Hi Raju Glad to hear from yourself. Mobile phones ( smart phones ) are expected to support HTML5 and Flash doesn't seems like an option for now. May be we need another runtime output option.
On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Raju Bitter < [email protected]> wrote: > Looking at the OpenLaszlo.org website I read: "The only write once, > run anywhere rich Internet application development framework". Nicely > phrased, so where's my mobile runtime for OpenLaszlo? > > OpenLaszlo has the reputation of a technically advanced, promising RIA > solution - but to be always a bit late when it comes to picking up on > new trends for the web, like mobile apps, iPhone, touch enabled UIs, > etc. > > Currently the outside view on Laszlo, OpenLaszlo and Webtop is: Mobile > internet, mobile apps? Wo cares about mobile apps, we don't need them! > Let's just ignore the global trend towards mobile apps, smartphone > applications. Expressed in LZX: > mobileAppSpace.animate("opacity", 0.0, 100); > > Ok, I'm very sarcastic here, I guess. I'm not saying that there are no > internal discussion at Laszlo going on, which I am not part of. But > then, try a Google search for the terms "openlaszlo mobile", and all > you see is Orbit, a dead project launched in 2006. > > https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=openlaszlo+mobile&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= > > Hence, I'm considering to launch a separate project unifying community > efforts to deploy OpenLaszlo applications on mobile devices. That > won't be a fork of OpenLaszlo, but more a set of extensions to get > OpenLaszlo running on devices, deploy OpenLaszlo apps as Adobe AIR 2.0 > apps, optimized application for the mobile Flash 10.1 player, etc. > > Currently I'm looking for other community members or sponsors > interested in creating such a project, all the source code produced > would be released under a more community, open source friendly license > than the outdated CPL 1.0 used for OpenLaszlo (which I believe should > be updated to the EPL, as recommended by IBM, the original creator of > the CPL 1.0). > > Feel free to join the discussion at > http://groups.google.com/group/mobile-openlaszlo?lnk=gcimh. > > - Raju > -- Regards Khurram Samad GenITeam | A Web2.0 Specialist Company www.geniteam.com
