The Flash Platform (again) and Hello Flash Catalyst
Gotta love the press cycle. Even though the keynote isn’t for another couple of hours, we’re going to be announcing the Flash Platform. Those of you who have been with us since the beginning may have a feeling of deja vu. You aren’t alone. Yes we’ve talked about the Flash Platform before. This time I think it’s more meaningful. One, we’re bringing all of the tools together under a single brand - which is going to help the confusion that comes with Flex versus Flash. Flex remains a great brand and it’s the face of our open source framework, but aligning the tools under one brand is going to help bring everyone that creates SWF content together.
And that’s why I’m excited and glad that “Thermo” is becoming a part of the Flash brand under the name Flash Catalyst. It bridges both worlds - the Flex world and the Flash world - into one tool. It connects our Creative Suite 4 tools with our developer tools. And that’s significant. As someone who’s been doing Flex for a long time, I can tell you that Flash Catalyst will completely change the way you think about building Flex applications. Part of it is great design-develop workflow but it’s also the fact that Flash Catalyst works very closely with the CS4 design tools. You get the development power of the Flex Framework, the design power of the CS4 tools, and the deployment/interactive power of the Flash platform. That’s a big deal.
Also, 64-bit Flash Player for Linux. Boo-yeah. Go Adobe. Go MAX.
Posted in Adobe, Flash, Flash Catalyst
November 17th, 2008 at 5:40 am
On a subject of “bringing all of the tools together”, can you give me an insight into Adobe’s thinking when they sell a package named “Creative Suite 4 Web Premium” which doesn’t include Flex Builder or Flash Catalyst (I know catalyst isn’t released, but surely these 2 products are key to a premium web suite).
Adobe are fully behind the Flash Platform which relies heavily on ActionScript, yet when customers purchase the web premium suite, they still don’t get a decent ActionScript code editor.
November 17th, 2008 at 6:08 am
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November 17th, 2008 at 6:10 am
Cool, now just release it already! I can definitely use it.
November 17th, 2008 at 7:57 am
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November 17th, 2008 at 8:58 am
I agree with Tink on that one — bz
November 17th, 2008 at 9:13 am
@tink and @Bryan - That sounds like a really good idea and something we should start doing
=Ryan
ryan@adobe.com
November 17th, 2008 at 9:41 am
I heard rumors of a “Developer Suite” that would include Flex Builder and presumably other developer tools, and complement the Creative Suite. But it never materialized.
Anyway, I can see from a category viewpoint that Flex Builder isn’t so much a creative tool in the same way PhotoShop, Illustrator or AfterEffects is, but from a realistic viewpoint, people who build Adobe Technology based apps need Flex Builder along with the other tools and there really should be a package that includes it.
November 17th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
I briefly saw one of the early Thermo introduction’s, and am hoping it improves my workflow for integrating designed content with custom classes, and refactor-ability.
November 17th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
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November 18th, 2008 at 3:26 am
@ Keith
“Anyway, I can see from a category viewpoint that Flex Builder isn’t so much a creative tool in the same way PhotoShop”
I’m not suggesting its in the creative suite, but in the web suite. Dreamweaver aint very creative, but thats in there as it’s a tool used for building web content.
November 20th, 2008 at 3:37 am
[...] Thermo sort de l’ombre et récupère un nom grand public “conforme” à la nouvelle politique de gamme : Flash Catalyst. En deux mots ce nouvel outil permet de faire le pont entre deux métiers jusqu’alors fâchés : les designeurs et les développeurs. Avec Flash Catalyst la promesse est de laisser la main aux designeurs pour ajouter une première couche d’interactivité à leur création. Plus d’infos ici : The Flash Platform (again) and Hello Flash Catalyst. [...]
November 20th, 2008 at 3:51 am
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November 20th, 2008 at 8:37 am
[...] Thermo sort de l’ombre et récupère un nom grand public “conforme” à la nouvelle politique de gamme : Flash Catalyst. En deux mots ce nouvel outil permet de faire le pont entre deux métiers jusqu’alors fâchés : les designeurs et les développeurs. Avec Flash Catalyst la promesse est de laisser la main aux designeurs pour ajouter une première couche d’interactivité à leur création. Plus d’infos ici : The Flash Platform (again) and Hello Flash Catalyst. [...]
November 20th, 2008 at 8:57 am
[...] Thermo sort de l’ombre et récupère un nom grand public “conforme” à la nouvelle politique de gamme : Flash Catalyst. En deux mots ce nouvel outil permet de faire le pont entre deux métiers jusqu’alors fâchés : les designeurs et les développeurs. Avec Flash Catalyst la promesse est de laisser la main aux designeurs pour ajouter une première couche d’interactivité à leur création. Plus d’infos ici : The Flash Platform (again) and Hello Flash Catalyst. [...]
November 20th, 2008 at 9:48 am
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November 20th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
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November 21st, 2008 at 12:41 pm
[...] Thermo sort de l’ombre et récupère un nom grand public “conforme” à la nouvelle politique de gamme : Flash Catalyst. En deux mots ce nouvel outil permet de faire le pont entre deux métiers jusqu’alors fâchés : les designeurs et les développeurs. Avec Flash Catalyst la promesse est de laisser la main aux designeurs pour ajouter une première couche d’interactivité à leur création. Plus d’infos ici : The Flash Platform (again) and Hello Flash Catalyst. [...]
December 2nd, 2008 at 5:32 am
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