JavaFX preview released
Sun Microsystems has announced the release of a preview edition of their JavaFX development platform.
Sun is designing this new technology to provide a Java based rival to Adobe Flex and Microsoft Silverlight.
The company said that developers would be able to use this platform to code applications that run within a web browser but [...]
Yahoo! BrowserPlus now available
Internet media giant Yahoo has now made available a public version of their BrowserPlus app.
BrowserPlus is currently available for Firefox 2 (and later) and Internet Explorer 7.
Yahoo BrowserPlus is essentially an application designed to extend the usability of a web browser by making available rich internet applications.
Using this new [...]
Sun Microsystems showcases JavaFX technology
Sun Microsystems showcased their upcoming JavaFX family of products to developers.
The company said that this technology would let the developers code rich Internet applications that would be compatible with a variety of operating systems and platforms.
This would be somewhat similar to the Adobe’s AIR technology which currently support Windows, Linux [...]
Tibco Software supports Microsoft Silverlight technology
Tibco Software has announced that they are now supporting the Microsoft’s Flash challenger Silverlight technology.
Tibco would now be working on rich internet applications powered by this technology.
They are also going to provide an alternative message platform to the users of Microsoft Web services technology.
Rourke McNamara, director of product marketing for [...]
Appcelerator Platform now support Google App Engine
Appcelerator has announced that they are now supporting the recently launched Google App Engine.
The company said that the applications developed using their Appcelerator Platform can now be deployed to the Google App Engine service.
The platform is open source and is used to develop rich Internet applications.
Jeff Haynie, co-founder [...]
Adobe Air now available on Linux
Adobe developed Air technology to enable developers create rich internet applications.
Adobe Air was till now available on Windows and Mac platforms.
The company has now launched the test version of the Linux edition of Adobe Air.
Adobe further said that they have now joined the Linux Foundation.
Adobe warned about Air for Linux [...]
Adobe Advances RIA Technologies for Linux Community
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that the pre-release alpha version of Adobe® AIR™ software for Linux® operating systems is available on Adobe Labs (www.adobe.com/go/airlinux). The Linux community of developers can now use proven Web technologies, such as HTML, Ajax, Adobe Flash® and Adobe Flex® software, to [...]
Sun JavaFX Script coming up
Sun Microsystems is all set to make available JavaFX Script technology.
This new technology is basically a scripting variant of Java designed to provide solutions to code rich Internet applications.
The company said that they would release a preview version in May. A final version would be released later on.
Sun would be [...]
Microsoft on Adobe Air technology
Adobe has just launched their Adobe Air 1.0 platform. It is currently available on Windows and Mac platforms.
Microsoft is working on Silverlight which competes with Adobe Flash and might someday become a rival for Adobe Air.
Microsoft said in a statement that Air could pose a security concern for the end user [...]
Microsoft Silverlight 2 beta coming up next
Microsoft’s Adobe Flash killer Silverlight is being developed at a rapid pace. The company is almost done with the beta of the second version of this browser add-on.
The company said in a statement that the second version focuses on emphasized RIA (rich Internet application) development capabilities.
Sources say that the [...]
