Google Browser (gBrowser) to Come End November?

Oct 082007
 

I usually try not to forward “prediction”, but this one is interesting:

In April 07, there had been rumors that google invested in a China-based free browser Maxthon. But then later on denied by both Maxthon and Google. Recently, there has been some more rumor about Google’s interest in such project after they register a domain name gbrowser.com. Let’s predict the chance of Google announcing its own web browser by end of Nov 2007!

Gbrowser has effectively been bought by Google.

By now the communities think they will only at 12%. This prediction is for November, but I’m still wondering why they bought gbrowser if not for releasing their own browser (with google gears and desktop RIA capacities)?

Maybe a cross platform mobile browser, what do you predict?

Ahmet

Flash 10: Sneak Peek

Oct 082007
 

Flash CS3[via beedigital]

Watch this video, the future of Flash is really cool, Flash is heading more and more to complex MC interaction and 3D:

  • Live video rendering on stage
  • 3D + filters
  • Live Timeline visualization: Beziers Path for animation!!!
  • Path can be saved for other MC
  • Skeleton structures for movie clips (drawing an animated arms in 3 sec !!!)



    • I really hope I can put my hands on the beta/alpha soon :)

    Ahmet

    Flex Component to VOIP

    Oct 082007
     

    Ribbit Phone
    One more interesting tool was presented during MAX 2007 Chicago: Ribbit Phone a “Phone API for Flex” allowing us to develop application that can call phone.

    Lot of information and links to other media
    API Documentation

    Ahmet

    Social Networking 3.0

    Oct 082007
     

    Very interesting podcast about the future of Social Networking.

    Introduced by AlwaysOn founder Tony Perkins, this panel discussion considers the new opportunities related to the social networking space. Panelists include moderator Charlene Li, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research; Travis Katz, SVP, MySpace International; Dustin Moskovitz, Co-Founder, Facebook; Rich Rosenblatt, CEO, Demand Media; Gina Bianchini, CEO, Ning; Karl Jacob, CEO, Wallop.

    How will social networking website evolve, what are the main idea to work on?
    The shift from “belonging to” to “belong” the coming to universal networking?

    Hear the podcast from the AlwaysOn Stanford Summit (57min)

    Ahmet

    Create rich Internet application UIs with Thermo

    Oct 032007
     

    [Via: Jean Philippe and Coding Cowboys ]
    Adobe Thermo logo
    Adobe has presented yesterday their new upcoming product codenamed “Thermo”.

    [...]Thermo allows designers to build on familiar workflows to visually create working applications that easily flow into production and development. [...]
    Applications created in Thermo are Flex applications that can be loaded directly into Flex Builder, providing a great roundtrip workflow for designers collaborating with developers. The designer’s work can be incorporated directly into the production application with no loss of fidelity, and designers can continue to refine the design throughout the iterative development process.[...]

    Here is what we could do with Thermo:

  • Use drawing tools to create original graphics, wireframe an application design, or manipulate artwork imported from Adobe Creative Suite tools.
  • Turn artwork from Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, or Fireworks directly into functional components that use the original artwork as a “skin”.
  • Define and wire up interactive behavior, such as what to do when a user clicks on something, without having to write code.
  • Easily design UIs that work with dynamic data, such as a list of contacts or product information, without having access to the actual data source. Design-time sample data can be used as a realistic placeholder when laying out an application, testing interactivity, and choreographing motion.

    • Here are some screenshots:

    Adobe Thermo in action 1
    Drawing Tools to Create Original Artwork or to Manipulate Graphics
    Converting Artwork to Functional Components

    More info on Adobe Labs and on O’Reilly Radar

    Thermo should be released in 2008.

    Ahmet

    One billion Flash enabled mobile devices by 2010

    Oct 022007
     

    Flash Lite 3
    For all the Flash Lite fan, this is the news of the day: Flash Lite 3 has been released :)
    I’ve just read it over Mike Krisher’s Blog.
    Extract from the press release:

    [...]Adobe announced the availability of Adobe® Flash® Lite™ 3 software, which now supports Adobe Flash Player compatible video and enables the delivery of dynamic Web content on mobile devices[...]
    With over 300 Million Flash enabled mobile devices and handsets shipped so far, Adobe expects more than one billion Flash enabled devices to be available by 2010.[...]
    “With Flash Lite 3 and its support for video, we’ve passed a major milestone in bringing a desktop experience to mobile and transforming the wireless industry,” said Al Ramadan, senior vice president for Mobile and Devices at Adobe.[...]

    Read the full press release
    Ahmet

    Flex 3 public beta 2

    Oct 022007
     

    Flex 3
    Available to download directly from the Adobe Labs

    This public prerelease version continues our new, more transparent product development process, providing frequent, regular access to early builds and greater insight into the feature roadmap and planning process.

    This near-feature-complete Flex Builder 3 beta 2 release will provide you with an opportunity to explore powerful new features, communicate early feedback, and test existing Flex applications with the latest Flex 3 framework. Some of the new features added in beta 2 include:

    * Data wizard support for .NET.
    * Web Services introspection.
    * Project import and export.
    * Completed support for CSS in Design View.
    * Major improvements to the Profiler (new visualizations and better accuracy).

    Download it from the labs

    Ahmet

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