How is this possible you ask?  Magic? Witchcraft? Positive Thinking? Actually, it’s an open source project called Gordon.  Gordon is an open source Flash™ runtime written in pure JavaScript.  If embeded into the html page correctly, Gordon enables the iPhone to render the swf content using JavaScript.

So what does this mean for the average iPhone user?  Not much, really.  It does give a glimmer of hope that we might see a full force version of Flash on the iPhone sooner rather than later, but Gordon doesn’t do much for the average iPhone user just yet.

Flash developers, however, will be able to use Gordon to embed their flash movies in a way that can at least be displayed on the iPhone.  At this time, iPhone users will probably not run across any flash that is embedded using Gordon.

It’s a step in the right direction, but shame on you Apple for forcing the developer community to this.

Gordon Demo: http://paulirish.com/work/gordon/demos/ (View html demo files on your iPhone to see it in action)

Source: Adobe.com

The NoobFlash blog has been upgraded to WordPress Version 2.7.1 today. I apologize if you encountered any errors or 404 pages while we enhanced the site. I will update you more on some off the new features soon.

Adobe has released their latest collection of design tools called Adobe CS3, and it seems that anyone’s hopes of downloading the Studio 8 trials has been dashed… Or has it? I have found a link that still allows you to download the trial versions of Macromedia Studio 8 from the Adobe website.

The product selected will be Dreamweaver 8, but on the same page you can access the other trial downloads.

Download Macromedia Studio 8 Trial Here

While Adobe hasn’t released the official numbers, the latest Flash Player survey conducted in March 2007 shows Flash Player 9 penetration at 84.3%. Only three months ago Flash Player 9 was at a 56% penetration level in mature markets. This significant jump in market penetration is proof of just how quickly Adobe can roll out new versions of the player and reach critical market saturation very quickly.

A huge reason for this jump is the automatic update feature that Macromedia built into Flash Player 8. Flash Player 8 will periodically (by default I think it is every 30 days) check for a newer version of flash than flash 8 and download it if it exists. The jump might also be in part because MySpace now requires Flash Player 9 to view active content. MySpace, of course, does not account for the entire 84.3% of internet users, but it certainly has helped increase the spread of Flash 9. The level of market penetration is very close to the number that most developers wait for before they start developing in that new technology. When they do this, it’s going to mean big changes across the internet in the quality and performance of Rich Internet Applications. It will also bring more attention to Flex 2, which requires Flash Player 9. It all ends up being a huge lift for Adobe and makes it an even tougher battle for Microsoft as they work to release their version of Flash called Silverlite.