Markus Kinzler

As you see, this product appears twice. The one I claimed yesterday (first entry) doesn't allow the download as it is in your case. But I already owned it (second entry).

@haentschman I don't think this would be legal.

It seems i forgot that I already owned it

Look at the right side of the header in the online reader.

It can be downloaded in different formats (PDF. EPUB, MOBI)

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"The web stuff" is very much dependent on browsers, their versions and manufacturers.

With an chromium based edge, all browsers will support modern web standards this problem will cease. Mozilla and others work on support Webassembly besides web/browser. This can became the better version of java (vm) and .net (il).

Never trust an embt docu.

4 minutes ago, RonaldK said:

Android 64-Bit support is now scheduled to 10.4 and dated to "late 2019" .

Does this means: the Delphi Android development will end at 1. August and maybe continue in late 2019? 

Seems no problem for embt.

If you need it earlier you can apply for the beta.

Not really. OpenGL isn't as good as Vulkan and MoltenGL isn't free as MoltenVK.

Now FMX uses:

DX11 on Windows, OpenGL on macOS (and Linux inofficially), OpenGL ES on Android and iOS.

Instead of a new implementation:

DX12 on Windows, Metal on macOS and iOS, Vulkan on Android and Linux it would be better to concentrate on one solution.

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At this time FMX for mobile devices is rendering via OpenGL. OpenGL in iOS however is deprecated. I don't know the situation in Android, but for iOS this is really good news and leads to faster rendering in Delphi apps.

The better thing would be switching to Vulkan. One solution for all platforms (Windows, Linux, Android: native, macOS and ios via MoltenVK (included in Vulkan SDK).

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I still don't get quite behind that language server thing.

At the moment the parsers for the code completion and error inside from the ide differ from the parsers of the compilers.

Promised, not delivered!

3 minutes ago, Tommi Prami said:

And as for me I have no idea how to even contact an admin to edit the message if I have an need to do so. 

On the right side of the Header from the post

Which version of delphi?

Have a look at Image32. Maybe it's better than the standard jpeg support.

https://github.com/graphics32/graphics32

@Roland__K MS has started to backpedal their strategy.

We aren't their target market.

8 hours ago, AlekXL said:

Skip subscription fee once, and invest it to the better cause. Let EMBT know, that you did so..

If everyone will do this than delphi will be history immediately.

Or the hope more developers would migrate to the more expensive editions.

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Certainly in conversations with folks at Emba they do recognise many issues with their current product on Windows. 

Perhaps employees. But the decision makers beeing responsible don't take the steps needed.

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Imagine what could have been achieved on Windows if all the resource that was used on the new platforms had been spent on Win32 and Win64? 

Because they see no need for impovement here, i don't theink the product would be much better.

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Sometimes it takes strength to say no to some customers. 

This wouldn't change much. There's seems no need to invest for earning money. Business isn't to create tools but only to earn more money with less effort.

But you cannot survive just with legacy! The expenses for maintenance would be copable when development would be steady in cadence with the plattforms. It is a great problem when there is the need for "reaction" in hassle.

EMBT have ti build a homogenous platform with one front end (compiler) per language and one back end per platform. The development should be decoupled ( compiler, code gen, runtime, ide).

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In latest roadmap it was newer scheduled for 10.3, but for some 10.3.x update 

Prior to release of 10.3 it was scheduled for it.

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New Platform Support

Platform support is key with a multi-platform framework like FireMonkey. We know that Android 64-bit support will be mandatory by the summer of 2019, and are working on plans to ensure our customers can meet this requirement next summer. 

One roadmap change you may notice compared to the September 2017 roadmap is that we removed macOS 64-bit platform support from the initial 10.3 release.

This doesn’t mean that we don’t think macOS 64-bit is important. We removed it from the 10.3 release to focus on providing more quality and stability for the other key features that are in flight. With that said, our intent is to provide support for macOS 64-bit, including support for targeting the iOS 11 (and iOS 12) simulators, in a follow-on 10.3.x release. We know that developers looking to target the macOS App Store or leverage 64-bit APIs require macOS 64-bit support.

 

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It's re-scheduled to 10.3.x. 

I know. But there's is still no date for it. EMBT doesn't smash themself with glory. They should start to develop with availibilty and not with the discontinuation of the previous version.

Version 10 of macOS ( MacOS X, OSX, macOS) was 64 Bit from the beginning!