Next Gen. Flash Player

Just read the Colin Moock's post on a prototype model of the next generation of the flash player. Kevin Lynch (macromedia's chief architect) showcased it.

// Excerpts from the post//

Kevin Lynch(macromedia's chief software architect) demonstrated
the next generation version of the flash player at the macromedia flash
conference in tokyo, japan.

• saffron, a new type-rendering engine [Looks more clearer than ClearType ]
• dramatic performance improvements (a sluggish calendar app jumps from 14fps to 125fps)
• realtime bitmap effects (blur, dropshadow, colour matrix etc.) [And btw, it is applied realtime, you can reduce the authoring time & cut down the time spend on Photoshop & Fireworks or any other image editors ]
• realtime video alpha channel

Read the full post & sample video movies here