Adobe introduces Flex Builder “Gumbo,” Flash Catalyst – formerly known as “Thermo,” the availability of Adobe AIR 1.5, and a pre-release of the 64-bit Linux version of Adobe Flash Player 10. Adobe also opens up its cloud initiative, known as “Cocomo,” as a public beta.SAN
FRANCISCO -- At its annual user conference, Adobe unveiled several
advancements to its Flash platform, including new Flash offerings, new
Flex tooling and the availability of a new version of Adobe AIR.
"Our goal with Flash is to enable users to create rich, immersive
applications," said David Wadhwani, general manager and vice president
of the Platform Business Unit at Adobe. "We'll create design tools and
developer tools, and the right servers. And one of the key areas of
focus for 2009 has to do with workflow across our tools," Wadhwani said
in an interview with eWEEK.
At Adobe MAX 2008 here, Adobe announced a preview of the next
version of its Flex Builder too, codenamed Gumbo, and also announced
the preview of Adobe Flash Catalyst, formerly known as "Thermo."
Adobe Flash Catalyst "is an interactive design tool for designers to
build applications without any code," Wadhwani said. The Thermo design
tool is aimed at creating application interfaces and interactive
content with out coding. Moreover, Flash Catalyst enables artwork
created in Adobe Creative Suite 4 to be imported and converted into
components such as buttons, scrollbars, input fields and more. And
completed Flash Catalyst projects can be published directly to Flash
Player or AIR. Moreover, when combined with Gumbo, Flash Catalyst
enables design and development to be done in parallel. Adobe made the
preview version of Flash Catalyst available to MAX attendees, and a
beta version of the technology will available in early 2009 on Adobe
Labs.
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