December 18, 2008
Adobe AIR for Linux Now Shipping
Adobe AIR for Linux is now shipping and available for download on Adobe.com. Supporting information and downloads are no longer hosted on Adobe Labs.
Posted by dtaborga at 12:38 PM
December 11, 2008
Flash Lite 3 Developer Edition Removed from Labs
Now that Flash Lite 3.0 is available on millions of devices around the world we have decided to remove this release from Adobe Labs. We invite you to join the Flash Lite Distributable Player private beta, an exciting new product that enables you to update Flash Lite on demand.
Posted by dtaborga at 4:11 PM
December 9, 2008
Adobe PDF iFilter - 64-bit Support Now Shipping
Adobe PDF iFilter 9, with 64-bit support, is now available for download on Adobe.com. As a result, the PDF iFilter 8 - 64-bit technology is no longer hosted on Adobe Labs.
Posted by dtaborga at 4:06 PM
November 18, 2008
Centaur and Bolt Details Posted on Labs
Information regarding two upcoming releases codenamed Centaur, the next version of ColdFusion, and Bolt, Adobe’s new Eclipse based development tool for ColdFusion developers, is now available on Adobe Labs. Learn more about these technologies and apply for the Prerelease Programs.
Posted by dtaborga at 10:00 AM
November 17, 2008
Flash Catalyst and Gumbo Details Posted on Labs
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.
Posted by dtaborga at 12:00 AM
Stratus Details Posted 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.
Posted by dtaborga at 12:00 AM
Adobe Wave Details Posted on Labs
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.
Posted by dtaborga at 12:00 AM
Genesis Details Posted on Labs
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.
Posted by dtaborga at 12:00 AM
September 24, 2008
Adobe Announces InContext Editing Preview
Coinciding with this week's Adobe Creative Suite 4 announcements, Adobe has announced a new online service, Adobe InContext Editing. This new service will allow web content authors to create, manage, share and control editable pages in minutes without compromising design integrity. The free public preview of this service will begin when Adobe Creative Suite ships in October. This feed will keep you updated.
Posted by dtaborga at 12:52 AM
June 2, 2008
Brio, Share, and Buzzword Now Hosted on Acrobat.com
The Brio, Buzzword, and Share hosted applications have graduated from Adobe Labs and are now a part of the new Acrobat.com website. The latest versions of these technologies include significant upgrades and improved stability. Get started with the final releases of Adobe ConnectNow, the new name of Brio, Buzzword, and Share.
Posted by dtaborga at 11:58 AM
December 3, 2007
Adobe Flash Player 9 Update for Macintosh, Windows, and Linux Now Shipping
The final, shipping versions of the Adobe Flash Player 9 update with support for H.264 video is now available from Adobe.com. The latest release of Flash Player 9 supports Macintosh, Windows, and Linux platforms. See the online system requirements for more information.
Posted by dtaborga at 9:16 PM
October 2, 2007
Information on Announced RIA Design Tool, Codenamed: "Thermo"
Adobe's upcoming new design tool, codenamed "Thermo"—enables designers and developers to create working application prototypes, design application transitions/motion, and transform static UI mockups into declarative MXML source.
Posted by dtaborga at 3:03 PM
October 1, 2007
Adobe Announces Planned Features for New Release of Flash Player ("Astro")
Adobe Flash Player is an advanced client runtime for delivering powerful and consistent user experiences across browsers, operating systems and mobile devices. The next major release of Flash Player, codename "Astro," was first previewed at Adobe MAX 2007. The preview highlighted a few of the new capabilities the Flash Player team is working on for Astro: advanced text layout, simple 3D effects, and custom filters, blend modes and effects.
Posted by dtaborga at 3:00 PM
Adobe to Resell ILOG Elixir Component Set for Flex 3
Adobe announced that it plans to resell ILOG Elixir, a new advanced data visualization component set for Flex 3 including org charts, gantt display, geo maps for dashboards, treemap charts for analyzing large data sets, 3D charts, and 2D chart extensions with radar charts.
Posted by dtaborga at 2:44 PM
Adobe AIR Developer Derby Winners Announced
During this week's Adobe MAX 2007 conference Adobe announced the winners of the Adobe AIR Developer Derby. The grand prize winner took home a $100,000 travel certificate.
Posted by dtaborga at 2:31 PM
September 21, 2007
Adobe Visual Communicator 3 Now Shipping
Adobe Visual Communicator 3 is now available for purchase on Adobe.com and is no longer hosted on Adobe Labs.
Posted by dtaborga at 5:40 PM
February 26, 2007
Adobe Flash Media Encoder Now Shipping
The Adobe Flash Media Encoder is now shipping and is available as a free download on Adobe.com. Since this version of the FME technology has been declared final, it is no longer available from Adobe Labs. See the product page on Adobe.com for more information about this technology.
Posted by dtaborga at 3:43 PM | Comments (1)
February 19, 2007
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Now Shipping
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, one of the first technologies to be featured on Adobe Labs, is now shipping and available for immediate purchase on Adobe.com. In conjunction with its commercial availability, Photoshop Lightroom is no longer hosted on Labs.
The first release of Photoshop Lightroom is billed as a toolbox for professional photographers that provides the ability to manage, adjust, and present large volumes of digital photos. Learn more or buy this new product from Adobe.
Posted by dtaborga at 1:37 AM | Comments (7)
January 16, 2007
Flash Player 9 Update Now Shipping
All releases (Macintosh, Windows, and Linux) of Flash Player 9 Update are now shipping on Adobe.com and are no longer available on Adobe Labs. Final Mac and Windows versions became available on November 14th and the Linux version was called final on January 16th. See the release notes for details regarding changes in the update release of Flash Player 9.
Posted by dtaborga at 6:59 PM | Comments (15)
January 4, 2007
ASDoc Now Shipping
The ASDoc technology is now shipping as part of the Flex SDK within the Flex 2.0.1 Update release and is no longer hosted on Adobe Labs.
Posted by dtaborga at 12:48 PM
Flex Builder for Macintosh Now Shipping
Flex 2.0.1, including the Flex Builder 2 for Macintosh technology, is now shipping on Adobe.com and is no longer available on Adobe Labs. See the release notes for details regarding changes in the 2.0.1 update release of Flex.
Posted by dtaborga at 12:40 PM | Comments (2)
November 14, 2006
Flash Player 9 Update for Windows and Mac is Now Shipping
The Windows and Macintosh versions of the Adobe Flash Player 9 Update are now available from Adobe.com and can no longer be downloaded from Adobe Labs. The Flash Player 9 Update for Linux is still in beta and continues to be hosted on Labs.
Posted by dtaborga at 1:47 PM | Comments (5)
June 28, 2006
Flex 2 Is Now Shipping
Flex 2 is now available for immediate purchase from Adobe.com. With the new shipping status of Flex 2, the Flex product line (including Flash Player 9 and ColdFusion/Flex Connectivity) has been retired from Adobe Labs. You can download the final, shipping versions from Adobe.com.
Get more information on these shipping technologies >
Download a free trial of Flex Builder 2 and get the free Flex 2 SDK >
Download Flash Player 9 >
Posted by dtaborga at 12:01 AM | Comments (6)
November 4, 2005
Labs Site CSS
Neil Straghalis on the Macromedia web team just blogged a great summary of how the Labs and Macromedia.com site CSS is 'modularized', to leverage the existing MM.com design, but selectively override it with a single Labs-specific stylesheet to achieve the 'de-evolved' final look of the Labs static website. Definitely worth a read if you're juggling both design and interface for large site installations.
Posted by sfegette at 9:42 AM
October 20, 2005
Flex 2 Alpha - Usability Testing Opportunity
NOTE: The usability test has completed, thanks to everyone who submitted their feedback! As such, the submission links have been removed from this posting as of 11/30/2005.
As part of our efforts to make the Flex 2 product line even better before its final release, we are conducting a study of how our customers are using the Alpha version. If you plan to build Flex applications using the Alpha over the next few weeks, we'd greatly appreciate a couple extra hours of your time to provide us with detailed feedback of your experience.
If you are chosen to participate in this study, we will pay you $150 or a single Macromedia product for each of the two meetings we will schedule. (This means you can earn up to $300 or two free Macromedia products for your time. You can choose from the following Macromedia products: Macromedia Flash, Director, Captivate, Dreamweaver or Contribute.)
The survey submission email address has been removed from this section, as the study is now complete- but we've left the survey questions for posterity's sake. Thanks for your interest!
- The Macromedia Flex 2 Product Team
Survey Questions
1. Which of the following best describes the kind of web applications you PRIMARILY work on:
a. Rich internet applications using AJAX/DHTML
b. Rich Internet applications using Flex or Laszlo
c. Rich internet applications using Flash
d. Traditional (non-rich) web applications that connect to server-side data
e. Traditional web applications that do not connect to server-side data
f. I don't develop web applications
2. Have you downloaded the public alpha of Flex Builder 2, Flex 2, and Flash Player 8.5?
a. Yes
b. No
3. Which of the following are you planning to use as your primary Flex development environment?
a. Basic text editor (Notepad, etc.)
b. BBEdit
c. Eclipse
d. emacs
e. Flex Builder 1.x
f. Flex Builder 2 Alpha
g. Textpad
h. Other
Again, please copy and paste the survey above with our responses into an email, and send it to usability_admin@macromedia.com to be considered for the usability test. Thanks in advance!
Posted by sfegette at 5:53 PM
October 6, 2005
Welcome to Macromedia Labs
Welcome to the Macromedia Labs update 'blog and RSS/Atom feeds. This blog and its RSS feeds will be focused on keeping you updated to major updates and news regarding the Macromedia Labs web site and the alpha technology programs featured within.
Posted by cantrell at 12:16 PM | Comments (16)