A couple of months back I launched a set of components that allow you to look up belgian zipcodes based on a city name and vice versa. At the time I saw it as a test to see how feasible it is to release commercial Flash components.
Adobe has decided not to release the next Flash Player as version 8.5 but bring it in line with the Flash IDE numbering, meaning it will be Flash Player 9.
Given the huge amount of new features and a completely new virtual machine for handling AS3 this is definitely more than simply a dot release. Good move!
I missed this announcement up until recently but am happy to read that Adobe has started a eID competency centre in Diegem, Belgium.
For once our small country is taking a lead in adopting technology and started handing out electronic identity cards. I’ve had one for over a year now and the plan is to have every Belgian citizen over 12 years old own one by the end of 2009.
Be sure to attend the 7th edition of the Multimediacollege Afterhours Mega Session on May 19th, I’m sure it’ll be great fun as the previous years!
This year I’ll be presenting alongside good friends Serge, Steven, Eddy, Wim (and many others) talking about the history of ActionScript (from Flash 4 to Flash 8 and beyond). Am also eager to finally meet some of the people from Adobe Belgium.
http://www.multimediacollege.be/morepages/afterhours2006.aspx
There luckily aren’t too many occassions where I find it necessary to criticize Adobe but lately there have been a number of actions by the legal department that do more harm than good in my opinion.
