Archive for June, 2010
It’s That Time Again… Apple Keynote Today!
Time flies when Apple is working on new products. Today at 1PM EST/10AM PST, El Jobso will be delivering a keynote at WWDC in San Francisco. If you like following along as the details unfold, here are a couple of my favourite live blogs to follow:
Apple’s HTML5 and Web Standards Page
Posted in Web, on June 4th, 2010 by Carlos.
Apple has posted a smorgasbord of HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript samples that show off the capabilities of browsers supporting these web standards (i.e. Safari). Check it out – just don’t use any browser but Safari (whether it supports these standards or not). [Apple]
Adobe Digital Publishing Platform – Welcome Back to the Show, Adobe!
Today Adobe announced the upcoming release of the Digital Publishing Platform that is built upon Creative Suite 5. This technology, though not available publicly as of yet, was used by WIRED to publish their first iPad edition of their magazine. Having seen the WIRED digital magazine on my iPad, I’m excited to see what this Digital Publishing Platform can do. In the FAQs Adobe has posted, they mention that InDesign CS5 was a core element in the creation of the WIRED Reader. I love creating print collateral with InDesign and look forward to a chance of creating interactive materials in it. I’m hoping that the publishing platform will allow me to provide new services to clients where we can turn what use to be ‘plain-Jane’ PDFs into more interactive pieces that really engage the reader.
And in case you’re wondering, this platform appears to be fully compliant with the Apple Developers License Agreement, so it shouldn’t go the way of Flash. It also takes advantage of HTML5 technologies – showing that they are not being too stubborn in their quest for Flash acceptance. The plan is also to make this support multiple platforms, so the iPad isn’t the only tablet/device out there that will take advantage of this.
I’m happy to see Adobe is embracing new technologies like the iPad even if Flash is not supported. What the WIRED digital magazine shows is that Adobe is still tops in producing creative materials, static or interactive. Welcome back to the show, Adobe! [Adobe via Gizmodo]
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