Internal Alpha build of AIR scores 100/100 on ACID3 Tests
I have been playing with an internal build of AIR targeting a release later this year. The new release has some great features under the hood for HTML/JS developers. Given the Webkit browser engine was used in AIR, we are refreshing it in the next AIR release. The updated engine even in early internal alpha passed the ACID 3 HTML/CSS tests with a 100/100 score.
MAX NA Early Bird Registration extended til Sept 19!
The MAX team met this morning and we decided to extend the Early Bird registration til Sept 19. Make sure to register and get a discount before the new deadline.
Would you like to be in the MAX Keynote? We are putting together a video project called "30onMAX" and we will be highlighting selected videos in the Adobe MAX keynote in North America, Europe, and Japan.
3. Tag it with "30onMAX"! (This is how we find it)
The 30onmax team will aggregate the videos for use in the MAX Keynotes and throughout the conferences. To assist us with "30onmax" we have recruited world famous director/actor Phillip Kerman to assist with the project.
Here is one of Phillip's earlier creations on Adobe MAX:
Now go grab your camera, costumes, and make a video on "Why MAX?"
At MAX 2008 we giving roadmap sessions for our key technology markets. These sessions are being given by the teams leading development in these markets and missing them would be a huge mistake. With Adobe Labs we began opening our roadmap and releasing software early to customers. At MAX we are going to talk openly about the next 5 years in each of these market segments and tell you where Adobe is headed. It will help your teams plan ahead and get in sync with our feature roadmaps and overall platform before it is delivered. It is our hope that these sessions will highlight the platform we are building and allow you to invest earlier along the way.
I would strongly encourage you to attend one of these roadmap sessions. You will see where Adobe is headed and what we are working on. Make sure to register early for these sessions they are sure to be packed at all MAX events globally.
This year the 2008 MAX Awards have added support for nominations. If you know of a great service, site, application, or experience that deserves a 2008 MAX Award: NOMINATE IT!
Just complete a simple form and we will contact your nominee.
Hello! This is Greg Wilson - one of the technical evangelist at Adobe focused on Enterprise applications and development.
MAX is gearing up to be a great event this year with hundreds of great sessions on everything Adobe. As you would expect, there are a lot of sessions on media design, creative products, video, etc., but did you know that there are many sessions specifically for enterprise business application developers? Adobe has many products, including LiveCycle ES, LiveCycle Data Services, AIR, and Flex, that are very relevant to the enterprise and becoming more relevant every day.
I thought I would take a few minutes and highlight some of the sessions specifically targeted for Enterprise developers:
Steven Webster (technical director of Adobe Consulting), and his team have put together some great sessions that will be presented by members of Adobe consulting from North America and Europe:
Hi, Ben Forta here dropping by the official MAX blog ...
At MAX we host several types of sessions. These include:
The tried and true 60 minute lecture style sessions, a chance to hear and learn from experts, interact, ask some questions, and walk away hopefully inspired and somewhat wiser.
Then there are the 90 minute lab sessions, hands-on experiences that tend to cover less content than can be covered in the lectures, but offering the chance to learn by doing. Hands-on labs have limited space (there are a finite number of computers and seats available), and they always sell out quickly (we usually have a waiting list for last minute additions).
Informal "Birds-of-a-Feather" sessions (or BOFs for short) are after-hours hour-long informal get-together's on predetermined subjects, usually driven by the attendees as opposed to being driven by MAX organizers.
And this year we're going to try something new and exciting (and perhaps a little crazy, too). Imagine a hands-on lab room many times the size of the usual labs. Now picture lots and lots of MAX attendees, 200 or more, each armed with their own laptops that we've configured ahead of time, and all following along with an instructor through fast-paced examples. And when the session is complete, attendees will have fully configured and functional environments on their own machines for future use.
Sounds fun, I know. And they are new this year, debuting at MAX in San Francisco - MegaLabs!
I'll be presenting one, a getting-started crash-course session on LiveCycle Data Services and BlazeDS entitled Getting Started with LiveCycle Data Services on Monday, November 17, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm. And there are at least two more MegaLabs planned, one on AIR and one on AfterEffects.
We'll post more details on MegaLabs nearer the time. But for now, registration is open, and I hope you can join us for the fun!
Learn about creating large Flex applications at MAX
Anyone who has spent any time doing Flex development has seen the name Alex Harui, especially if you read Flexcoders. Alex is going to be speaking extensively about what it takes to architect a large Flex application in his session: Flex Framework Features to Support Large Applications.
Alex has provided a more detailed description if you needed more convincing that this is a great session to attend: As your application grows in size and complexity, several issues will probably have to be addressed such as download size, development processes, maintenance and upgrades to new versions. This presentation covers the concepts in Flex and Flash Player that offer ways to minimize SWF download size, refactor your application into multiple pieces so that more than one person can work in different areas simultaneously or so that the entire application does not need recompilation for every change, and how to plan ahead if your application is so complex that it is not feasible to guarantee that all pieces are compiled in the same version. Technical topics discussed will be: ApplicationDomains, SecurityDomains, Modules, SWFLoader, Marshall Plan, trusted and untrusted applications, and AMF.
Make sure to register now and we'll see you at MAX!
The Flex development team has been very busy lately and last night they posted a ton of code and documentation on the next version of the Flex framework codenamed "Gumbo". "Gumbo" is the framework that will enable much richer application UI and break free of the more rigid look and feel of todays Flex applications. It is also the framework that will be powering applications made with "Thermo".
Both "Thermo" and "Gumbo" will be in full force at Adobe MAX. If you want to see the next generation of RIA frameworks I would do this:
Tonight at midnight we launched the official MAX NA Experience website. We have been working around the clock to gather all the information for MAX NA and wrap it in an great online experience. Make sure to take a look at the interactive landscapes provided by some of the leading digital design agencies on the planet. It is a great site, provides just the right balance of information and experience and captures the exploratory tone of the Adobe MAX event.
Adobe MAX 2008 is going to be highlighting a new RIA product codenamed "Thermo". Working with the product development team directly I was able to get some exclusive screenshots of "Thermo". Make sure to take a look at the higher resolution images (linked). We will see a ton of "Thermo" at Adobe MAX 2008, see you there!
Registration is now open for MAX 2008 North America in San Francisco, CA November 16-19th. If there is a year to attend MAX, this is it. The team has been working hard on MAX planning for the past 4 months and things are looking great.
Although MAX 2007 was one to remember, we have made some sweeping changes to make MAX even better based on your feedback:
Envision - A new track for decision makers focused on the Adobe Platform roadmap.
Expanded Lab sessions - 30% more including MEGA-LAB (seats 300)
4 Unconferences - 2 Designer focused and 2 Developer focused.
250 Sessions of the highest quality from leading designers and developers.
Lots of Flash Player 10, new CS workflows, and a bit of "Thermo"
I am pleased to announce the official Adobe MAX 2008 Call for Speakers and Sessions. We are looking for the best sessions and speakers for MAX 2008 in North America, Europe, and Japan. I would like to encourage you to post a session that you would like to present or attend at Adobe MAX 2008.
We will be reviewing all sessions posted and make sure the best of these are at Adobe MAX 2008. I am looking forward to reviewing your sessions.
