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Adobe AIR & Flash Player 10.1– How it Can Benefit Mobile Learning

Upside Learning

Apart from AIR app, the same code and assets in any AIR app can further be used to deliver a mobile browser version using Flash Player 10.1. Note that all the major smartphones (except iPhone) will support Flash, including Android, BlackBerry, Symbian, Palm’s webOS, and Windows Mobile.

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Is HTML5 Ready for eLearning Development?

Upside Learning

Last week, while justifying Apple’s refusal to allow Flash player on iPhone/iPad, Steve Jobs wrote– “ New open standards created in the mobile era, such as HTML5, will win on mobile devices (and PCs too) ”. A few days before the launch of iPad Apple had released a list of ‘iPad ready’ websites having support for HTML5.

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HTML5 in E-learning – Signaling the End of the Flash Player

CommLab India

For years, the Flash Player reigned supreme in the world of e-learning. It seemed that the Flash Player was destined to rule the technology-enabled learning world. Apple’s products, the iPhone and the iPad, had (and continue to have) a large share of the mobile device market. You have no such problems with HTML5.

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Free eLearning Development Calculator… Quickly Determine Your LOE

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

Note: To use the calculator, you will need the free Adobe Reader (version 9 or newer) and the Adobe Flash Player. Since the calculator is Flash-based, it will not work on devices that do not support Adobe Flash (such as the iPad). Click here to download the Adobe Captivate Production Calculator for FREE!

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Future Of Flash Is Open Source

Upside Learning

Adobe has some great development tools like Flash Builder, Flash CS5 which target the runtimes – Flash Player and Adobe AIR. Although Adobe has a range of open-source projects they haven’t yet fully “opened” both the Flash runtimes. Adobe has released SWF specifications till its version 10.

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Publishing Adobe Captivate Projects: SWF, HTML5, or Both?

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

Your learners do not need Captivate installed on their computer to use an SWF, but they do need a modern web browser and the free Adobe Flash Player. According to Adobe, the Flash Player is installed on the majority of the world's computers. SWF and HTML5 versions. Of course, SWFs have a problem.

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Advantages of HTML5 over Flash

Dynamic Pixel

HTML5 is the updated version of HTML, which offers unique attributes and behaviour and comes with an extensive set of technologies that make it more useful for building applications and websites. It offers new features like audio and video while running course content on smartphones, iPad, iPhones, and tablets. Compatibility –.