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September 03, 2005
Kodak EasyShare
Kodak EasyShare: I haven't been able to confirm this through quick web searches yet, but wow: "The user interface was developed in Macromedia Flash, which the company says is a first for digital cameras, according to published reports." (Kodak EasyShare is a full photography system, from capture to webshare to print, and their website uses many SWF for tutorials, so it's hard to search.) Related: I've seen a bunch of iRiver U10 around the shop recently, as people bring them back from Korea... uses Flash Lite 1.1 as the device UI, like the Samsung phones... will be coming to other regions soon, exciting devices, we're getting out beyond the laptop browser and into the real world.
Posted by John Dowdell at September 3, 2005 05:45 PM
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Yes the UI for viewing photographs is designed using Flash. I have some of my wedding photos from my Mother's Kodak Digital Camera. Email me if you would like me to send you a link.
Posted by: Michael Walker at September 4, 2005 01:23 AM
Thanks, Michael, can I confirm that "the UI for viewing photographs is designed using Flash" also means "on the camera itself, the UI for viewing photographs is designed using Flash"?
(I'm seeing many EasyShare articles today which mention that Kodak's website uses SWF, but I haven't located confirmation yet that a version of the Macromedia Flash Player is running on their little pocket camera.)
Hey, if it's indeed the case that the camera runs SWF for its UI, then I wonder whether that SWF is baked in, or whether it can uses the camera's WiFi and update itself? If the latter, then that would be significant -- a consumer pocket device where the manufacturer (or the users?) can change the main user interface, via a well-known authoring tool -- the device becomes a blackbox with an API then, and the way it exposes its functionality would be up to you....
If you happen to find a relevant link on the Kodak site then I'd enjoy reading, thanks.
Posted by: John Dowdell at September 4, 2005 06:57 AM
I forsure know that the UI for viewing photos is done in Flash, and quite possibly the UI for uploading the photos using the software that came with the camera. As for the camera itself having flash I don't believe it uses Flash. The model of camera that my Mother uses has the capability to capture video with audio and digital pictures. Let me know if this answers your question.
Posted by: Michael Walker at September 4, 2005 07:21 PM
JD -
a few days ago, I met one of the developers working on the UI for the EasyShare camera and actually had a chance to use a late prototype. The camera uses Flash for the entire UI - viewing, taking, and uploading photos. The full Flash Player 7 is running on the cam (not Flash Lite). The Flash app integrates with the wifi connection but I didn't think to ask about auto-updates. I'm assuming it could work, but I don't know if or how Kodak has allowed for it.
very cool concept, but at least in the prototype I saw, the UI ran sloooow. It will be interesting to see if Kodak will improve performance in the production version.
-steve.
Posted by: sw at September 5, 2005 01:08 PM
Thanks for the first-hand info, guys! :)
Posted by: John Dowdell at September 6, 2005 12:12 PM
The Kodak EasyShare uses Flash Player 6, not 7!
Posted by: Chris Peterson at September 27, 2005 04:57 PM
I use Kodak Easy Share, some of my photos have a favourite logo on, which I understand, but what is the split red square in top right of some them and how do I get rid of it, simple terms please - thank you
Posted by: Gloria at June 1, 2007 05:59 AM