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Mike Chambers has been creating applications
using primarily Macromedia Flash, Generator and Java for
the past three years. He also has experience working with
ASP, JSP, PHP and ColdFusion. Recently he has been working
with Flash and embedded devices, contributing to the "Macromedia
Flash Pocket PC Player Authoring Kit." He is co-author of
"Flash Enabled" and "Generator and Flash Demystified."
Mike received his Masters in International
Economics and European Studies from the John Hopkins School
of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in 1998.
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This week, DevNet is
launching a new permanent area to serve developers
who code for devices—the Mobile
Developer Center. This new center hosts
articles and tutorials for device developers,
and resource links
to third party resources.
With the recent release of the Macromedia Flash Player
5 content development kits for Pocket
PC 2002 and for Nokia
9200 Communicator Series, there has been an upsurge
in interest in Flash device development by the Macromedia
Flash community. For this week's Logged In, we wanted
to recognize some mobile development pioneers by getting
their thoughts on what the future has in store for
Macromedia Flash on devices. We asked them the following
question:
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do think the future holds for Macromedia Flash on
devices?
Here are the responses we received:
Greg Burch
"Rich content, interconnected applications, and
truly mobile content is the future of Macromedia Flash
on devices. Steps following that will be moving toward
accurate delivery of contextually relevant content
and its services." |
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| Greg
Burch is an active member of the Flash-Device community
who has contributed in many ways to several books:
"Flash
Design for Mobile Devices" as author (John
Wiley & Sons, 2001), "Flash
Enabled: Flash Design and Development for Devices"
as technical editor (New Riders Publishing, 2002),
and "Flash:
The Future" as a source (No Starch Press,
2002). |
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Christian
Cantrell
"Macromedia Flash is clearly
going to play an increasingly important role in application
development. In fact, I believe it will be to application
interfaces what Java has been to server software development.
For designers and developers, Macromedia Flash provides
a powerful, sophisticated, user-friendly environment.
For end-users, it means a lightweight, platform-independent,
extremely dynamic and compelling multimedia experience
that conventional HTML, JavaScript, and animated GIFs
can't touch." |
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| Christian
Cantrell is Manager of Application Development for Amazing
Media, Inc. He is the coauthor of "Flash
Enabled: Flash Design and Development for Devices"
(New Riders Publishing, 2002) and "Flash Remoting:
The Definitive Guide" (forthcoming from O'Reilly
& Associates). |
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Ian
Chia
"Macromedia Flash not only offers
the promise of a ubiquitous 'write once, run anywhere'
technology, but has actually been doing this for years.
With the release of Macromedia Flash 5, and the opportunities
in the near future of Macromedia Flash MX capabilities
on devices, rapid application development of connected
rich-media products will unleash a new generation of
enterprise, entertainment, and other applications." |
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| Ian Chia's
work has appeared on MTV.com, Yahoo!, Shockwave.com,
and Sprint PCS's new 3G network. He is a lead author
of "Flash:
The Future" (No Starch Press, 2002). Ian's current
work involves developing enterprise and entertainment
applications for advanced devices and cellular networks. |
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Eric
E. Dolecki
"I think the future of
Macromedia Flash on devices will be such that it will
become the absolute best vehicle for delivering rich
and engaging applications. It has the potential of becoming
the de facto standard for intuitive device
applications. Personally, I can't wait to see what happens
in the device market with Macromedia Flash able to play
such a commanding role." |
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| Eric
E. Dolecki is an award-winning senior interactive designer
based in Boston, MA. |
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Glenn
Thomas
"Flash will be the interface
front end for rich media content on devices as well
as the preferred platform for short games and interactive
information applications like stock quote widgets. Flash's
ease of use for the end user, quick development cycles
for developers and rich production values make it the
perfect fit for devices." |
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| Glenn
Thomas is co-founder of Smashing
Ideas, a leading digital and interactive services
company specializing in Flash. |
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Phillip
M. Torrone
"Macromedia Flash will
be one of the keystone technologies that truly delivers
rich, engaging experiences to users on multiple devices.
From the actual content (audio, music, video, ring tones,
animations, etc.) and user interfaces to the applications
and mission-critical systems themselves, Macromedia
Flash will be as pervasive and ubiquitous as it currently
is on the desktop. |
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| Phillip
M. Torrone, is Director of Product Development at Fallon
Worldwide and is well-known in the handheld industry
as a visionary, pioneer, and trend-setter. Phillip is
a coauthor of "Flash
Enabled: Flash Design and Development for Devices"
(New Riders Publishing, 2002) and also runs flashenabled,
a resource for Macromedia Flash development for devices. |
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