What Happend in Adobe MAX 2009

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Every year comes with a new Adobe MAX, the biggest Adobe event on earth. the technology world look with the eye of concern to this event to watch new Adobe technologies and how will it affect the web and technology trends. After the Adobe MAX 4 days with alot of news, updates, ping back and tweets, it is the time to put the pieces in an organized way to know what we have from Adobe for the next year.

In this post, I will try to focus on the Adobe MAX 2009 new technologies presented, session and fun. First I would like to thank Kendall Whitehouse for allowing me to share with you his Adobe MAX images on Flickr which represent a full visual coverage for Adobe MAX events and sessions, you can view Kendall’s gallery at his site Kendall Whitehouse site and the full Adobe MAX images and Kendall’s Flickr gallery. Also, the video resources are shared from Adobe TV and Youtube shared videos.

Since I could not attend the Adobe MAX this year, I may miss some of the events or interesting topics to share. However, I would be glade to share your Adobe MAX experience with every one in the below comments. In this post I will cover the following:

• The Fun
• What’s New from Adobe
• Interesting Sessions
• The Conclusion

The Fun

Along with the technology you come to learn from Adobe MAX and sessions and meeting the Adobe community including Adobe teams and community experts, Adobe MAX appeared to the world with glamor and amazing entrance and shows.

Community chalk board. Copyright © 2009 by Kendall Whitehouse

This year event took the look and feel of Star War characters, clothes and interiors. This look has been noticeable from the first look to the events and Sneak Peaks.

Adobe MAX Sneak Peeks. Copyright © 2009 by Kendall Whitehouse

One of the interesting Sneak Peaks, Colin Moock, Jury Hahn, and Dan Albrittan presented Trivia on mobile and provide a contest to all audience to play it on their own cell phones.

Colin Moock, Jury Hahn, and Dan Albrittan. The audience play Trivia on their cell phones. Copyright © 2009 by Kendall Whitehouse

Actually, it is hard to cover all the fun in this Adobe MAX, but before I jump to the real fun by mentioning the new in Adobe technology, here are the recorded videos for day 01 and day 02 Keynotes:

Adobe MAX 2009 Day 01 Keynote

Adobe MAX 2009 Day 02 Keynote

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• The Fun
• What’s New from Adobe
• Interesting Sessions
• The Conclusion

What’s New from Adobe

And for the most interesting part in the show that get the attention of  community is the new cookies that Adobe used to provide every year. This year most interesting topic was as you know building iPhone application on Flash using the new iPhone document profile in Flash.

Adobe Flash CS5 Professional Applications for iPhone

You can also find more information about building iPhone applications on Adobe Flash CS5 Professional in Adobe Labs.

Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise Suite 2

Adobe introduces the new version of Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise Suite 2. Discover the latest application constructs that integrate the best-in-class technologies such as Flash Builder, Data Services, and LiveCycle ES solution components. Participants will learn how this software platform can be leveraged to enable the development.

Adobe AIR 2

The new version of the Adobe revolutionary technology Adobe AIR 2 has been announced to be shipped by 2010, the new version will include enhanced and new features such as native process API, access to local microphone, support for multi touch  and improved performance…etc.

In addition to the above new features, you can view other interesting features videos and further Adobe MAX recorded sessions here.

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• The Fun
• What’s New from Adobe
• Interesting Sessions
• The Conclusion

Interesting Sessions

There were alot of other interesting sessions that were held in this year Adobe MAX such as the following recorded sessions:

Preview Flex for Mobile Devices

Hear directly from the team involved in enabling Flex on mobile devices regarding the challenges faced and progress made in optimization, components, and tooling.

Flash Builder 4 Advanced tips and tricks

Dive in to the depths of coding features of Flash Builder 4 with Scott Evans, one of the product’s lead developers. Learn keyboard shortcuts you’ll use every day, how to keep your code beautiful, cool new debugger tricks, hidden commands, and more!

A Deep Dive into Flex Lists and Layouts

Explore the power of the List component in Flex 4, and dig deep into the layout mechanism that allows you to create new and interesting components displaying data.

The Conclusion

During the growing challenges in the field of technology and growing number of new technologies and trends, Adobe speaks high and loud about new technologies and improvements to its existing technology to walk side-by side with the industry demands and business requirements.

The technologies we saw this year at Adobe MAX opens the door for developers and designer to new challenging roads and paths to take. The new technologies are considered th keys for developers to get into new opportunities in a time we all look with the eye of concern to new solutions and more capabilities to achieve our dreams.

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