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Archive for October, 2005
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Open Source Flash conference
Posted on October 19, 2005 | 1 CommentThis coming Friday (October 21st) OSFlash.org will host its first Open Source Flash conference via Breeze. The speaker lineup looks great and I expect we’ll be seeing quite a few sneak peeks ;) 17:55 Introduction by Nicolas Cannasse 18:00 Keynote : The OSFlash Revolution by... -
MXML custom effects
Posted on October 18, 2005 | 2 CommentsI had an interesting comment on one of my blog posts asking about creating your own custom effects in MXML. I knew it was possible but wasn’t really up to speed on the best way to do it. Well, after a bit of research here... -
Macromedia likes mondays …
Posted on October 17, 2005 | 2 CommentsWhat a way to start the week! The aggregators are flooded with all the exciting news, but I’ll just add a quick overview here: Macromedia Labs goes live — a place where developers can get hold of alpha builds of software and see what technologies... -
MXML making stuff move
Posted on October 16, 2005 | 6 CommentsI had an interesting discussion a few days back about Flex compared to the Flash IDE, to many people it appears as though Flash applications built with MXML are by definition very static and lacking real creativity. Don’t quite agree with that, it might just... -
MXML skinning components
Posted on October 13, 2005 | No CommentsA few days back Mike Chambers posted an interesting code sample (made by Christian Cantrell) for Flex 2 to the FlashCoders mailinglist that shows a cool way to skin components in MXML. Notice that it uses CSS and the Embed directive for using images as... -
What AS3 might look like …
Posted on October 11, 2005 | No CommentsPaul Robertson takes a detailed look at the ECMAScript 4 proposal which should give us some idea of what to expect for ActionScript 3 syntax in Flash Player 8.5. A great read for people that can’t wait for the alpha release of Flash Player 8.5... -
Flash 9 IDE, code-name Blaze
Posted on October 11, 2005 | No CommentsMike Downey announced the code-name for the next release of Flash. With all those announcements you’ve got to wonder if they’ve got anything else up their sleeve to announce at the MAX conference ;) Google defines the term Blaze as: a strong flame that burns... -
Saying goodbye to a brand
Posted on October 8, 2005 | 4 CommentsIt looks as though we’ll soon be saying goodbye to the name Macromedia, after the company spent some 13 years helping to shape the web. Its surprising to me how much you can get attached to a brand, not just the name but everything it... -
Developing Rich Clients with Macromedia Flex
Posted on October 6, 2005 | 4 CommentsIf you want to get started with Flex there is no better way than sitting yourself down and start experimenting with this book next to you on the desk. Although there’s not much choice of books on Flex, this one I’ve found is exceptionally well-written... -
MXML going mainstream
Posted on October 6, 2005 | 3 CommentsMacromedia today announced its future plans for the Flash platform, which includes Flex 2 and Flash Player 8.5. Most noteworthy is no doubt their plans with the Zorn project which will now be named Flex Builder 2 and replace Flex Builder as we know it...