4 January 2006
Flash Lite 2 BETA Released
Posted by Ryan Sarver under: Mobile .
The Beta for Flash Lite 2 has finally been released on the Adobe Labs site. We have all been waiting with bated breath for the updated to Flash Lite 1.1, which was based on the antiquated Flash 4 platform. FL2 is based on Flash 7 which means Actionscript 2.0 and XML and a whole new emulator. Be sure to pick up the update for Flash 8.
Flash Lite 2 will greatly increase adoptions by engineers due to its rapid development and rich interactions. What could take someone weeks to do in J2ME can be done in days in FL, in terms of a UI. FL has stayed at a high-level in terms of hardware support, which means that you will need some type of lower-level “server” running on the phone to access features like bluetooth or the camera. There are already a few projects in the wild that show how to make this happen on S60 phones and I hope to see more as FL2 matures. I am really looking forward to seeing the strong community of flash developers get a chance to start making applications for phones. Phones have been lacking a rich, intuitive and engaging experience which has hindered broader adoptions, so it will be interesting to see if FL can help mobiles turn the corner.
More later… but in the meantime, here are the links:
http://labs.macromedia.com/
http://labs.macromedia.com/technologies/flashlite2_update_flashpro8/
http://labs.macromedia.com/wiki/index.php/Flash_Lite
