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February 28, 2006
The Many Faces of Flash
I'm at Flashforward in Seattle this week, and whenever I go to Flash conferences, I'm always amazed to see all the different ways people are using Flash. I'm mostly consumed with Flex these days, so I tend to forget about all the other places Flash is appearing. In the last day, I've seen Flash discussed in the following contexts:
- Mobile. FlashCast and Flash Lite 2.0.
- Cars. The new Jaguar XK uses Flash for the dashboard user interface.
- Cameras. The Kodak EasyShare has a completely Flash interface with a touch screen.
- Toys. Leapfrog has a couple toys with 100% Flash interfaces.
- Gaming consoles. The Xbox 360 has a Flash Player embedded for downloadable games.
- Video. YouTube, Google Video, etc.
And, of course, in the browser for just about everything you can think of. Am I missing anything?
Posted by cantrell at February 28, 2006 8:07 AM
Comments
Flash on the PSP?
Posted by: Simon Belmont at February 28, 2006 8:28 AM
Or Flash on the DS? ;)
Posted by: Mike J at February 28, 2006 8:42 AM
There's also Flash on the Playstation 2 - I think it was one of the Star Wars games that uses Flash for the menu system.
Posted by: darron at February 28, 2006 9:09 AM
Your banner still reads "Product Manager for Developer Relations at Macromedia". How come?
Posted by: William from Lagos at February 28, 2006 9:27 AM
There's also the official player for Pocket PCs and an unofficial port for Windows-based smartphones. Also don't forget the tools that let you deploy Flash files as screensavers and so on.
Posted by: Hans at February 28, 2006 10:55 PM