight is entering its next phase with the software maker set to debut Silverlight 1.0 Release Candidate late this week.
Adobe Systems brought the chief technology officer title out of retirement Tuesday and applied it to Kevin Lynch.
Macromedia hopes to make its Flash animation player a "first-class citizen" on PCs with a new addition that allows the software to operate outside a Web browser.
Little wonder these RIA on Linux discussions make me feel icky, as we can dial in at least another two years of proprietary plug-ins dominating on open-source desktops.
The choice and use of the new video tag in HTML 5 is one of the more explosive sticking points in the evolving standard. Which codecs should browsers use? Why even have a video tag at all when Flash works well currently? Will anyone use it even if it becomes a standard?
IE may be the quickest browser to load pages, but this is not a 100m dash; seems like someone has forgotten to tell Microsoft that there is another 300m of JavaScript to go until this race is over.
Why put up with the failure of your vendor to provide updates for your broadband router's firmware? Just do it yourself: Linux-style.
SMS may have turned into a cash cow for the world's telcos, but Twitter's growing popularity gives customers an easier, cheaper option that may force carriers to come to the party or risk missing out.
Best known for apps like Photoshop, Adobe is relying on Kevin Lynch to break out of the shrink-wrapped software business.
Many business Web sites try to impress visitors with the latest in multimedia effects and high powered graphics. As ZDNet Australia found, however, they might be ignoring the most powerful lure - good old-fashioned words.
WebDU, the annual web technology conference, took place at the Star City Convention Centre on Thursday and Friday last week.
So Silverlight will kill Flash, will it? Maybe it will. A lot of people have told me this and I began to wonder if the opinion had any validity. It took me less than 15 minutes of research to determine that it may not kill Flash but it will most definitely do it some serious market damage. Why?
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Adobe Systems has announced it's partnering with search giants Google and Yahoo to increase the quality of search results of dynamic Web content and rich internet applications (RIAs).
Macromedia aims to jazz up Web-based animations, videos and mobile content while better integrating the five apps in its updated suite.
Macromedia hopes to make its Flash animation player a "first-class citizen" on PCs with a new addition that allows the software to operate outside a Web browser.
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