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<title><![CDATA[Utilitários que ajudam no desenvolvimento em Flex.]]></title>
<link>http://oswaldogusmao.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/utilitarios-que-ajudam-no-desenvolvimento-em-flex/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oswaldo Gusmão</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Boa noite, Resolvi fazer um apanhado geral de alguns links e aplicações úteis que ajudam na hora de ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Boa noite,</p>
<p>Resolvi fazer  um apanhado geral de alguns links e aplicações úteis que ajudam na hora de desenvolver  em flex.</p>
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<li> Flex Style Explorer, um aplicativo capaz de gerar todo o CSS de sua aplicação Flex, bastando usar os famosos recursos de copiar e colar, este por sinal todo desenvolvido em Flex, segue o link para acesso. <a class="wp-caption" href="http://examples.adobe.com/flex2/consulting/styleexplorer/Flex2StyleExplorer.html" target="_blank">Flex Style Explorer</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://oswaldogusmao.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/balsamiq-desktop1.png"><img class="size-medium wp-image-43 alignleft" title="balsamiq-desktop" src="http://oswaldogusmao.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/balsamiq-desktop1.png?w=300" alt="" width="240" height="191" /></a><a class="wp-caption" href="http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mockups/desktop" target="_blank">Balsamiq Mockups ,</a>uma ferramentas para criar protótipos de telas com sensação  de terem sidos desenhados a mão e podem ser posicionadas na tela para criar um protótipo de como sera sua aplicação Flex.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/tourdeflex/"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-47" title="tdfx_badge" src="http://oswaldogusmao.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/tdfx_badge.jpg" alt="" width="164" height="136" /></a>Tour de Flex, sem dúvidas este é um utilitário que não deve faltar em seu computador, com ele você tem exemplos de todos os componentes presente no Flex com um diferencial, todos os componenentes são acompanhados de um exemplo, podendo assim ser estudados ou até mesmo copiados para implatação em seu sistema. Segue o link para download. <a class="wp-caption" href="http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/tourdeflex/" target="_blank">Link</a></li>
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<li>Adobe TV, a Adobe mantém um canal com vídeos de ótimos programadores Flex mostrando vários exemplos, novidades e soluções, conteúdo inglês. <a class="wp-caption" href="http://tv.adobe.com/search/?q=adobe+flex" target="_blank">Clique e conheça</a></li>
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<p>Pois é, aqui está apenas uma pequena parte do vasto conteúdo útil para desenvolvedores Flex, caso haja algum que vocês achem interessante, mande comentários e colo a disposição de todos.</p>
<p>Um abraço a todos.</p>
<p>Oswaldo Gusmão.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The golden hour. La posició del Sol en qualsevol moment i en qualsevol lloc del món.]]></title>
<link>http://esjoan.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/the-golden-hour-la-posicio-del-sol-en-qualsevol-moment-i-en-qualsevol-lloc-del-mon/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>esjoan</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The Golden Hour Calculator és una aplicació online a on es pot saber, per a qualsevol part del món, ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>The Golden Hour Calculator és una aplicació online a on es pot saber, per a qualsevol part del món, les següents dades: el moment de l&#8217;alba, el de la posta de sol, la durada del dia i algunes dades més tècniques.</p>
<p>Quan accedeix de seguida dona la informació referent al lloc des d&#8217;on et connectes. No obstant, disposes d&#8217;una interfície gràfica amb el mapamundi tipus Google Earth i un globus terràqui amb les zones que estan en la foscor de la nit o la llum del dia. També pots entrar la longitud i latitud del punt que vols conèixer o seleccionar algunes de les ciutats més importants del món. Et permet també modificar la franja horària.</p>
<p>Enllaç: <a href="http://www.golden-hour.com/" target="_blank">http://www.golden-hour.com/</a></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-63" title="goldenhours" src="http://esjoan.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/goldenhours.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="284" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[QuakeShakes. Localitza els terratrèmols més recents.]]></title>
<link>http://esjoan.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/quakeshakes-localitza-els-terratremols-mes-recents/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>esjoan</dc:creator>
<guid>http://esjoan.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/quakeshakes-localitza-els-terratremols-mes-recents/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[QuakeShakes es una aplicació creada amb Adobe Air i que permet visualitzar en un mapamundi els terra]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>QuakeShakes es una aplicació creada amb <a href="http://www.adobe.com/es/products/air/" target="_blank">Adobe Air</a> i que permet visualitzar en un mapamundi els terratrèmols més recents, aportant informació sobre la localització, la data, el moment i la magnitud del moviment sísmic.</p>
<p>Reflexa tant els sismes terrestres com els oceànics. També permet diferents tipus de visualització del mapamundi.</p>
<p>Les dades representades provenen de l&#8217;US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, organisme que disposa d&#8217;una xarxa de sensors en tot el món amb dades actualitzant-se permanentment.</p>
<p>Enllaç: <a href="http://www.quakeshakes.com/" target="_blank">http://www.quakeshakes.com/</a></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-58" title="quakeshakes" src="http://esjoan.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/quakeshakes.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="205" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[¿Cuales son las nuevas delicias que nos trae Adobe AIR 2 Beta?]]></title>
<link>http://dubaiphp.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/%c2%bfcuales-son-las-nuevas-delicias-que-nos-trae-adobe-air-2-beta/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>JALF</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Hace unos días había anunciado la salida de Adobe AIR 2 y Flash 10.1  en Beta, pues bien, aquí traig]]></description>
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<p>Hace unos días había anunciado la salida de <a href="http://dubaiphp.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/adobe-lanza-air-2-0-y-flash-10-1-en-beta/">Adobe AIR 2 y Flash 10.1  en Beta</a>, pues bien, aquí traigo un listado un poco más detallado de las mejoras que llegan en Adobe AIR 2.</p>
<p>La siguiente lista proporciona un panorama general de las características clave que encontrará en esta nueva versión. Para más información, vea la publicación de Christian Cantrell, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blogs.adobe.com/cantrell/archives/2009/10/everything_new_in_air_2.html"> Exhaustive List of Everything That&#8217;s New in AIR 2.0</a> así como la <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.adobe.com/go/air2_docs">documentación de Adobe AIR 2 beta</a>.</p>
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<li><strong>Abrir documentos con la aplicación por omisión: E</strong>n  AIR 2, ahora puede usar la nueva API File.openWithDefaultApplication para abrir un documento como .doc, .pdf o .mp3 utilizando la aplicación por defecto asociada con ese documento. Con el uso de esta API, ahora se puede construir una aplicación de gestión de contenido que permite navegar a través de archivos y abrirlos utilizando la aplicación por omisión asociada con ese tipo de archivo de forma totalmente independiente de la plataforma. Por ejemplo, imagine construir un simple navegador de archivos que le permite abrir un archivo MP3 con un doble clic. Dependiendo del sistema operativo, el archivo MP3 se puede abrir utilizando una aplicación diferente. En Windows, el archivo MP3 puede cargar en Windows Media Player, mientras que en una Mac se podría abrir en iTunes, y sobre Linux se podría abrir utilizando SongBird. Además, si a la API se le pasa la ruta de una carpeta en lugar de un archivo, se abrirá una instancia del explorador del sistema operativo, y navegara hacia esta ruta. Esta es una forma útil para añadir una característica de una aplicación de gestión contenido.</li>
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<li><strong>Detección de volumen de Almacenamiento masivo:</strong> ahora puede detectar cuando un dispositivo de almacenamiento masivo, como una unidad USB o ciertos tipos de cámaras, se han conectado o desconectado de la computadora del usuario. Desde AIR 2 beta, ahora puede construir una aplicación que detecta cuando una Flip Camara se conecta y que su aplicación automáticamente le permita subir videos a YouTube. Para ver un gran ejemplo de cómo funciona esto, vea la aplicación de muestra de Christian Cantrell, File Tile.</li>
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<li><strong>API de Proceso Nativo:</strong> Algunos desarrolladores querían  una opción para integrar mejor AIR a sus aplicaciones existentes con librerías de código nativo, o para extender el AIR runtime con código nativo. Aunque hemos considerado añadir este soporte en el AIR 1, una preocupación que hemos escuchado de desarrolladores es que querían que las aplicaciones AIR permanezcan multi-plataforma. Cuando AIR para Linux fue liberado alrededor de diez meses después de la versión para Mac y Windows, cientos de las aplicaciones que se desplegaron usando el instalador archivos .AIR instalador, incluyendo <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.adobe.com/rchriste/My%20Documents/Adobe/Projects/Adobe%20AIR/Documents/Athena/Articles/If%20the%20.air%20file%20format%20enables">TweetDeck</a> y <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.parleys.com/display/PARLEYS/Home">Parleys.com Desktop</a> estuvieron inmediatamente disponible para los usuarios de Linux.</li>
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<p>Con AIR 2, queríamos hacer más fácil para desarrolladores extender AIR sin comprometer la promesa de experiencia de usuario multi-plataforma de AIR. Para lograr esto, estamos poniendo a disposición un proceso nativo API que permite a los desarrolladores lanzar y comunicar, bidireccionalmente, con un proceso nativo. Para usar la API de proceso nativo, su aplicación debe desplegarse como un instalador en lugar de un archivo instalador .AIR. Para ello, hemos añadido soporte al AIR SDK para generar instaladores específicos de sistema operativo (.exe, .dmg, .rpm y .deb). Brent Rosenquist, un científico senior en el equipo de AIR, grabo un <a rel="nofollow" href="http://tv.adobe.com/watch/adc-presents/preview-command-line-integration-in-adobe-air-2">vídeo introductorio</a> que proporciona un excelente vistazo general de cómo la API nativa trabaja.</p>
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<li><strong>Acceso a datos del micrófono:</strong> Usted puede acceder a los datos del sonido desde un micrófono directamente para la grabación u otros procesos sin la necesidad de un servidor. Un ejemplo de una aplicación que podrían aprovechar esto es una herramienta que toma-notas que permite al usuario grabar clips de audio cuando estén fuera de línea.</li>
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<li><strong>Multi-toque y eventos de gesto:</strong> Usted puede escuchar eventos para multi-toque (Windows 7) y gestos (Windows 7 y Mac OS X Snow Leopard) en equipos que tengan hardware multi-touch. (Véa también el articulo de Christian Cantrell, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/multitouch_gestures.html">Multi-touch and gesture support on the Flash Platform</a>.)</li>
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<li><strong>Manejo de errores globales:</strong> El manejo de errores global le permite manejar todos los errores, tantos errores sincrónicos y asincrónicos, desde un solo lugar de su código.</li>
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<li><strong>Soporte de impresión mejorado:</strong> Con AIR 2, continuamos haciendo mejoras a la impresión. En la Mac, se ha activado el soporte a impresión de vectores permitiendo mejorar la calidad de la salida a la impresora. Además, las nuevas APIs permitirá un desarrollador, por ejemplo, consultar la máquina local para una lista de impresoras o imprimir sin un cuadro de diálogo. Una nueva característica que llamamos &#8220;elegir el mejor método de impresión&#8221; determinará automáticamente si la impresión en bitmap o vectores es el método más adecuado de impresión para una determinada página.</li>
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<li><strong>WebKit actualizado:</strong> WebKit en el AIR 2 beta se basa en la versión que usa Safari 4.0.3. Una nueva característica incluye el soporte para perfilado de JavaScript, el motor de SquirrelFish Extreme JavaScript ejecuta un 50% más rápido utilizando pruebas de SunSpider, soporte a CSS3 Module soporte (2D transformaciones, transiciones, animaciones, gradientes, zoom y WebKit CSS selectores), estilizar barradas de desplazamientos a través de CSS y mejoras en el control Canvas.</li>
</ul>
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<li><strong>Mejor soporte IPv6:</strong> El formato de direcciones IPv6 ahora puede usarse con todas las APIs que aceptar una cadena IP como entrada.</li>
</ul>
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<li><strong>Mayor tamaño máximo de NativeWindow:</strong> algunos desarrolladores están construyendo aplicaciones que abarcan pantallas múltiples, de alta resolución como aplicaciones comerciales o pantallas promocionales. Utilizando AIR 1, los desarrolladores fueron limitados a un máximo tamaño de ventana de 2880 x 2880, pero, comenzando con el AIR 2 beta, hemos aumentado este límite a 4095 x 4095.</li>
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<li><strong>Soporte para server sockets:</strong> Usted puede escuchar de conexiones de socket entrantes. Utilizando el socket de servidor API, ahora es posible construir servidores ligeros que se ejecutan localmente, y se comunican a través de aplicaciones usando sockets TCP.</li>
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<li><strong>Sockets UDP:</strong> Usted puede enviar y recibir mensajes usando el User Datagram Protocol (UDP). Para aplicaciones de tiempo real, aplicaciones sensibles del tiempo, incluyendo juegos multijugador, usted puede encontrar que el soporte UDP en AIR ayudará a ofrecer una mejor experiencia al usuario.</li>
</ul>
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<li><strong>Sockets TLS/SSL:</strong> ahora puede conectarse a un servidor que requiere TLSv1 o SSLv3 para comunicaciones socket. Para los desarrolladores, esto significa que usted tiene nuevos protocolos criptográficos disponibles para acceder datos sensibles en red que puede ayudar a construir aplicaciones más seguras.</li>
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<li><strong>Búsquedas DNS:</strong> Usted puede buscar registros Domain Name System (DNS) de recursos usando la nueva clase  DNSResolver. Esta clase le proporciona la capacidad para obtener registros de recursos, incluido la información de un host IPv4 y IPv6.</li>
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<li><strong>Enumeración de Interfaz de red:</strong> Usted puede enumerar la lista de interfaces de red de hardware y software disponible en un equipo cliente. A continuación, puede obligar a una interfaz específica, la dirección IP con un nuevo argumento opcional localAddress para la función del socket bind.</li>
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<li><strong>Salvaguarda de operaciones de Base de Datos:</strong> Usted puede usar commit o  roll back múltiples cambios a las bases de datos cambios en una sola transacción.</li>
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<li><strong>Soporte a lector de pantalla (sólo en Windows): Los</strong> usuarios pueden utilizar el software del lector de pantalla con aplicaciones  de AIR. Para los usuarios finales, esto significa que los cuadros de dialogo del tiempo de ejecución como el instalador ahora trabajan con lectores de pantalla tales como JAWS. Para los desarrolladores, esto significa que ahora es posible construir una aplicación Flash basada en AIR que trabaja con lectores de pantalla, siempre y cuando la aplicación haya sido construida con accesibilidad en mente.</li>
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<li><strong>Archivos promesa (sólo Windows/Mac):</strong> ahora puede permitir a los usuarios arrastrar un archivo que no ha sido creado aún desde una aplicación AIR y proporcionar los datos para esa función después de que el archivo promesa se ha soltado. Por ejemplo, imagine una aplicación que muestra una lista de archivos disponibles en un servidor remoto como un servidor FTP. Con la nueva característica de archivos promesa, cuando un usuario suelta un ítem de esta lista de archivos en su escritorio, ahora puede generar soporte en su aplicación para descargar los datos y escribirlos al archivo descargado. (Incluye soporte para archivos que son accesibles a través de una URL.)</li>
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<li><strong>Mejoras del ingreso de texto IME API y IME:</strong> Input Method Editors (IMEs) se pueden utilizar con cualquier InteractiveObject, no sólo objetos TextField. Esto le permite soportar entradas IME al usar la Flash Text Engine o el Adobe Text Layout Framework, por ejemplo.</li>
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<li><strong>Uso más eficiente de CPU:</strong> En las Mac, sin cambiar el código, muchas aplicaciones están consumiendo 50% menos  de CPU cuando se ejecuta en el segundo plano.</li>
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<li><strong>Utilización de memoria reducida:</strong> Sin reconstruir la aplicación, muchos aplicaciones AIR tales como TweetDeck están viendo reducciones del consumo de memoria entre 15 y 20%.</li>
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<li><strong>Menor tamaño del instalador del runtime:</strong> El tamaño del instalador del runtime para Mac OS y Windows son más pequeños que el AIR 1.5.</li>
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<p><a href="http://groups.adobe.com/posts/75b7d0f503">REFERENCIA</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Scratch the Last Post: Everyone's Getting In on the Pre-Game!]]></title>
<link>http://spmoore320.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/scratch-the-last-post-everyones-getting-in-on-the-pre-game/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Scott Moore</dc:creator>
<guid>http://spmoore320.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/scratch-the-last-post-everyones-getting-in-on-the-pre-game/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[9to5Mac is reporting that Wired isn&#8217;t the only place getting ahead of the fabled MacTablet. In]]></description>
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<p>The reports claim that some of the bigger publishing companies (you know, the places that PRINT and DELIVER those paper products) have been working together to create a uniform platform to be able to be provided on a future tablet platform. Time Inc, Conde Nast and Hearst were mentioned in the article by name and were looking to expand their magazines to a digital format (oh do tell).</p>
<p>The report says that these companies will have these Digital versions ready within &#8220;WEEKS&#8221;! While we may not see a Mac Tablet this year, we may see it poke up through the merky rumor water as fact Q1 2010!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Wired Gets... Wired Up For Mac Tablet]]></title>
<link>http://spmoore320.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/wired-gets-wired-up-for-mac-tablet/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Scott Moore</dc:creator>
<guid>http://spmoore320.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/wired-gets-wired-up-for-mac-tablet/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The almighty product that isn&#8217;t, the Mac Tablet, has been stirring up the speculation pot for ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>The almighty product that isn&#8217;t, the Mac Tablet, has been stirring up the speculation pot for many months now. Many have tried to figure out why Apple would head in the Tablet computer direction and only come out with one answer: written products, namely newspapers, books, and magazines. The rampant speculation has led at least one magazine company to build a brand new Mac app for the future.</p>
<p>Wired, a noted technology magazine, has built a platform for its magazine for all computers using the Adobe AIR system. Much like the New York Times has done with my beloved Times Reader, the Wired Magazine reader would allow the reader to interact with the magazine itself. This has been introduced through Times Reader with its crossword and ability to enlarge photos, but Wired took this to a whole new level.</p>
<p>Wired&#8217;s apparent level of interactivity will be greatly focused in graphics, which as shown by the video below, would bring magazines to a whole new level. I&#8217;d totally be down for subscribing to the magazine if I saw this!</p>
<p>(Note: the video below has a lot of background noise, so it&#8217;d be to your advantage to turn down the volume&#8230;)<br />
<span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/BLc-8gT2eKg&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/BLc-8gT2eKg&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Avatar Exclusive: First Look at 'Interactive Trailer']]></title>
<link>http://techland.com/2009/11/24/avatar-exclusive-first-look-at-%e2%80%98interactive-trailer/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Steven James Snyder</dc:creator>
<guid>http://techland.com/2009/11/24/avatar-exclusive-first-look-at-%e2%80%98interactive-trailer/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Banshee. Just add the term to your lexicon now – because after seeing the groundbreaking “interactiv]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[My thoughts on the rumored Apple iTablet...]]></title>
<link>http://technojack.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/my-thoughts-on-the-rumored-apple-itablet/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jnaina</dc:creator>
<guid>http://technojack.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/my-thoughts-on-the-rumored-apple-itablet/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I have been recently mulling over this whole iTablet MID thingy that Apple is reportedly working on,]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I have been recently mulling over this whole iTablet MID thingy that Apple is reportedly working on, to try to put this in perspective of what the market is ready for, looking back at the way the PC has evolved over the years.<br />
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A number of companies in the past 15 years have run after the touchscreen computer market intently, only having had their collective fingers burned badly. I remember AT&#38;T with their EO, Slate computers, and later followed by Momenta (remember that disaster anyone?), 3COM Audrey, various other Internet tablets and more recently Microsoft with their Tablet PCs and the laughable Origami UMPC disaster of a form-factor. None of these have ignited the imagination of the consumers and have been largely relegated to niche uses in certain verticals like healthcare, logisitcs and education.<br />
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But the recent phenomena of cloud based computing and increasing interests in devices like the Asus EEPC and the Everex Cloudbook (and to extraploate this to include the OLPC from Nichloas Negroponte and team), I believe the circumstances are right for a unique class of device that straddles somewhat between a mobile phone device and the traditional laptop. And at the sametime, with continued the evolution of the &#8220;Software as a Service&#8221; (SaaS) concept, cloud computing, media-rich browsers with technologies like Adobe AIR and Microsoft Silverlight for rich mobile content/applications, along with ubiquitous access to bandwidth (like community wifi or celco wifis, and the inevitable &#8220;WhiteFi&#8221;), all the elements are in place for the evolution of a third type of computing platform/form factor: a ultra-portable, small factor, always on, solid-state, wireless, touch screen, internet cloud based device, for use on the go.<br />
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So if Apple takes their iPhone platform, adds a faster energy efficient processor (Intel Atom), OS X with multi-touch, Safari with Adobe Air thrown in, Wifi, with a larger screen at 800&#215;600 resolution, front &#38; back cameras for chat and collaboration, wifi/HSPA, and a good size battery. And added to this, they launch an improved .Mac service, with more storage, iWork &#8220;cloud edition&#8221; web based producitivity apps, social network application with IM, an improved &#8220;back to my Mac&#8221; service, media player with Itunes and TV streaming via MediaFLO, we have the perfect &#8220;half-way&#8221; platform between the iPhone and the Mac.<br />
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This type of device will appeal to mobile knowlegde workers who need mobility, but with slightly larger screen to access remote applications, something bigger than an ipod but smaller and less wieldy than a laptop. This will also appeal to students (imagine access to learning content, online collaboration, chat, IM), to gamers, and casual users. And of course, this will be something that Apple can push for certain vertical markets, especially Medical and Education sectors. And at the right price, it might even win over the OLPC as a low cost educational tool.<br />
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Hope El Jobso gets another home-run here, where others have failed&#8230;</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Twhirl, la herramienta gratuita que maneja todas tus cuentas de Twitter]]></title>
<link>http://elblogdelosperiodistas.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/twhirl-la-herramienta-gratuita-que-maneja-todas-tus-cuentas-de-twitter/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>diegoguevara</dc:creator>
<guid>http://elblogdelosperiodistas.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/twhirl-la-herramienta-gratuita-que-maneja-todas-tus-cuentas-de-twitter/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Para todos aquellos que somos adictos al Twiiter (@yeyoguevara), y que lo utilizamos de manera perio]]></description>
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<p>Para todos aquellos que somos adictos al <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" target="_blank">Twiiter</a> (<a href="http://twitter.com/yeyoguevara" target="_blank">@yeyoguevara</a>), y que lo utilizamos de manera periodística, <a href="http://www.twhirl.org/" target="_blank">Twhirl</a> es una herramienta gratuita con la cual podremos gestionar nuestra cuenta, pero antes debemos instalar <a href="http://www.adobe.com/es/products/air/" target="_blank">Adobe Air</a> para su funcionamiento.</p>
<p>Esta nos brinda la posibilidad de estar al tanto de las actividades de nuestros amigos, leer todas sus actualizaciones, ver las respuestas que nos han enviado, mensajes enviados a nuestra cuenta y actualizar nuestro estado (<strong>escribiendo mensajes de 140 caracteres</strong>).</p>
<p>Pero no se trata de un cliente más, ya que incluso puede convertirse en nuestro cliente favorito, porque nos permite elegir entre diferentes aspectos por sus notificaciones visuales y sonoras, porque nos colorea los mensajes según el tipo de twitt que recibimos, porque usa <a href="http://snurl.com/" target="_blank">snurl.com</a> como sistema para acortar direcciones.</p>
<p>Además contaremos con la posibilidad de contestarle a otros usuarios, ya se contestando al mensaje que hemos recibido o creando un mensaje directo y privado.</p>
<p>Twhirl nos permitirá buscar los perfiles de otros usuarios y diversos tipos de búsquedas.</p>
<p>Sirve con Windows (2000/XP/Vista/Win7) y Mac OSX.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[KipCast Apps on the Guardian Apps Gallery]]></title>
<link>http://kipcast.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/kipcast-apps-on-the-guardian-apps-gallery/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kipcast</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kipcast.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/kipcast-apps-on-the-guardian-apps-gallery/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[We are delighted to let you know that two of our apps that aggregate and republish content from the ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>We are delighted to let you know that two of our apps that aggregate and republish content from the Guardian Open Platform can now be downloaded free of charge from the Guardian Open Platform  Apps Gallery.</p>
<p>You can donwload KipCast Guardian Air Reader from:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/open-platform/guardian-air-reader">http://www.guardian.co.uk/open-platform/guardian-air-reader</a></p>
<p>and the Guardian Yippidu for Blackberry native app at:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/open-platform/guardian-yippidu-for-blackberry">http://www.guardian.co.uk/open-platform/guardian-yippidu-for-blackberry</a></p>
<p>Enjoy and provide feedback to us.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Problems with Text Layout Framework]]></title>
<link>http://e2easy.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/problems-with-text-layout-framework/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>e2easy</dc:creator>
<guid>http://e2easy.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/problems-with-text-layout-framework/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I had hoped to release a beta version of e2publish after this weekend.  But I got caught up in some ]]></description>
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<p>I had hoped to release a beta version of <a href="http://e2easy.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/announcing-an-adobe-air-publish-application/">e2publish</a> after this weekend.  But I got caught up in some problems with the Text Layout Framework &#8211; so it will be a little while longer.  I&#8217;m still refining the workarounds, and I&#8217;ll be putting in some bug reports soon.</p>
<p>The first problem is that ContainerController.textLength is unreliable.  Investigating further, I discovered that the problem occurs when the ContainerController contains a line of text that is not terminated by a newline.  Like might happen at the end of the textflow.</p>
<p>I managed to get around the problem as follows (within a class that inherits ContainerController) &#8230;..</p>
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<pre>var textLength:int=this.textLength;</pre>
<pre>if (textLength==0 &#38;&#38; getSubString(textFlow,absoluteStart,absoluteStart+1)!='') textLength=textFlow.textLength-absoluteStart-1;</pre>
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<p>If textLength is zero, yet we still detect a character in the first position of the ContainerController, then clearly, textLength shouldn&#8217;t be zero &#8211; so we calculate what it should be assuming that we&#8217;re at the end of the textflow and knowing what the total length of the textflow should be.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve utilised a substring method that I found on <a href="http://">adobe forums</a>.  I was using this anyway in my program &#8211; so it was convenient to call it here.  No doubt there&#8217;s a better workaround that doesn&#8217;t rely this method.</p>
<p>But don&#8217;t try to override textLength.  I tried, and it caused problems.  I&#8217;m not entirely sure why, but this seemed to cause several other ContainerController methods to fail &#8211; as if they rely on the incorrect value.</p>
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<p>The second problem I&#8217;ve encountered is that ContainerController.getScrollDelta(n) fails with a run time error depending on the contents of the ContainerController.  If the ContainerController is empty, or has only newline characters &#8211; this causes a failure.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Adobe lanza AIR 2.0 y Flash 10.1, en beta]]></title>
<link>http://dubaiphp.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/adobe-lanza-air-2-0-y-flash-10-1-en-beta/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>JALF</dc:creator>
<guid>http://dubaiphp.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/adobe-lanza-air-2-0-y-flash-10-1-en-beta/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Adobe ha lanzado versiones beta de AIR 2.0 y Flash Player 10.1, casi de forma simultánea. Ambos esta]]></description>
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<p><strong>Adobe ha lanzado versiones beta de AIR 2.0 y Flash Player 10.1</strong>, casi de forma simultánea. Ambos estaban anunciados desde principios de octubre, y más o menos se conocían sus novedades, como <a href="http://www.genbeta.com/herramientas/adobe-air-20-en-camino-mas-ligero-eficiente-y-potente">ya se adelantó en el caso de AIR</a>.</p>
<p>Tanto Adobe AIR 2 como Flash Player 10.1 incluyen las siguientes mejoras:</p>
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<li>Soporte para multi-touch y gestos, para lo cual necesitas una pantalla táctil, claro.</li>
<li>Gestor global de errores, lo que permite a los desarrolladores escribir un manejador que procese todos los errores en tiempo de ejecución.</li>
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<li>Soporte para acceso al micrófono local, para que no haga falta pasar el audio a través de un servidor para poder grabarlo localmente, como hasta ahora. Esto, como ya dijimos, seguro que hará que surjan aplicaciones para podcasting.</li>
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<p><!--more-->Pero la mayor novedad la trae Adobe Flash Player 10.1, que ahora permite utilizar el <strong>hardware para decodificar vídeo en formato H.264 bajo Windows</strong> (tanto para PC, ultraportátiles y dispositivos móviles). Sí, sí, sólo para Windows. De esta forma, si tienes una tarjeta gráfica decentita, podrás aprovecharla para reproducir vídeos en alta definición, aligerando la carga de trabajo de la CPU. Vendrá muy bien para <a href="http://www.genbeta.com/multimedia/youtube-se-prepara-para-ofrecer-video-hd-a-1080p">cuando YouTube se pase a la alta definición 1080p</a>.</p>
<p>En cuanto a teléfonos, sin embargo, no se espera que haya soporte para Google Android hasta principios del próximo año, y las Blackberries tendrán que esperar algo más.</p>
<p>Adobe AIR 2.0 tiene sus propias novedades:</p>
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<li>API de procesos nativos: permite que las aplicaciones se comuniquen con aplicaciones nativas en máquinas locales .</li>
<li>Detección de dispositivos de almacenamiento masivo: vamos, que desde las aplicaciones AIR tendrás acceso a pendrives, la memoria de la cámara, y cualquier otro dispositivo de almacenamiento conectado por USB.</li>
<li>API para documentos abiertos: las aplicaciones AIR podrán solicitar al sistema operativo qué aplicación está asociada con qué extensión de archivo.</li>
<li>Soporte mejorada para sockets: lo que permitirá que surjan aplicaciones AIR como servidores locales y aplicaciones P2P, por poner un ejemplo</li>
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<li>WebKit más rápido: una versión mejorada del motor integrado, que incluye un motor JavaScript más rápido y soporte para HTML5 y CSS3</li>
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<p>Sobra decir que todas esas mejoras, se complementan con la típica afirmación de “<em>mejoras en la velocidad y rendimiento</em>”.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.genbeta.com/herramientas/adobe-lanza-air-20-y-flash-101-en-beta">Fuente</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[The anticipated coolth of Adobe AIR 2.0]]></title>
<link>http://codescapeshaurya.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/the-anticipated-coolth-of-adobe-air-2-0/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>shauryashaurya</dc:creator>
<guid>http://codescapeshaurya.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/the-anticipated-coolth-of-adobe-air-2-0/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[[update: this post has been in the limbo for way too long, I wanted a way to embed the flash videos ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>[update: this post has been in the limbo for way too long, I wanted a way to embed the flash videos from Adobe.tv here, but it looks like there is none. I am publishing this post today, in hopes that the reader may find it interesting enough to actually try the links... BTW this here might relate to <a href="http://codescapeshaurya.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/the-silverlight-4-beta/" target="_blank">the silverlight 4 thingy</a> as well! ]</p>
<p>I am yet to sift through <a href="http://tv.adobe.com/show/max-2009-develop/" target="_blank">all the Adobe MAX 2009 videos</a>.</p>
<p>I find it really generous of Adobe to put all of these up. Even if most of it is marketing, they still share a few gems of information. Really worthwhile for guys like me, who end up being so busy there&#8217;s little hope of attending an actual MAX event unless planned at least six months ahead of time.</p>
<p>I chanced upon the Adobe AIR 2.0 preview video:  http://tv.adobe.com/watch/max-2009-develop/whats-coming-in-adobe-air-2-/</p>
<p>(I wish there was a way to embed flash videos from Adobe.tv into WordPress&#8230;)</p>
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<p>To me the most important ones are the support for USB (mass storage devices) and native apps (so you can now open a word document from within AIR). I am still a bit skep about the performance, but, I am sure this is going to improve over the new version too&#8230;</p>
<p>Check these videos out. Kinda nice. Kinda exciting.</p>
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<p>Cheers.</p>
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<p>S.</p>
<p>[update:</p>
<p>1. there's a lot more videos on AIR2 in the complete video list, but I did like this one by Kevin Lynch as well: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/max-2009-develop/kevin-lynch-demos-adobe-air-2-features/</p>
<p>2. I prefer the adobe media player for working out all of it. nicer neater faster AIR based video playing...]</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Problems with Adobe Air]]></title>
<link>http://chimac.net/2009/11/20/problems-with-adobe-air/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chimac</dc:creator>
<guid>http://chimac.net/2009/11/20/problems-with-adobe-air/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[So this is one persons experience with Adobe Air.  I haven&#8217;t had any problems with it on Mac o]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Adobe nâng cấp cho Flash và AIR]]></title>
<link>http://netvietnam.org/2009/11/20/adobe-nang-c%e1%ba%a5p-cho-flash-va-air/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Nhân Mã</dc:creator>
<guid>http://netvietnam.org/2009/11/20/adobe-nang-c%e1%ba%a5p-cho-flash-va-air/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hôm 17/11/2009 Adobe Systems đã đưa ra các bản nâng cấp beta cho 2 công nghệ Flash Player và Adobe A]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[This Tabular Life]]></title>
<link>http://thelynchblog.com/2009/11/18/this-tabular-life/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cglynch</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thelynchblog.com/2009/11/18/this-tabular-life/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lately I&#8217;ve become preoccupied with browser tabs. Yes, those boring little gray bars with an ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Lately I&#8217;ve become preoccupied with browser tabs. Yes, those boring little gray bars with an &#8220;x&#8221;on them. That&#8217;s because tabs, inefficient as they can be, provide us with an interesting real-world metaphor. Your family is a tab. Work is a tab. Your friends are a tab. Your significant other is a tab. We address the people and information in each tab, trying to respect the sanctity of each. Sometimes we fail, which unfortunately leads to divorces, drinking problems or lost jobs.</p>
<p>But the Real-Time Web Masters of the Universe are trying to reform our tabular nature. First, it occurred with widgets, information boxes and customized homepages. Suddenly, we could create nice window panes with helpful information that kept you in one place longer. If you found something interesting or urgent enough, you could click on it to launch a tangential tab and address it.</p>
<p>Then, Facebook and Twitter did something crazy: It combined disparate people and information —  things that typically demanded their own tabs —  and poured it all over us in one fluid current. It cut down the number of tabs because you can consume, publish and &#8220;like&#8221; information all in one area. Those companies&#8217; ecosystems have flourished to customize the experience with filters, allowing people to cut huge steaks of information into manageable bites. Other start-ups, <a href="http://thelynchblog.com/2009/11/12/a-week-on-threadsy-first-impressions/" target="_blank">like Threadsy</a>, are following suit.</p>
<p>The Web&#8217;s new aversion to tabs — coupled with a general lack of bandwidth to handle our real-time activities — has been so severe that it&#8217;s migrated us from the cloudy browser back down to the dusty desktop. The prevalence of <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/air/" target="_blank">Adobe AIR apps</a>, which now many can&#8217;t imagine living without, signal an ironic twist for an industry once obsessed with the idea that everything should be in a browser.</p>
<p>But as we combine all the capabilities these tools provide us, we must do so carefully; we must be mindful of our innately tabular nature and past mistakes driven by tech companies&#8217; insatiable thirst to be the all-in-one gatekeeper. As people, the idea of having information flow to us in one spot sounds appealing. But sometimes, we might just prefer to separate it, even as we&#8217;re consciously aware that it takes more time. Finding the golden mean between flow and tabs will be essential for the future of the Web, to keep it a place that complements, rather than disrupts, our lives.</p>
<p><strong>The Difference Between Tabs, Networks and Flows</strong></p>
<p>Tabs are not networks; they are a thing that walls off action. It&#8217;s easy to confuse tabs with networks because certain actions frequently get executed between you and the same set of people. Flows, on the other hand, radically combine the actions of your tabs and your networks (people) that operate within them.</p>
<p>Contrary to what some believe, the emergence of flow-based information streams wasn&#8217;t enabled by a social revolution to undermine hierarchy. It was an evolution based on the untenable nature of our tabular lives. Toggling has become too difficult. At 11 a.m., I have a meeting with my boss. At noon, I have to drive my friend to the airport. At 1 p.m., I have a meeting with a customer. Addressing this back-and-forth isn&#8217;t just a matter of calendaring; it should be a matter of managing flow. Unfortunately, most people still tab-toggle between phone lines, e-mail accounts, social networks, or calendars to interact with the people and information they need to achieve each of these tasks. Each toggle doesn&#8217;t seem like a lot of time or effort on its own, but taken in total, it adds up.</p>
<p>The results from this approach are plain to see: You&#8217;re late for the meeting, you miss the plane, or you&#8217;re not home in time for dinner.</p>
<p>Flow can address this problem by helping you pull the people and information you need to address each of those actions to the best of your ability, as quickly and efficiently as possible. That said, we shouldn&#8217;t overlook how challenging this will be for most people who live tabular lives. As much as I respect Clay Shirky&#8217;s notion that <a href="http://web2expo.blip.tv/file/1277460/" target="_blank">filter failures are a bigger problem than information overload itself</a>, I don&#8217;t buy it entirely.</p>
<p>Even in an ideal world where we enjoy better filters, we will still suffer from both information overload and (due to the prevalence of social networks) people overload. At a certain point, people might prefer a full-blown visual or physical separation — much like they were accustomed to with tabs — instead of a filter.</p>
<p><strong>Why Tabs Are Still Valuable</strong></p>
<p>Despite the time sink they can create, tabs and tabular actions encourage innovation. We would be wrong to replace tabs with flow entirely. If success is only measured by how something fits into a massive flow aggregation, we could miss out on some great ideas. And open standards and APIs can only help so much to prevent this problem, too. In fact, the idea that open standards might save us is a pipe dream. As <a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/11/the-war-for-the-web.html" target="_blank">Tim O&#8217;Reilly pointed out</a> this week, the Web&#8217;s power players will hinder such an effort for competitive reasons. Consequently, the decision to keep some aspects of our tabular life might be a commercial reality as much as it is a remnant of the way in which we compartmentalize people and information in the real-world.</p>
<p>Flows represent a tremendous opportunity for us to respond faster to change and better understand the world around us, but we should always make time to go into a tab every once and awhile to try something new.</p>
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<link>http://technodaily.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/silverlight-4-beta-soporta-google-chrome-pantallas-de-la-aplicacin-para-escritorio-de-facebook/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Cervantes</dc:creator>
<guid>http://technodaily.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/silverlight-4-beta-soporta-google-chrome-pantallas-de-la-aplicacin-para-escritorio-de-facebook/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Microsoft anunció la disponibilidad de Silverlight 4 beta en la PDC (Professional Developers Confere]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://technodaily.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/silverlight181120091.jpg"><img style="border-bottom:0;border-left:0;display:block;float:none;margin-left:auto;border-top:0;margin-right:auto;border-right:0;" title="silverlight18112009" border="0" alt="silverlight18112009" src="http://technodaily.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/silverlight18112009_thumb1.jpg?w=692&#038;h=151" width="692" height="151" /></a> Microsoft anunció la disponibilidad de Silverlight 4 beta en la PDC (Professional Developers Conference) hoy. Algunas de las nuevas características incluyen animaciones mucho más fluidas, webcam, micrófono y soporte para impresión, inicios 200% más rápidos que Silverlight 3, soporte multitáctil y deep zoom y más. También soporta Google Chrome.</p>
<p>Una de las grandes ventajas de Silverlight 4 es la habilidad de llevar experiencias multimedia fuera del navegador y exportarlas al escritorio para competir con Adobe AIR. Las aplicaciones independientes del navegador soportan completamente HTML, permitiendo una integración con el contenido de la Web. También soporta notificaciones.</p>
<p>Durante una demostración, Microsoft mostró una versión Facebook de Silverlight. Usando las APIs de Facebook, Microsoft creó una aplicación de demostración la cual fue completamente retocada, con nuevos feeds, contactos y fotos. La navegación a través de las fotos en la aplicación Facebook de Silverlight resultó mucho más rápida que en el propio navegador.</p>
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<link>http://netvietnam.org/2009/11/18/adobe-air-2-0-0-10760-beta/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Nhân Mã</dc:creator>
<guid>http://netvietnam.org/2009/11/18/adobe-air-2-0-0-10760-beta/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nhằm thu hẹp khoảng cách giữa ứng dụng Web với ứng dụng desktop, Adobe Systems vừa tung ra công nghệ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Adobe Air 2.0.0.10760 Beta]]></title>
<link>http://winexperience.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/adobe-air-2-0-0-10760-beta/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ricardo Luis</dc:creator>
<guid>http://winexperience.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/adobe-air-2-0-0-10760-beta/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A Adobe liberou hoje o Adobe Air 2.0.0.10760 Beta, que é um conjunto de componentes necessários para]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[My experience with Adobe Air]]></title>
<link>http://lostwebsite.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/my-experience-with-adobe-air/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fdgonthier</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lostwebsite.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/my-experience-with-adobe-air/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Adobe Air is a new software platform from Adobe which mixes JavaScript and Flash technologies to ena]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/air/">Adobe Air</a> is a new software platform from Adobe which mixes JavaScript and Flash technologies to enable developers to make rich Internet applications that can run on desktop computers. It is remarkable in the world of proprietary applications in the sense that it has included Linux support early on.</p>
<p>My previous post <a href="http://lostwebsite.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/my-review-of-twitter-clients/">about Twitter clients</a> might have hinted that I have had bad experience with Air applications in general. In this post I will vent of some of the grudges I have with this new platform on Linux.</p>
<p>This, again, not a very fair review. I have not taken the time to investigate the odds and ends of the platform and will overlook the developer&#8217;s point of view on the platform. I have heard over the tubes that programmers working on applications for the Air platform appreciate it, but that&#8217;s as far as my investigation (or lack thereof) have taken me.</p>
<h4>Air applications aren&#8217;t so cross-platform</h4>
<p>I have tried 5 Adobe Air applications, mostly Twitter clients: <a href="http://getspaz.com">Spaz</a>, <a href="http://www.tweetdeck.com/beta/">TweetDeck</a>, <a href="http://seesmic.com/">Seesmic Desktop</a>, <a href="https://destroytwitter.com/">DestroyTwitter</a>, <a href="http://orangescale.net/log/2009/02/tumbleweed-tumblr-desktop-client/">Tumbleweed</a>, <a href="http://www.twhirl.org/">Twhirl</a>. Of those 6 applications only the later 3 worked out of the box on Ubuntu Hardy. The fact cross-platform compatibility isn&#8217;t guaranteed by using Air seems to be well-known of developers and most some them will not officially support Linux as an operating platform. This is a very bad average for a technology that is supposed to be cross-platform.</p>
<h4>Air applications don&#8217;t fail gracefully</h4>
<p>The failure mode for each of the non-working applications in also needs to be taken into account when judging quality of the cross-platform Air applications. The behavior of the applications I have tried is less than stellar.  TweetDeck is supposed to work on Linux but in the cases where it fails, it shows a semi-helpful error message. Earlier version of TweetDeck failed in the same with Seemic Desktop fails. Seemisc Desktop works partially but the mail display of the application stays empty. SpaZ shows anything usable. Applications failing to work in such a way are very frustrating for the users because they are left to figure out how to use applications that are put in a undetermined state because of holes in the runtime.</p>
<h4>Air applications that work on Linux won&#8217;t work on all desktops</h4>
<p>Adobe Air doesn&#8217;t support anything but GNOME and KDE. I usually have the core components of both KDE and GNOME installed on the computers I use, so running applications relying on either desktop environment is not a problem. This is not the case with Adobe Air applications since they apparently rely on some specific features of GNOME or KDE window managers to work properly. This is something that is very seldom seen in the world of X-Window applications.  X-Window Applications relying on components of either desktop will usually be happy running on any window manager.</p>
<p>Despite this, Twhirl will work <i>okay-ish</i> in <a href="http://icculus.org/openbox/index.php/Main_Page">OpenBox</a> with only some graphical glitches to show for.</p>
<h4>Adobe Air requires a compositing manager to decent.</h4>
<p>I will admit that I&#8217;m rather old school and I have not joined the <a href="http://www.compiz-fusion.org/">Compiz</a> bandwagon. I did not use any compositing manager on any desktop I use. That means that all Adobe Air applications that use shaped windows, ie: all the ones I have tried, looked awful until I caved-in and enabled the limited compositing feature of KDE 3.5.</p>
<h4>Air applications tend focus on the look</h4>
<p>Look and feel was never a strong point of Adobe Flash. Flash based application usually don&#8217;t try to blend in in the rest of the system. In Adobe Air, Adobe are obviously trying to enforce some Feel in applications, but on the Look side, a lot still leaves to be desired. All Air applications I have tried put a very strong emphasis on design and not so much on blending with the user&#8217;s desktop. <a href="http://www.compiz-fusion.org/">DestroyTwitter</a> had been designed with fonts a lot smaller than the default size on my desktop. On my CRT screen, it made the application hardly usable. Even the option to use larger font in DestroyTwitter did not do anything to improve the situation.</p>
<p>The worst offender in that category in the applications I have tried is without a doubt Tumblweed, an offline client for the Tumblr web blog system. I had hoped this application would be nicer than editing blog entries through a web site, which is something I dislike. I was mistaken&#8230;</p>
<p><img src="http://lostwebsite.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/tumblweed.png" alt="Tumblweed: look ma! I can make huge borders!" /></p>
<p>The application was removed after a few seconds as it obviously did not focus very much on making editing pleasant.</p>
<p>Okay, I swear this will be my last Twitter inspired post&#8230; </p>
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<title><![CDATA[Konkurs Mike'a Chambersa rozwiązany]]></title>
<link>http://flexibleair.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/konkurs-mikea-chambersa-rozwiazany/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>flexibleair</dc:creator>
<guid>http://flexibleair.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/konkurs-mikea-chambersa-rozwiazany/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Konkurs ogłoszony przez Mike&#8217;a Chambersa został rozwiązany. Ku mojemu zdziwieniu okazało się z]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/2009/11/16/results-from-as3-development-task-contest-1/">Konkurs</a> ogłoszony przez <a href="http://www.mikechambers.com/">Mike&#8217;a Chambersa</a> został rozwiązany. Ku mojemu zdziwieniu okazało się znalazła się jedna osoba która potrafiła napisać ten sam kod lepiej niż <a href="http://www.gskinner.com/blog/">Grant Skinner</a>. Osoba która wygrała konkurs to Arnaud Gatouillat. Wygrał Flex Buildera 3, koszulkę do wyboru z <a href="http://www.threadless.com/">threadless.com</a> i trochę swagów od Adobe.</p>
<p>Gratulacje. Trzeba będzie przejrzeć kod i podszkolić się w optymalizacji. Myślę że najbardziej do wyobraźni przemawia droga przez którą przeszedł <a href="http://twitter.com/marcins">Marcin Szczepański</a> (domyślam się że przez to przechodzili wszyscy uczestnicy). Forma wyjściowa jego klasy (robiąca tylko to co trzeba, bez optymalizacji) zajmowała &#62;90ms. Po pełnym procesie optymalizacji zajęła Flash Playerowi tylko 6ms!!!</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>Pozdrawiam,</p>
<p>Michał</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Adobe AIR 2 beta oraz Adobe Flash Player 10.1 prerelease]]></title>
<link>http://flexibleair.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/air2-fp10_1/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>flexibleair</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>No i stało się. To co przeszło wielkim echem po Adobe MAX 2009, stało się ogólnodostępne. Mamy dostęp do nowej wersji <a href="http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/">Flash Playera</a> o numerze 10.1 oraz <a href="http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/air2/">Adobe AIR 2</a>.</p>
<h2>Adobe Flash Player 10.1:</h2>
<p>Dopóki nie możemy kompilować, wykorzystując wszystkie jego możliwości, pozostaje nam tylko (aż?) testowanie kompatybilności i cieszenie się dość znacznym wzrostem wydajności m.in. w odtwarzaniu video, wymaganej ilości pamięci itp. Na twitterze już po niedługim czasie od ogłoszenia można było znaleźć wpisy o dużym wzroście wydajności. Dziękujemy Adobe za to. Może duża ilość reklam na stronach już nie zarżnie procesora <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Co do własnych spostrzeżeń to Adobe postarało się o lepszy User Experience przy samym procesie instalacji Flash Playera. Włącza się installer, akceptujesz licencje, klikasz install i po chwili Flash Player jest już zainstalowany. Może pomoże to jeszcze szybciej zdobywać rynek z nową wersją <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><a href="http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-139" title="Flash Player 10.1 Installer" src="http://flexibleair.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/fp_installer.png" alt="Flash Player 10.1 Installer" width="420" height="269" /></a></p>
<h2>Adobe AIR 2:</h2>
<p>Tutaj mamy więcej możliwości. Oprócz samego runtime otrzymujemy SDK, które pozwala nam naprawdę przetestować możliwości nowego AIRa. Na samym początku polecam przejrzeć <strong><a href="http://blogs.adobe.com/cantrell/archives/2009/10/everything_new_in_air_2.html">co nowego</a></strong> jest w Adobe AIR 2 (po polsku opisywałem po krótce w jednym z poprzednich <a href="http://flexibleair.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/max-2009-pl/">wpisów</a>). Później należy zajrzeć do miejsca gdzie jest naprawdę <strong><a href="http://blogs.adobe.com/cantrell/archives/2009/11/air_2_public_beta_resources.html">wszystko</a></strong>. Od przykładowych aplikacji wykorzystujących nowe możliwości przez ich listę z opisem, dema po prezentacje o AIR 2.</p>
<p><a href="http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/air2/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-140" title="Adobe AIR 2" src="http://flexibleair.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/air2.png" alt="Adobe AIR 2" width="555" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>Postaram się w najbliższym czasie stworzyć coś w nowym AIR. Oby czas pozwolił.</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>Stay tuned.</p>
<p>Michał</p>
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<link>http://technologizer.com/2009/11/17/the-myth-of-platform-independent-applications/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Harry McCracken</dc:creator>
<guid>http://technologizer.com/2009/11/17/the-myth-of-platform-independent-applications/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[At Microsoft&#8217;s Professional Developer Conference in Los Angeles this morning, Seesmic announce]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-19726" title="Seesmic Logo" src="http://technologizer.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/seesmiclogo.jpg" alt="" width="156" height="57" />At Microsoft&#8217;s Professional Developer Conference in Los Angeles this morning, <a href="http://www.seesmic.com">Seesmic </a>announced that its Seesmic Desktop, a popular tool among Twitter power users, is <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/17/seesmic-launches-native-twitter-client-for-windows/">coming to Windows</a>. Finally!</p>
<p>Um, hasn&#8217;t Seemsic run on Windows all along? Well, yes, but that&#8217;s because it&#8217; s written in <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/air/">Adobe AIR</a>, an application platform that lets programmers write Flash applications that can run outside the browser. (That&#8217;s a dumbed-down explanation of AIR, but enough to get the gist across, I hope.) One of the principal selling points of AIR is that it lets developers write one app that runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, as Seesmic Desktop does.</p>
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<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19730" title="Seesmic for Windows" src="http://technologizer.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/seesmic.png" alt="" width="335" height="229" />In theory, the existence of an AIR version of Seesmic should eliminate the need for the company to bother with a Windows one. To date, though, AIR hasn&#8217;t been a miracle cure for incompatible operating systems. Some good stuff has been built with the technology&#8211;including Seesmic, archrival <a href="http://www.tweetdeck.com">TweetDeck</a>, and <a href="http://technologizer.com/2009/05/12/timesreader/">Times Reader</a>&#8211;but AIR is notorious for hogging memory and computing cycles. And AIR apps&#8217; user interfaces tend to feel a little foreign, too&#8211;there&#8217;s still something to be said for Windows apps that feel like Windows apps, and Mac ones that feel Maclike.</p>
<p>The state of AIR feels uncannily similar to the situation with Sun&#8217;s Java back in the 1990s. Java was also supposed to let programmers stop worrying about incompatible operating systems. Companies built ambitious products such as <a href="http://news.cnet.com/Lotus-unveils-Java-office-suite/2100-1001_3-204932.html">entire office suites</a> in Java. But while Java did have a major impact on the world&#8211;among many other things, it&#8217;s the basis of RIM&#8217;s BlackBerry OS&#8211;it did little to reduce the need for native applications for Windows, OS X, and Linux. That was in part because it had a reputation for&#8230;hogging memory and computing cycles, and for producing apps that felt a little foreign.</p>
<p>Bottom line: Inside the browser, platform-independent technologies have flourished, including open standards such as JavaScript and proprietary ones such as Adobe&#8217;s Flash. Outside the browser, not so much. Come to think of it, I like Seesmic&#8217;s <a href="http://seesmic.com/app/">entirely Web-based app</a> a lot more than the AIR version.</p>
<p>Oddly enough, there&#8217;s major AIR news today: Adobe has <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/17/adobe-air-2-goes-beta-adds-new-features-sucks-a-whole-lot-less/">unveiled a beta of AIR 2</a>, which is supposed to be less piggish and to permit more native-feeling programs. (It may or may not be a coincidence that Adobe announced the new version during Microsoft&#8217;s big conference&#8211;you be the judge.) I still like the <em>idea</em> of platforms like AIR, and am glad Adobe is continuing to plug away at at it. Unlike <a href="http://amplicate.com/sucks/adobe-air">some people</a>, I&#8217;m not an AIR hater. But come to think of it, I&#8217;ve tried a whole bunch of AIR apps over the past year, and usually abandon them pretty darn quickly.</p>
<p>For now, I understand completely why Seesmic decided to go native in Windows. Wonder how long it&#8217;ll be until there&#8217;s absolutely no reason to write an app for a particular OS?</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Adobe Releases Flash Player 10.1 And AIR 2.0 – Both Include Multi-touch Support]]></title>
<link>http://techobuzz.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/adobe-releases-flash-player-10-1-and-air-2-0-%e2%80%93-both-include-multi-touch-support/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>techobuzz</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Available for download at http://www.adobe.com/]]></description>
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<p>Available for download at http://www.adobe.com/</p>
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<link>http://liquidtv.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/adobe-releases-flash-player-10-1-and-air-2-0-%e2%80%93-both-include-multi-touch-support/</link>
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<dc:creator>pannet</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft" src="http://cache0.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/multitouch.png" alt="" width="280" height="202" />A mere week after Adobe Systems reported that it would be shedding nearly 700 employees or 9% of its total worldwide workforce, the company is releasing two highly anticipated new products that have been in the works for a while: Flash Player 10.1 and AIR 2.0.</p>
<p>Both of the products are being released with a ‘beta’ label at the same time for all 3 major operating systems (Windows, Mac and Linux) and x86-based netbooks, and are available now via Adobe Labs.</p>
<p>The links to the products are now live: <a href="http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html">Flash Player</a> and <a href="http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/air2/">AIR</a>.</p>
<p>People who were still hoping for a beta release of the new Flash Player for mobile will be somewhat disappointed by the fact that they’ll have to exercise even more patience.</p>
<p>But first things first.</p>
<p>Both the new Flash Player for desktop browsers and the latest iteration of the rather popular cross-platform runtime environment for desktop apps were announced in the beginning of October and previewed at the recent Adobe MAX 2009 event (see video below). That means there aren’t too many surprises left with regards to what the upgraded versions bring, so we’ll just give you a quick run-down.</p>
<p>Both Adobe AIR 2 and Flash Player 10.1:</p>
<p>- boast support for multi-touch and gestures (yes, you’d need a machine with a touch screen)<br />
- include a global error handler, which enables devs to write a single handler to process all runtime errors<br />
- (finally) support local microphone access, so you’ll no longer need to first pass through a server in order to record audio locally on both Flash Platform runtimes</p>
<p>Adobe Flash Player 10.1 now also leverages hardware decoding of H.264 video on Windows PCs, netbooks and mobile devices.</p>
<p>Want all that goodness on your mobile phone, too? Hold your horses: while a public beta of Adobe Flash Player 10.1 for Palm webOS is expected later this year, Google Android support is expected no sooner than early 2010, and support for Blackberry smartphones will likely take even more time to be added.</p>
<p>Also new in Adobe AIR 2.0 and worthy of a mention:</p>
<p>- Native process API: enables apps to communicate with native applications on local machines<br />
- Mass storage device detection: plug in your Flip camera or that USB stick you got as a gift at the last conference you attended, and AIR 2 applications will be able to detect them<br />
- Open document API: with it, AIR apps can ‘ask’ the OS what the default application is associated with files and function accordingly<br />
- Improved socket support: think AIR-powered local servers and P2P apps<br />
- Speedier WebKit: updated version that includes a faster JavaScript engine and new HTML5/CSS3 capabilities</p>
<p>via <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/16/adobe-flash-player-10-1-air-2-0/?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=feed&#38;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29&#38;utm_content=Google+Reader">Adobe Releases Flash Player 10.1 And AIR 2.0 – Both Include Multi-touch Support</a>.</p>
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