Articulate on iPads?

Hi Guys,

This maybe of interest

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/23/technology/personaltech/onlive-desktop-plus-puts-windows-7-on-the-ipad-in-blazing-speed-state-of-the-art.html

iPad service called OnLive Desktop Plus.

It’s a tiny app — about 5 megabytes. When you open it, you see a standard Windows 7 desktop, right there on your iPad. The full, latest versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet Explorer and Adobe Reader are set up and ready to use — no installation, no serial numbers, no pop-up balloons nagging you to update this or that.

 Supports FLASH on the iPAD....via windows.....it's not April is it.

Cheers

Garry

Any updates on ETA for launching Articulate Storyline for iOS publishing? If we don't have something soon, we'll be forced to use another tool. It's a real shame since our team really likes using Articulate Presenter, Engage and Quizmaker.

We have the same problem as Graham,  There there is far too much iPad activity to ignore the market any longer.  At Microsoft we had a saying that "Shipping is a feature" too. 

I like that: "Shipping" idea: Maybe more specfically, don't tease your client base.  The only reason I don't have an authoring tool for iOS is the sheer amount of work my team has to do to keep up with user support.  Our core competence as content creators has been delayed by this.  At the same time, my gut tells me that Storyline is designed for skilled developers and will not be easy for the less experienced to pickup.  That's unfortunate in that it requires re-balancing our production line.  We will soon move on another solution.

There are a couple of apps that promise to give Flash support to iPads. One is Swiftr (Swifter?). I gave it a try a few months back and it is very poor at its main job. Flash animation is choppy and grainy. I don't hold out much hope for any of the current Flash fixes for the iPad.

Regarding giving up on Storyline and picking another solution, what other options are there? I'm not aware of any at the moment.

You might be surprised, Rick. Patience will pay off soon. We're very close to releasing Storyline, and the wait will be worth it. We'd rather release a high-quality product that's easy and fun to use than one that's low quality and offers inferior results. It will be hard to find another product like Storyline.

But don't just take my word for it. You'll hear plenty of praise from beta customers, too.

To state the obvious -- more capable tools are going to be more complex to use than less capable tools. The Articulate design and development crew has done a really dynamite job balancing complexity and ease of use. 

As for other tools on the market, we've been scanning for awhile. I've been really disappointed in the output of the tools I've tested. HTML5 output of all of the tools I've tried really doesn't live up to the hype conveyed by the marketing materials distributed by the toolmaker. Many of these HTML5 outputs seriously handicap the generating tool to the point that it's not really an equivalent output to the native published output (Flash based).  The outputs also looked, and in some cases behaved, differently on each browser I tested on. Not to mention the utter failure of these tools to provide a workable output for IE6 or IE7 (still holding a non-trivial slice of the market).

I love HTML5 in theory. In practice, it's been pretty mediocre where e-learning is concerned. But it's just the beginning. I expect the tools to get better and better as time goes by. I have no doubt Storyline will ratchet the bar upwards.

@Gabe  + 1

@Phil +1

@Bruce +1

@Steve +10

Wholeheartedly and enthusiastically agree with my esteemed colleagues. 

Just, as I've cautioned before, keep your expectations in check if you've never seen the product before.  It is v1.  That said, I still believe, after working with it for a while, that it has a very bright future.

More when we can talk about it . . .

Thanks to all for the work that you are doing on Storyline. We have been patient here at Aspen, and we are really making waves in very large HR organizations with the apps and modules that we are producing using Articulate. We use the tool because we eventually turn over the work to the clients so they can manage the work themselves, and the Articulate platform is so much more streamlined than others, such as Captivate.

Our "apps" are have massive amounts of intellectual property within each, and we have found that using an iPad or even a smartphone is too small for our tools. Beside we really don't want the users of the apps to engage them when away from other systems they use regularly. They use our apps in conjunction with other tools that are only resident on their desktops / laptops. 

However, we have found that Cloud Browse (app on iTunes) is a nice stop gap for those who are desperate for iPad access. Those clients gain access from our Articulate Online account, so they are already browser based to begin with - they simply open up in Cloud Browse instead of Safari. But Storyline should change all that, and we are ready when you guys are to make the shift Take the time you need to get it right. The HTML 5 is just as important as the iOS, and we are ready to play.