Forget Paint, Adobe is "killing" Flash (in 2020)
Following many years of denial, Adobe has finally admitted today that it's now time to let Adobe Flash go away.
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Bing Maps V8 web control ready for production use
To help bolster its navigation service and build richer mapping experiences, Microsoft is reaching out to developers with its Bing Maps V8 web control.
Microsoft talks more about making great websites, this time the focus is on HTML5 and UIA
The Windows team is offering some information about how developers can build a more accessible user experience with HTML5 and UI Automation.
Microsoft pushes forward with HTML5 and premium media support in the Edge browser
Microsoft is moving forward quickly with its HTML5 compatibility with the new Edge browser. HTML5, in contrast with web plugins like Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight, is faster and has matured to be just as capable as any other system. HTML5 ... Read more
Adobe issues major security patch for Flash Player on Windows, Mac, and Linux
Adobe’s Flash Player doesn’t get much love. In general, it is an application that shoots up your CPU and shoots down your battery. With the introduction of HTML5, sites have begun to shift over from Flash based video content, but ... Read more
Ubisoft releases Assassin's Creed Pirates in partnership with Microsoft, perfect for IE11
Microsoft has announced a new partnership with Ubisoft, a French multinational video game developer and publisher. The companies have together launched the first ever Assasin's Creed Pirates for the web. Assasin's Creed Pirates is free to play and is available in five languages ... Read more
Netflix to ditch Silverlight in favor of HTML5
Netflix is proposing on changing the extensions in which videos stream throughout their website by ditching the Silverlight plugin for the new and more reliable HTML5.
Microsoft celebrates 3rd anniversary of IE Test Drive site, has received over 130 million page views
Microsoft is celebrating the 3rd anniversary of the company's IE Test Drive website, which showcases HTML5, touch, and hardware accelerated graphics. IE Test Drive has seen over 130 million page views and contains over 140 demos!
Microsoft partners with Vyclone, brings forth touch video editing to the internet using HTML5
Microsoft has announced a partnership with social video editing start-up Vyclone which allows users to co-create, sync, and edit videos using a HTML5 based web editor and a modern internet browser, such as Internet Explorer 10.
Microsoft launches Exploretouch.ie, a concept site showcasing HTML5 and touch
Microsoft has launched a new site that showcases how HTML5 and touch is moving the web forward. This new concept site uses intuitive gestures to mix audio files in order to create an original sound track.
Microsoft to bring Atari games to HTML5
Earlier this year, we saw Cut the Rope, Microsoft's featured IE9 HTML5 game which ran efficiently on
Microsoft shows developers how to adopt HTML5 for Metro style Apps
In a new blog post, Microsoft talks about how HTML5 is here and the web will never be the same. Micr
Microsoft thinking about killing off Silverlight in favor of HTML5?
Adobe recently announced that the company would be terminating its development of its Mobile Flash p
Greater Interoperability for Windows Customers With HTML5 Video
Claudio Caldato: Google recently announced that its Chrome web browser will stop supporting the H.264 video format. At Microsoft we respect that Windows customers want the best experience of the web including the ability to enjoy the widest range of content available on the Internet in H.264 format.
Today, as part of the interoperability bridges work we do on this team, we are making available the Windows Media Player HTML5 Extension for Chrome, which is an extension for Google Chrome to enable Windows 7 customers who use Chrome to continue to play H.264 video...
Celebrating the W3C and HTML5 with a New Logo Program
Ziad Ismail: Today, the W3C is announcing a new logo for HTML5. While some parts of HTML5 are still unstable and changing, others are stable and are already being used by real sites. Putting this logo on your site is a great way to spread the HTML5 message.
Microsoft and the IE team is excited to work with the W3C and the other members on driving broader adoption of HTML5. Read more about it from Jean Paoli, the GM of Interoperability Strategy at Microsoft...
Adobe CTO on MacBook Air, HTML5: Flash Battery Problems a "False Argument"
Last week, critics hammered Adobe over a report showing that Flash drained the new MacBook Air's bat
First official HTML5 tests topped by...Microsoft
The Worldwide Web Consortium has released the results of its first HTML5 conformance tests, and acco
Adobe shows off Flash-to-HTML5 conversion tool
Even though its Flash technology is used as a punching bag by Web standards fans, Adobe has been building tools that embrace HTML5. The company recently released its own HTML5 video player, and Adobe Illustrator and Dreamweaver CS5 now contain a number of new HTML5 export tools.
Now it seems Flash might be joining the party. At Adobe's MAX conference this week, Adobe engineer Rik Cabanier showed of a demo of tool that converts Flash animations to HTML5 (well, technically it looks like a combination of HTML5, CSS and images)...
Pushing the Boundaries of HTML5 Gaming: Jitterbugs
Given the support for full hardware acceleration in IE9, we were eager to see how far we could push the platform. Until now, there has not been an impressive selection of HTML5 games, or rather, the games that are there around are limited in their level of interactivity. For instance, the most highly rated games on Chrome Experiments at the time of writing are implementations of Solitaire and Tetris, games that were well within the capabilities of Windows 3.1...