Posts Tagged ‘Flash’

Future of Web: Unification

Wednesday, January 4th, 2012

With the spread of mobile devices with Internet access, two main types of sites have appeared on the Internet – the sites which can be accessed and used via iPads and other mobile devices, and the sites that can’t do this. In 2012 the owners of websites and web services that haven’t been adapted to the new tendencies, will try to make up for the lost time. As a result, the owners of smartphones and tablets will have fewer problems and their lives will be easier. post_reg_social_unification_graphic

Although mobile development companies will continue creating fully functional mobile versions of all relevant sites, the main revolution will happen in the sphere of online video – it will actively migrate from Flash technologies to HTML5 technologies supported by all devices without exception. Last year Adobe admitted that it wouldn’t be able to make Flash work perfectly on mobile devices. Most probably this technology, that has been dominating on websites where users were offered video and music, will leave the stage in a year or two.

Mobile apps developers for BlackBerry may not worry since Flash games will stay longer because in this sphere the new HTML5 will have some difficulties in replacing multimedia plug-in from Adobe.

Android 2.2 is coming. What’s new for apps developers?

Monday, April 26th, 2010

android-froyoThe most smartphones have not even updated their OS to the Android 2.1 version, but it does not prevent Google from developing and debugging of the next version of its platform. So, mobile apps developers for Android will meet Froyo (it’s a code name of the 2.2 version). According to rumors, Nexus One will get this renewed OS very soon. The release has not yet announced, so there is no precise information about the updates. But here are some assumptions about future features of Android 2.2:
• JIT compiler,
• additional free RAM,
• OpenGL ES 2.0,
• Flash 10.1 support,
• corrected problem with the “crazy screen” (multitouch),
• activation of the color trackball,
• FM-radio.

Information about the JIT compiler can be considered as a confirmed fact, we can only wait for the details from Google, which has already provided a compiler for Android application developers to test their programs.
More additional free RAM will be available thanks to new kernels that Linux uses in Froyo. It was done in CyanogenMod previously, and it gives grounds to assume that such a feature will be used in Froyo.
We sure that you have already read about OpenGL in Android. So Android mobile application developers is still waiting for the full access to the OpenGL ES 2.0 libraries.

When can we expect the new version of Android? So, we hope that Google I/O 2010 will uncover this secret.