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Future Of Flash Is Open Source

Upside Learning

Adobe, recently announced moving their open-source development to Sourceforge. Looks like a desire to speed up their open-source development around the Flash platform. The new portal called Open@Adobe will hold Adobe’s open source projects in coming days.

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HTML 5 and eLearning Development

Upside Learning

A couple of weeks back we posted about Silverlight posing some (at this time, actually little) competition to Flash. Those of you have heard of HTML 5 will know it’s a new version of HTML and XHTML being promoted by Google and Apple in a bid to move the web away from proprietary technologies like Flash, Silverlight and JavaFX.

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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) ”. The new version (IE 9) which is expected to be released sometime in 2011will support HTML5.

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HTML 5 and eLearning Development

Upside Learning

A couple of weeks back we posted about Silverlight posing some (at this time, actually little) competition to Flash. Those of you have heard of HTML 5 will know it’s a new version of HTML and XHTML being promoted by Google and Apple in a bid to move the web away from proprietary technologies like Flash, Silverlight and JavaFX.

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June 2010 Monthly Roundup: 10 Most Popular Posts

Upside Learning

This post lists 10 useful (need to have) features in a mobile version of an LMS (segregated into Learner and Administrator functions). Smokescreen – The Future Of Flash Player? Top 7 Things To Consider Before Implementing SCORM For Mobile Devices.

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Is Adobe Flash Going Away?

eLearningMind

Google has already begun taking steps to remove Flash from their browser while the rest of the web settles in for the long goodbye. In case you aren’t quite sure what the deal with Adobe Flash is, here’s the Cliffs Notes version: Adobe Flash is a software platform that was designed to run video, animation, and games on any given webpage.

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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. Flash is an Adobe proprietary, and so you need to buy it. HTML5, on the other hand, is open-source and free. Compatibility –.