Comments on: Thanks for helping make our Webinar a success! http://developer.palm.com/blog/2009/02/thanks-for-helping-make-our-webinar-a-success/ News about developing webOS apps Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:36:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: sdf http://developer.palm.com/blog/2009/02/thanks-for-helping-make-our-webinar-a-success/comment-page-1/#comment-529 sdf Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:16:05 +0000 http://pdnblog.palm.com/?p=65#comment-529 <a href="http://ppt2swfsdk.com/Download.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://ppt2swfsdk.com/Download.aspx</a><br><br>Ppt2Flash SDK<br><br> * PowerPoint 2000-2007 support<br> * COM API<br> * Command Line Interface<br> * ActionScript API<br> * Detailed documentation<br> * ASP.NET, C#, C++, PHP, VBScript, Java samples<br> * ActionScript API samples<br> * Command line samples<br><br><a href="http://ppt2swfsdk.com/Download.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://ppt2swfsdk.com/Download.aspx</a> http://ppt2swfsdk.com/Download.aspx

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]]> By: JohnH http://developer.palm.com/blog/2009/02/thanks-for-helping-make-our-webinar-a-success/comment-page-1/#comment-304 JohnH Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:22:42 +0000 http://pdnblog.palm.com/?p=65#comment-304 For post-processing a photo, such as to extract a bar code or red-eye elimination, will the JavaScript code be capable to do that work with reasonable efficiency? What about implementing DRM for things like ebooks? I suspect that several applications like this are going to need native access to the CPU. Also, for the wireless interface, a recent study described in an IEEE magazine reported that transmitting something over the air was one of the most power-hungry things that could be done. Compressing data before sending it used more CPU, but the power consumed by the CPU was less than the power consumed by having to keep the radio transmitting longer. I hope that the network APIs have been tuned to be minimally chatty. Protocols designed for modern internet speeds can drain the battery quickly if there is a lot of conversational traffic, rather than batching. For post-processing a photo, such as to extract a bar code or red-eye elimination, will the JavaScript code be capable to do that work with reasonable efficiency? What about implementing DRM for things like ebooks? I suspect that several applications like this are going to need native access to the CPU.

Also, for the wireless interface, a recent study described in an IEEE magazine reported that transmitting something over the air was one of the most power-hungry things that could be done. Compressing data before sending it used more CPU, but the power consumed by the CPU was less than the power consumed by having to keep the radio transmitting longer. I hope that the network APIs have been tuned to be minimally chatty. Protocols designed for modern internet speeds can drain the battery quickly if there is a lot of conversational traffic, rather than batching.

]]> By: Sanj http://developer.palm.com/blog/2009/02/thanks-for-helping-make-our-webinar-a-success/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Sanj Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:17:15 +0000 http://pdnblog.palm.com/?p=65#comment-281 Seeing that fluid UI drives most of the demand for entertainment apps, how will this be supported by Mojo? For example, how will 2D and 3D UIs be programmed for games and media apps? Will there be an equivalent for flash & silverlight for this purpose? Seeing that fluid UI drives most of the demand for entertainment apps, how will this be supported by Mojo? For example, how will 2D and 3D UIs be programmed for games and media apps? Will there be an equivalent for flash & silverlight for this purpose?

]]> By: jman http://developer.palm.com/blog/2009/02/thanks-for-helping-make-our-webinar-a-success/comment-page-1/#comment-278 jman Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:36:31 +0000 http://pdnblog.palm.com/?p=65#comment-278 How will data be shared between applications in webOS? For example, I create a document in one app and I want email it using another app. I asked this during the webcast, but it didn't get answered. How will data be shared between applications in webOS? For example, I create a document in one app and I want email it using another app. I asked this during the webcast, but it didn’t get answered.

]]> By: Bill MacAdam http://developer.palm.com/blog/2009/02/thanks-for-helping-make-our-webinar-a-success/comment-page-1/#comment-261 Bill MacAdam Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:50:05 +0000 http://pdnblog.palm.com/?p=65#comment-261 My company has been involved in PalmOS development for many years. While we are very excited about using webOS, we are concerned about the transistion and I have two questions related to it. Has any consideration given to some sort of emulation mode? We have large applications that cannot be converted overnight and our user base will not understand the situation. In fact I'm confident that many of them will still refer to the Pre as a "Palm Pilot". Do you have a goal for releasing the SDK in relation with the release of the actual device? In other words will the SDK arrive in developers' hands before, during, or after the release of the Pre? My company has been involved in PalmOS development for many years. While we are very excited about using webOS, we are concerned about the transistion and I have two questions related to it. Has any consideration given to some sort of emulation mode? We have large applications that cannot be converted overnight and our user base will not understand the situation. In fact I’m confident that many of them will still refer to the Pre as a “Palm Pilot”.

Do you have a goal for releasing the SDK in relation with the release of the actual device? In other words will the SDK arrive in developers’ hands before, during, or after the release of the Pre?

]]> By: Erwin Sturtevant http://developer.palm.com/blog/2009/02/thanks-for-helping-make-our-webinar-a-success/comment-page-1/#comment-260 Erwin Sturtevant Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:28:06 +0000 http://pdnblog.palm.com/?p=65#comment-260 Agree with Marco. We need to get our hands on hardware and developers kits asap. Surely we can get a hint when available - 1st/2nd Quarter. Anything? Anything? Bueller? Agree with Marco. We need to get our hands on hardware and developers kits asap. Surely we can get a hint when available – 1st/2nd Quarter.

Anything? Anything? Bueller?

]]> By: Regis St-Gelais http://developer.palm.com/blog/2009/02/thanks-for-helping-make-our-webinar-a-success/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Regis St-Gelais Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:28:15 +0000 http://pdnblog.palm.com/?p=65#comment-256 OT: how many attended the web cast. 10.O’Reilly says it was a record but they don't say the number. OT: how many attended the web cast. 10.O’Reilly says it was a record but they don’t say the number.

]]> By: Webcast: Palm’s CTO details developing for webOS » VentureBeat http://developer.palm.com/blog/2009/02/thanks-for-helping-make-our-webinar-a-success/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Webcast: Palm’s CTO details developing for webOS » VentureBeat Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:11:15 +0000 http://pdnblog.palm.com/?p=65#comment-254 [...] Palm teamed up with O’Reilly (which is also publishing the book), to do a webcast (or webinar as they call it) for developers who wanted to listen in. For those interested, I’ve embedded the hour-long [...] [...] Palm teamed up with O’Reilly (which is also publishing the book), to do a webcast (or webinar as they call it) for developers who wanted to listen in. For those interested, I’ve embedded the hour-long [...]

]]> By: Jeff http://developer.palm.com/blog/2009/02/thanks-for-helping-make-our-webinar-a-success/comment-page-1/#comment-253 Jeff Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:56:04 +0000 http://pdnblog.palm.com/?p=65#comment-253 Sorry, I didn't get a chance to watch the webcast (our network at work is slow enough it wasn't even worth trying) so I apologize if this was covered. I'm wondering, however, which OS services will be accessible from the API, specifically, will applications be able to modify settings such as the call-alert(ringtone) profiles? (I'd hope there's some signing/user permission implemented on this) Sorry, I didn’t get a chance to watch the webcast (our network at work is slow enough it wasn’t even worth trying) so I apologize if this was covered.

I’m wondering, however, which OS services will be accessible from the API, specifically, will applications be able to modify settings such as the call-alert(ringtone) profiles? (I’d hope there’s some signing/user permission implemented on this)

]]> By: Ajai Khattri http://developer.palm.com/blog/2009/02/thanks-for-helping-make-our-webinar-a-success/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Ajai Khattri Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:20:19 +0000 http://pdnblog.palm.com/?p=65#comment-252 I hope the presentation slides are made available somewhere too. My only problem with the webcast is the insanely high screen resolution on the Mac used in the demo. A lower resolution would have saved bandwidth and scrolling by people who dont have the latest and greatest. I also downloaded the presentation video and found the text mostly unreadable (shame Mitch didn't use OS X's screen zoom feature to highlight the code clearly. I hope the presentation slides are made available somewhere too. My only problem with the webcast is the insanely high screen resolution on the Mac used in the demo. A lower resolution would have saved bandwidth and scrolling by people who dont have the latest and greatest. I also downloaded the presentation video and found the text mostly unreadable (shame Mitch didn’t use OS X’s screen zoom feature to highlight the code clearly.

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