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At Adobe MAX 2008/2009, Adobe announced that they would present further advancements to the Adobe Flash Platform (to create and deliver rich interactive content), notably with the presentation of technology preview :


- Adobe Flash Catalyst (code named Thermo) : a professional interaction design tool for rapidly creating application interfaces and interactive content without coding, and this, from elements of Photoshop CS 4, Fireworks CS 4 or Illustrator CS 4. Adobe want to simplify the relationship between designers and developers. A public beta version is expected to be available on Adobe Labs in early 2009. For more information about Adobe Flash Catalyst and watch demos, please click here.



- the next version of Adobe Flex Builder (code named Gumbo) with new development features in order to simplify the work of programmers and the creation of RIA (for more, visit this page and this one).

But especially, after the arrival of the beta version of COCOMO and the Pixel Bender prerelease 5, Adobe use the occasion of this MAX conference to launch Adobe AIR 1.5 for MAC OSX and Windows (for Linux is expected to be available before the end of the year), a key component of the Adobe Flash Platform, which enables Web developers to deliver rich Internet applications outside the browser.


This update, available immediately for free download via this way, includes some improvements such as :

- support of Flash Player 10
- the open source WebKit HTML engine incorporated
- support of a new encrypted database
- a new JavaScript interpreter called SquirrelFish to accelerate application performance
- support for custom filters and effects, native 3D transformation and animation, and extensible rich text layout
- etc. (for more information, follow this way)



Of course, we keep the best for the final part because Adobe has released their first alpha version of Adobe Flash Player 10 software for 64-bit Linux operating systems.



Well, at the hands of an important request from users Linux, a better support of 64-bit processors by Linux and style-conscious of ensuring the cross-platform compatibility of Flash Player, Adobe released a pre-release 64-bit Linux version of Adobe Flash Player 10. For more information, click here.

Noticed also that Adobe are working on a Flash Player version for Smartphones and demonstrated it through a preview at MAX 2008. For more, visit this page.