Adobe+Edge

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Adobe Edge isa pre-beta edition of a new motion and interaction design tool for HTML 5, CSS, and JavaScript. Edge is also compatible with jQuery and features a proprietary JavaScript library as well. On August 1, 2011, Adobe Labs released a free preview of Edge for developers to explore, evaluate, and help improve. The latest update, Preview 3, was released on October 3, 2011. At that time, more than 150,000 copies of Edge had already been downloaded. Each release of Edge has focused on a specific area. The first release was concerned with the interface of the software and the graphics and motion capabilities. The second release addressed feedback and suggestions made by developers in phase one and usability issues. The third release was concerned with interactivity and included a tutorial for the first time. Edge Preview 3 is available for Windows 7 or Vista and Mac OS X v10.6 and v10.7. Windows XP and earlier versions of Mac OS X are not supported. It is also important to note that not all browsers are compatible with HTML5 and therefore are not compatible with Edge. Many in the industry believe Edge was designed to replace Flash, which Apple is resolutely opposed to supporting on its mobile devices. However, Adobe professes to be dedicated to supporting both Flash and HTML5, via Edge. New versions of Flash Player 11.2 and Adobe AIR have been released recently, but the Mobile Flash initiative has officially been discontinued.

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Adobe Labs
Many software and Internet companies have a division dedicated to new technologies and ideas. Adobe Labs is the name for Adobe’s new technologies division. Early versions of software are released to the developer community. Developers who receive free versions of new software are encouraged and expected to experiment and evaluate the product. The community has access to forums, wikis, an RSS feed where they can suggest improvements and new features and learn from one another. There is also a feature called Adobe Feeds where users are encouraged to share their adobe related blogs. An Adobe Cookbooks application is a repository of code samples submitted by these developers. Adobe also has paid research participants, Adobe User Research Team, available to beginners through advanced users of Adobe technologies. Participants, who must be at least 18 years of age, will be compensated with items such as cash, gifts, software for testing and evaluating Adobe products.

Adobe Edge Features

 * Intuitive user Interface
 * Visually author animated content
 * Add motion to existing HTML content
 * Interactivity
 * Import web graphics files
 * Standards-based output
 * Reliable content on desktops and devices

For more information on these features go to @http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/edge/. Scroll down and choose Product Details.

Windows

 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Windows 7 or Windows Vista®
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Windows XP is NOT supported
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">1 GB of RAM
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">200 MB of available hard-disk space for installation
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">1280x800 display with 16-bit video card
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Broadband Internet connection required for online services and to validate Subscription Edition (if applicable) on an ongoing basis

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Mac OS

 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Multicore Intel processor
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Mac OS X v10.6 and v10.7
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Mac OS X 10.5 is NOT supported
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">1 GB of RAM
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">200 MB of available hard-disk space for installation
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">1280x800 display with 16-bit video card
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Broadband Internet connection required for online services and to validate Subscription Edition (if applicable) on an ongoing basis

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Resources

 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Adobe Edge Examples
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Adobe Edge "Egg" Example]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Edge on Facebook
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Edge on Twitter
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Download Tutorial
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Download Adobe Edge Preview

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**References**
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Dove, J. (2011). Adobe unveils edge interaction design tool. //Macworld//, //28//(10), 85.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">McAllister, N. (2011, August 17). First look: Adobe Edge makes HTML5 dance. //InfoWorld//. Retrieved from @http://www.infoworld.com/d/application-development/first-look-adobe-edge-makes-html5-dance-170015

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Strohmeyer, R. (2011, August 15). Adobe Edge doesn't mean the end of Flash. //InformationWeek//, 14. Retrieved from Expanded Academic ASAP.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Taft, D. K. (2011, November 5). Adobe we love Flash and HTML5 equally. //eWee//k. Retrieved from Business & Company Resource Center