Adobe’s Spry Framework
Adobe has thrown their hat in the JavaScript framework ring (which is getting pretty flooded) with the introduction of Spry. What differentiates it from the dozens of other frameworks out there is the focus on XML as a central, dynamic data source fetched by Ajax. Their demos include some very slick utilities including a photo gallery, an RSS reader, and a product display system. The implementation of these complex utilities appears to be very simple. They highlight key sections in the their source code to make clear the ease of development. Of course, they also have the very familiar effects library that is virtually identical to its predecessors.
Because they are a bit late to market with their framework, I’m not sure how willing most people who are already using frameworks will be to abandon the ones they have already grown accustomed to, but people who are just getting started with JavaScript frameworks and Ajax may find this option especially enticing for its ease of use. Here’s how Adobe wants to position themselves in the framework world:
‚ÄúAs we looked at the landscape of Ajax frameworks, we realized that many of them were more oriented to the skills of a programmer and were focused on application development. Based on the needs of the design community, we wanted to put forth an approach that is very “HTML-centric” to help them add basic interactivity to their page designs.‚Äù
[…] Adobe has recently introduced Labs.Adobe.com where they introduce valuable tools and get feedback from users about their initial releases of some of their products. I recently wrote about their handy Spry Framework, which looks like the easiest to learn JavaScript framework on the market. They have also released one of the best color palette generation utilities I have seen to date entitled kuler. Kuler takes cues from many other popular color palette utilities, and in many ways ups the ante. It emulates the community sharing of palettes seen at Colour Lovers (by the way, they have a new site), offers all of the palette options for analogous, monochromatic, complimentary, and triadic systems seen on Color Scheme Generator 2, and allows you to mix and copy RGB, Hex and CMYK values like Color Mixers. Kuler displays swatches in large areas on a dark background allowing you to see them much better than its competitors. It’s a beautiful system, and a great asset to any designer operating in any medium. […]
November 25th, 2006 at 5:36 pm