Thanks, Norman, that's great! I've outlined what I think could be done without too much work on this page: http://groups.google.com/group/mobile-openlaszlo/web/mobile-openlaszlo-development
Flex and AS3 experience is very valuable if we want to run OpenLaszlo apps on mobile devices, so I'm very happy that you have joined the group. Best, Raju On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Norman Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for starting this project. I signed in as a member to your group. I'm > currently working as a Flex developer, so hopefully I should be able to > supply some expertise for Flash 10.1 and AIR issues. > > Norman Klein > > On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 3:45 AM, 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 than the outdated CPL 1.0 used for OpenLaszlo (which I believe should 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 > >
