The Text Layout Framework for Adobe Flash Player 10, an extensible library that delivers sophisticated and innovative typography, is now available for download on Adobe Labs. The framework is designed to be used with Adobe Flash CS4 Professional or Adobe Flex, and is already included in the next version of Flex, codenamed Gumbo. Developers can use or extend existing components, or use the framework to create their own text components.
November 2008 Archives
Adobe PatchPanel is now available on Adobe Labs. PatchPanel is a Flex library and set of services that make it possible for SWF files to work as Adobe Creative Suite CS3 and CS4 plug-ins.
Durango, a framework that allows developers to build customizable Adobe AIR applications, is now available on Adobe Labs. Developers can download the Durango SDK to use the Durango framework. Durango enabled AIR applications are delivered as AIR (.air) files which end users install. These applications incorporate the Durango framework and are Durango enabled.
Adobe has released Configurator, a utility that enables the easy creation of panels (palettes) for use in Adobe Photoshop CS4, on Labs. Specifically, Configurator makes it easy to drag and drop tools, menu items, scripts, actions, and other objects into a panel design, then export the results for use inside Photoshop. These panels leverage the support for Adobe Flash built into Photoshop, making it possible to drag and drop audio, video, images, and even other SWF files into a panel design.
A research project, codenamed Alchemy, that allows users to compile C and C++ code into ActionScript libraries (AVM2) is now available on Adobe Labs. With Alchemy, Web application developers can now reuse hundreds of millions of lines of existing open source C and C++ client or server-side code on the Flash Platform. Alchemy brings the power of high performance C and C++ libraries to Web applications with minimal degradation on AVM2. The C/C++ code is compiled to ActionScript 3.0 as a SWF or SWC that runs on Adobe Flash Player 10 or Adobe AIR 1.5.
Information regarding two new tools for creating applications for the Flash Platform is now posted on Adobe Labs. Flash Catalyst, formerly codenamed Thermo, is a new professional interaction design tool for rapidly creating application interfaces and interactive content without coding that works together with Gumbo, the codename for the next version of Flex Builder. Learn more and signup to be notified when these technologies are available to try on Labs.
Stratus is a hosted rendezvous service that aids establishing communications between Flash Player endpoints. Unlike Flash Media Server, Stratus does not support media relay, shared objects, scripting, etc. So by using Stratus, you can only develop applications where Flash Player endpoints are directly communicating with each other. Check out an online sample application and stay tuned for the availability of a preview of this service on Labs.
Codename "Cocomo" is a Platform as a Service that allows Flex developers to easily add real-time social capabilities into their RIA (rich Internet applications). Comprised of both Flex-based client components and a hosted services infrastructure, Cocomo allows you to build real-time, multi-user applications with Flex in less time than ever before. And because Acrobat.com hosts the service, issues like deployment, maintenance, and scalability are taken care of for you. Check out this new service and let us know what you think.
Details regarding Adobe Wave, an Adobe AIR application and Adobe hosted service that work together to enable desktop notifications, are available to review on Adobe Labs. In addition visitors have the opportunity to signup for the Prerelease Program.
A new 64-bit Linux version of Flash Player 10 is now available as an alpha on Adobe Labs. This new build offers easier, native installation on 64-bit Linux distributions and removes the need for 32-bit emulation.
The Adobe Pixel Bender technology delivers a common image and video processing infrastructure which provides automatic runtime optimization on heterogeneous hardware. The fifth prerelease of Pixel Bender includes an update of the Pixel Bender Toolkit and a new Plug-in for Photoshop CS4.
Genesis is the code-name for a new product initiative at Adobe with the objective of joining business applications, documents and the web on every knowledge workers desktop with integrated collaboration capabilities. Learn more and discuss Genesis in the forums.
