Intuit Partner Platform showcased in Tour de Flex Application
Intuit Partner Platform in Tour de Flex application
As someone who has spent the last year working to make the Intuit Partner Platform a reality, it’s very exciting to see the Intuit Partner Platform showcased in a new AIR application developed by the Adobe evangelism team. The application named, ‘Tour de Flex’ was developed to showcase Flex and AIR functionality and is available free for download.
According to the Flex.org website, Tour de Flex has three primary purposes:
- Provide non-Flex developers with a good overview of what is possible in Flex in a “look and see” environment
- Provide Flex developers with an illustrated reference tool
- Provide commercial and non-commercial Flex developers a place to showcase their work
In addition to the AIR application, there is also an Eclipse plug-in that enables you to search through the over 200 examples included in Tour de Flex.
Intuit Partner Platform Video Demonstrations Available
Kudos to James Ward! James has added two great videos showing how easy it is to create Flex and Air apps using the Intuit Partner Platform. James has a way of making Flex sing, doesn’t he?
One out of two ain’t bad
There were shouts of joy and dismay today as Apple announced Microsoft Exchange support for the iPhone and disappointed users like me when they not only didn’t make an announcement about, but bashed Flash/Flex performance on mobile phones.
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AIR 1.0 and Flex 3.0 are officially out of Beta
David Tucker has just announced the official launch of Air 1.0 and Flex 3.0. This will undoubtedly lead to an onslaught of Air applications as many developers have been waiting to release their applications until the official release.
Hats off to Adobe, as always they have done a terrific job of getting the message out and yes, it is an exciting time to be a Flex developer or even a wannabe like me.
Apple: Please Enable Flex applications on my iPhone
If you are an early adopter like me, you know there are certain things you can overlook with any new technology you adopt.. for a while. This doesn’t exclude one of the most innovative companies of our time Apple.
I got an iPhone within a month of their release, and for the most part have been very pleased with it. That being said, there are a couple of limitations that I can only keep defending for so long before I have to start to consider the move back to my Blackberry.
The first is the lack of Exchange support in the iPhone, which is critical to getting support from the business market. I have been able to cover for this glaring omission by using Visto Mobile, albeit it adds another $10/mo. to my mobile phone bill.
The second is the lack of support for the Flash player in the iPhone’s Safari browser. It’s bad enough that I cannot view Flash-enabled web sites, but the thing that bothers me more is the inability to use Flex-based applications. Don’t get me wrong there are plenty of fine iPhone based applications that I use regularly, i.e. Shredder Chess, Google Mobile, iDo to name a few, but their static pages seem out of place with the rich UI of the iPhone. In my opinion, enabling rich internet applications built with Flex would make the iPhone the most best mobile phone in the world.
I beg of you Steve, please give me support for the Flash player on my iPhone so I won’t have to consider the Blackberry ever again.