Tag Archives: RIA

Flash Catalyst best practices article published

Posted on August 25, 2009 by andrewrshorten

An article I wrote on Flash Catalyst best practices for the Adobe Developer Connection site went live yesterday. One of the things I’ve found with Flash Catalyst is that the quality and usefulness of the assets and component skins that … Continue reading →

Posted in Adobe, Flex, Rich Internet Apps, Skinning | Tagged design, development, flash builder, flash catalyst, Flex, RIA, workflow | 5 Comments

Webcast recording: Transcending the Client Experience

Posted on August 24, 2009 by andrewrshorten

Last month I mentioned a webcast featuring a discussion relating to Morgan Stanley’s use of Flex for their “Matrix” rich Internet application. It took longer than I’d have liked, but I finally got access to a recording of the webcast … Continue reading →

Posted in Adobe, Enterprise RIA, Flex, Rich Internet Apps | Tagged enterprise, Flex, matrix, morgan stanley, RIA | 3 Comments

Upcoming webcast featuring Morgan Stanley "Matrix" RIA

Posted on July 21, 2009 by andrewrshorten

If my earlier post regarding the Morgan Stanley Matrix application was of interest then I’d recommend that you sign-up for a free webcast entitled “Transcending the client experience” which is being hosted by Finextra and Adobe next Monday. The 75 … Continue reading →

Posted in Customers, Enterprise RIA, Flex, Rich Internet Apps | Tagged Adobe, financial services, flash, Flex, matrix, morgan stanley, RIA | 2 Comments

'Enterprise' Flash Player penetration statistics published

Posted on July 10, 2009 by andrewrshorten

I’m not sure when this data was published on Adobe.com, but as part of the revamped “Flash Platform for enterprise applications” page, there is a link to a set of statistics that relate specifically to the availability of Flash Player … Continue reading →

Posted in Adobe, Enterprise RIA, Flex, Rich Internet Apps | Tagged deployment, enterprise, flash player, Flex, penetration, RIA, statistics | 5 Comments

Flash Platform Tools presentation – videos from UK launch

Posted on June 1, 2009 by andrewrshorten

Last Friday I delivered a pre-launch briefing to UK journalists on today’s announcements around new Flash Platform tooling, specifically the beta release of Flash Catalyst and Flash Builder. In addition, we invited web design and development agency howard/baines to talk … Continue reading →

Posted in Adobe, Events, Rich Internet Apps, UK, Video | Tagged Adobe, builder, catalyst, flash, RIA | Leave a comment

Flash Builder and Flash Catalyst betas now on Labs

Posted on June 1, 2009 by andrewrshorten

Today, we announced that the first public beta releases of Flash Catalyst and Flash Builder (previously known as Flex Builder) are available on Adobe Labs. “Design in Mind” was one of the core themes for this release, and these tools, … Continue reading →

Posted in Adobe, Flex, Rich Internet Apps | Tagged beta, builder, catalyst, flash, RIA | Leave a comment

Free RIA tools for students, teachers and unemployed developers

Posted on April 6, 2009 by andrewrshorten

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been personally inundated with hundreds of requests for free Flex Builder licenses from developers who have found themselves unemployed due to the current economic climate – whilst no one wants to be in … Continue reading →

Posted in Adobe, Education | Tagged Flex, flex builder, free, RIA, student, teacher, tools, unemployed | Leave a comment

*chirp – someone should have told them there's a cross-OS way to build desktop apps

Posted on January 28, 2009 by andrewrshorten

Today saw the release of a new desktop Twitter client – *chirp. It’s not like we needed another desktop client for Twitter, what with TweetDeck, DestroyTwitter, Spaz, Twhirl and others already available, but the unique feature of this new application … Continue reading →

Posted in AIR, Rich Internet Apps | Tagged AIR, client, desktop, RIA, twitter, vista | 17 Comments

Enterprise RIA Series – part 5: Real-life enterprise RIAs

Posted on January 26, 2009 by andrewrshorten

This is 5th and final part in a series of posts publishing extracts from a forthcoming Adobe whitepaper – see the first entry in the series for background information and links to the other posts in the series. Discussing the … Continue reading →

Posted in Enterprise RIA | Tagged enterprise, RIA, whitepaper | 1 Comment

Enterprise RIA Series – part 4: Development considerations and best practices

Posted on January 21, 2009 by andrewrshorten

This is part 4 in a series of posts publishing extracts from a forthcoming Adobe whitepaper – see the first entry in the series for background information and links to the other posts in the series. Adobe has engaged with … Continue reading →