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June 6, 2005
Macromedia Announces the Flash Platform
By now, you may have heard that Macromedia announced the Flash Platform today. What exactly is the Flash Platform? From the Flash Platform home page:
It's a lightweight, cross-platform runtime that can be used not just for rich media, but also for enterprise applications, communications, and mobile applications.
Basically, the Flash Platform is the entire Flash package, from tools to servers to complete solutions to the Flash Player itself. Yes, the Flash Platform has technically been around for years, so what exactly are we announcing today? The Flash Platform has been maturing into the entire end-to-end solution that we are formally announcing today. With each release of Flash, the Flash Player, and other tools like Flex (and upcoming Zorn), we have been piecing together what has become a complete, mature platform for content, applications, and entire solutions.
Check out the Flash Platform home page for more information, and in particular, Kevin Lynch's white paper.
Posted by cantrell at June 6, 2005 8:45 AM
Comments
I've done quite a bit of reading on Flash Platform, and It seems that there is no mention on the future of Flash Remoting, or interaction with PHP.
Does this mean developers currently using Remoting will need to upgrade to Communications Server?
Posted by: Aaron at June 6, 2005 9:47 PM
On the other hand, platform_overview.pdf, June 2005, distinctly mentions FlashPaper, which I find heartening, being no fan of pdf.
Posted by: Ron Phillips at June 9, 2005 6:48 AM
On the other hand, platform_overview.pdf, June 2005, distinctly mentions FlashPaper, which I find heartening, being no fan of pdf.
Posted by: dirk at September 30, 2005 10:34 AM