This year's Adobe MAX conference is shaping up to be one of the most exciting in recent memory with CS4 just released and much hyped previews of new products such as Thermo to come as well as lots of other cool tools. So in order to follow all of the goings on, we've built an AIR app called MAXimizr.
MAXimizr 0.1.0 aggregates all of the latest MAX related news as well as twitter entries. Also, it will directly link to videos and session files as they become available so you can stay on top of it all. Finally, it includes the entire MAX schedule so you can track what's going on. You can navigate through all of the content using the scrollwheel or the now familiar click/drag/throw as seen in the iPhone.
We have plans to build a lot more functionality in future versions of MAXimizr including:
1. Inline playback of video
2. Customizeable settings
3. Ability to favorite the sessions you are attending
4. Inline browser
If you're presenting at or attending MAX, feel free to email me once your session notes/files or recorded video are available and I'll link to it.
Requires the Adobe AIR Runtime. Use the badge below to install MAXimizr:
This year's day 1 keynote was chock full of amazing stuff. Here are some of the key points for developers along with links. If you want to follow MAX with up to the minute news, get MAXimizr, an AIR app we built for those who aren't able to be in SF.
Flash Platform - Umbrella terminology for all things Flash. Pretty sure this isn't a new term, but maybe to reiterate the centrality of Flash player in all of this. Flash Platform Home.
Flash Catalyst - The app formerly known as Thermo promised to vastly improve designer/developer workflow. We should be seeing a lot more of it before MAX is over. Unfortunately, it won't be available on labs until early 2009. Catalyst on Labs. Catalyst Blog.
Gumbo (Flex 4) - Not really breaking news as builds have been available on Labs for quite some time, but it is tightly connected with Catalyst so it deserves a mention. Gumbo on Adobe Open Source.
Tour de Flex - a desktop application for exploring Flex capabilities and resources, including the core Flex components, Adobe AIR and data integration, as well as a variety of third-party components, effects, skins, and more. Download it.
Cocomo - a "platform as service" that allows Flex devs to easily add real-time social capatilities to their apps. Cocomo on Labs. Developer Portal.
Wave - a desktop notification service built in AIR allowing users to receive notifications from publishers that they specify. Wave on Labs.
Flash player 10 for mobile - hopefully I'm reading this correctly, but they're shooting for a fully functional FP10 for mobile devices. Fantasic news for developers. Obviously hardware may be a limitation, but demos were shown on Symbian, Win mobile and Android (sorry, no FP on iPhone yet...that's in Apple's hands)
Distributable Flash Lite player - another awesome piece of news! Apps can be deployed with the ability to install Flash Lite if required (over the air).
Also, not sure if this was directly touched on in the keynote, but Flash Media Server 3.5 was announced. Read about it here. Get it.
