Artefact : o solutie pentru a vedea continut flash pe iPad

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Artefact Group este  o mica companie care in momentul de fata lucreaza la un serviciu denumit Flash in a Pinch care ar urma sa le dea posibilitatea utilizatorilor de iPad sa vada continut flash pe tabletele lor. Aceasta noua metoda functioneaza oarecum similar cu cea din Opera Mini, adica serverele Artefact preiau continutul flash al unui site si il transforma in continut compatibil cu iOS dupa care il trimit tabletei iPad, iar dupa cum vedeti in video e un proces greoi care necesita foarte multe resurse atat din partea serverelor Artefact cat si din partea tabletei iPad.

Cei de la Artefact lucreaza deocamdata la transformarea continutului flash in continut H.264 care este mult mai usor de randat, deci necesita mult mai putine resurse atat din partea serverelor Artefact cat si din partea end-userului. Sincer sa fiu ideea in sine e buna insa mai au de lucru la partea “practica” deoarece deocamdata aceasta solutie nu poate fi folosita cum trebuie de utilizatori.

Boiled down, this is a web-based thin client and, since it offloads the rendering to a back-end capable of running any plugin, we’re also able to render Silverlight, Unity3D and other plugins. I gotta say: it’s a bit of a trip to see Silverlight (such as the Artefact Animator) on an iPad.

We’re using Google’s open source Chrome browser (Chromium) to render images on a server and transmitting the image to Safari. Using Javascript on an overlaid layer, we’re able to send all touch interactions to the server and react to them, making it fully interactive.

On the downside, this requires more CPU time on the server and it’s not as fast as running Flash directly would be. Also, this only delivers images, currently. We’re working on a version that speeds up delivery by using the h.264 codec to deliver images and sound.