June 2010 (#175)

The latest issue, on sale now

Of course, we've known about CS5 for a while now. In fact, after a meeting with Adobe way back in February we began to get the lowdown on some of the new features. The one we, as a publisher, were most excited about was the Flash CS5 Packager for iPhone. For us, it provided an easy path into iPhone and iPad app development. I'm sure you, no matter what your Flash expertise, felt the same about this new tool (I know many of our contributors, such as the ever-excellent Matt Booth, were very excited).

As we went to press with this issue though, Apple not only previewed iPhone OS 4, but also made a change to the developer SDK, stating that 'Applications must be originally written in Objective-C, C, C++, or JavaScript as executed by the iPhone OS WebKit engine, and only code written in C, C++, and Objective-C may compile and directly link against the Documented APIs'.

Essentially what this means is that apps published using Flash will not be approved for inclusion on the App Store. Adobe, at a later event, told me that the feature would still ship and that it's up to Apple if it wants to approve or reject apps. You can pretty much guarantee the latter unless there's a minor miracle in Cupertino.

It's frustrating for Flash developers, to say the least. It's the software equivalent of 'look at what you could have won'. I'd be interested in your thoughts on the matter - either by email or Twitter. Enjoy the issue, and have a good month.

Rob Carney Editor

IN THE MAG

Output

Cover versions
The creatives taking a new slant on music graphics

Adam Simpson
Meet the man mixing intricacy with clean graphics

Studio of the Month
Behind the scenes at ContainerPLUS

In Depth

Michael C Place
The man behind Build talks design ethics and ethos

CS5 in depth
How Adobe's new Creative Suite will make everything you do easier

France in focus
Discover the French designers breaking new creative ground

Start your own studio
Part two of our guide, in association with Dell and ATI. This issue: location

Technique