http://fullasagoog.com/ Fullasagoog: Chock Full Of Rich Internet Application Goodness en-us modius 2010-03-11T11:01:49+10:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 At the last LFPUG I did a presentation on Flex 4 where I went through what I thought were the fundamental changes, and they showed some custom stuff I’d been working on. The plan was to then do a post on each slide explaining in a little more detail (which is still the plan), but [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=472141D4-BE49-204B-152E4B09DB19A161 FlashMX Tinks Blog 2010-03-10T19:11:54+10:00 Flash Player 10â??s 3D capabilities are pretty light, but they have opened up many possibilities in UI design. Getting the perspective just right will take some tweaks, so hereâ??s a demo to show some of the inner workings, like focal length and field of view. Using the PerspectiveProjection class is the key to getting 3D in [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=47204053-A51D-67F7-A0B3ED53A222A007 FlashMX Todd Williams 2010-03-10T19:10:48+10:00 There has been a lot of buzz in the mobile space lately, and I suspect there will be even more around Windows Phone 7 at next week’s Microsoft Mix conference. One thing I wanted to clarify as it may have been lost in some of the other news is that Adobe and Microsoft are working [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=471CA615-EAE2-4BD3-289C14F06F037E00 FlashMX Mesh on MX 2010-03-10T19:06:52+10:00 "ESPN360.com, ESPN?s 24/7 broadband sports network, today announced that it will collaborate with MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM) for its technology infrastructure and operations support when the network?s name changes to ESPN3.com on April 4th. http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=4718E331-A9C1-BE32-21CC0539F39A3C95 FlashMX flashstreamworks.com 2010-03-10T19:02:45+10:00 A new version of the Open Source Media Framework with locked-down APIs is available now. A great time to start using OSMF, since the update to the final release will be relatively seamless. To learn more about the benefits of OSMF, read my previous article The Power of OSMF. http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=4718E340-A988-5600-FF9591DEC2E2F5BE FlashMX flashstreamworks.com 2010-03-10T19:02:45+10:00 A few weeks ago I attended the SanFlashCisco usergroup meeting which was really great. After the meeting we moved to the Mars bar where I got to know Luke Bayes who founded Project Sprouts. Project Sprouts is a Ruby based open-source, cross-platform project generation and configuration tool for ActionScript 2, ActionScript 3, Adobe AIR and [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=4696FCEB-DD2E-8B14-57ABAF8158DA711A FlashMX Sönke Rohde 2010-03-10T16:40:52+10:00 Thanks to all who joined the Swiz BOF session at 360 Flex in San Jose today. John Yanarella and I got the opportunity to show Swiz and some examples. We even had Chris around via Skype and I hope you guys enjoyed it! Here the links to the slides and code: Slides Swiz1Example on GitHub Many thanks to John Wilker [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=4696FCFB-C933-2E09-0F8A56D8845B841E FlashMX Sönke Rohde 2010-03-10T16:40:52+10:00 Since 85% of Alexa top 100 websites use Flash, and 75% of all video on the web is Flash, having the Flash Player on a tablet is the only way to experience the true web. http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=41F96484-DBCE-6410-1928119241D47D26 FlashMX flashstreamworks.com 2010-03-09T19:10:15+10:00 During my session at the Flash Gaming Summit, I showed a very simple 3D particle renderer to attempt to demystify the process of converting 3D into 2D. --> --> Click and drag. The actual code that converts from 3D to 2D is easy! First you have to figure out how [...] Related posts:Flash Sparkler Papervision "billboard" particles Flash Particles – now 1000% extra free! http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=41F73DCB-C2BE-9CF4-947FB68B252DD197 FlashMX Seb Lee-Delisle 2010-03-09T19:07:54+10:00 Via Mobile Entertainment, download the digital edition and check out the article by Richard CEO of Kooky Panda. I met Richard couple of time and I completely agree with him. There are hundreds of millions of Flash Lite enabled phones but seems no one cares or ignores the opportunity! “While Adobe is now moving to support [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=41F6F79B-9044-3922-13F930DF4BBF81EE FlashMX Alessandro Pace 2010-03-09T19:07:36+10:00 Via Biskero, Kero Mobile adds support for Sony Ericsson Satio and Sony Ericsson Vivaz. Download Kero Mobile directly to your mobile phone from www.biskero.mobi Check the list of supported phones. Alessandro http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=41F6F7AA-9673-E099-E4970718DEEBCD0E FlashMX Alessandro Pace 2010-03-09T19:07:36+10:00 Apple’s put the 1st Apple iPad commercial on TV this evening (in the US): http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=41F66202-C918-D09C-814142670E033F12 FlashMX Scott Janousek 2010-03-09T19:06:58+10:00 This post discusses the various workflows for producing SWFs with the standalone compiler that use graphical assets and animations created in Flash Professional ("Flash Pro"). At time of writing the latest version of Flash Pro is CS4, with CS5 briefly out in beta for a short while. Specifically we look at the methods that involve exporting SWCs and using the [Embed] metatag within class files. Recently I posted a bug report regarding the [Embed] metatag, which led me to write this post in order http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=4129B651-FCC5-0482-5F5BB91BB539964D FlashMX Flash Antics 2010-03-09T15:23:25+10:00 A lot of people have asked, and continue to ask how to skin minimal comps. Short story, long story, what you can do. Short story: you can't. Long story: Minimal Comps were designed to be minimal. Mostly for use in prototypes and experiments. Their visual UI is hard coded and skinning was never, ever part of the design [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=41283A40-9EFF-7E9B-B9BAAFA885EF83F0 FlashMX Bit-101 2010-03-09T15:21:47+10:00 I just added a new MInimal Component: an Accordion. It's pretty similar to what you see here: http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=2313, i.e. a VBox with Windows, but I made into it's own class with a few nice touches. A new Accordion starts with two sections. You can add more with accordion.addWindow("New Window Title");. You can access any window with [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=41283A50-B48B-F4CF-A0B154DB011C3C83 FlashMX Bit-101 2010-03-09T15:21:47+10:00 This is long overdue. Minimal Comps have been a sort of side project of mine, and have various posts here related to them, but enough people are using them and apparently liking them, that it seemed they deserved a home of their own. http://www.minimalcomps.com The site is nothing fancy (minimal?), and it seemed fitting to use the [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=41283A5F-9DFB-D70F-DF2A9CCB8903E273 FlashMX Bit-101 2010-03-09T15:21:47+10:00 Do you use Minimal Comps? I would love to get a list of sites and apps that feature them. Even if it's just an experiment or proof of concept type example. Leave links in the comments or email me at kp at bit-101 dot com. Thanks! http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=41283A6F-FD79-A0FB-3E831D32C0D8F874 FlashMX Bit-101 2010-03-09T15:21:47+10:00 I'm doing a personal project with my Minimal Components and I needed a calendar. So I made one. --> --> It's in version 0.98 here: http://code.google.com/p/minimalcomps/. This release also fixes a couple of bugs and adds a couple of features: - All components now have a "tag" property which is an int. Comes [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=41283A7F-E499-4A17-F75EBEE2BEF21D1C FlashMX Bit-101 2010-03-09T15:21:47+10:00 Someone just pointed out that I had an offscreen div with about a jillion spam links. Uploaded a new WordPress install. No luck. Changed the theme, that seemed to do it. Looks like I'm in the market for a new theme. Until then, enjoy the default. http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=41283A8E-9EB8-82B6-E06786EE43DA913A FlashMX Bit-101 2010-03-09T15:21:47+10:00 Do you make Flash content? Do you have Flash content on the web? If so, you owe it to yourself and your clients to check this content against the upcoming version 10.1 beta player. There's lots of new goodies in this player, but as you - a developer yourself - know, when you add and [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=41283A9E-EF25-B61D-3E3E7845E66331FE FlashMX Bit-101 2010-03-09T15:21:47+10:00 Been a bit quiet around here, eh? As I mentioned in my New Year's post, I've been kind of taking a break lately. Haven't really been doing much of anything to write about to be honest. Waiting for inspiration to hit me. Well, it's starting to hit. A few weeks ago, I talked to Shawn Pucknell about [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=41283AAD-EFFA-DE4A-C58E56EB5B22E36D FlashMX Bit-101 2010-03-09T15:21:47+10:00 There's so much I could say about the iPad, particularly being a Flash guy. But I'll stay out of that fray. Whatever will be, will be. The thing that bugs me about people's reactions to the iPad is when people say it's a Kindle killer. First of all, I'm pretty sure that most of the people [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=41283ABD-D3F2-5C67-57EA6CDBD64CEB6E FlashMX Bit-101 2010-03-09T15:21:47+10:00 Just before I went out to FiTC Tokyo, I was contacted by Naoki Miyagawa, a translater working for OReilly Japan in Tokyo. He said that he was working on the translation of my book, AdvancED ActionScript 3.0 Animation and had some questions for me. It was pretty cool to be able to say, "Well, as [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=41283ACD-925D-9AA8-814C8BF5249F2BC9 FlashMX Bit-101 2010-03-09T15:21:47+10:00 Mark Doherty (Adobe) has created a tool using Adobe AIR that allows developers to create SIS packages for Symbian devices. It currently targets Flash Lite 3.x for Nokia S60 devices, and the tool runs under both Windows and Mac because it’s an AIR app. Mark has all the details on his blog. Here’s a demo [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=3C66A0BF-B96F-B540-4325F2D3E98ED046 FlashMX Scott Janousek 2010-03-08T17:11:51+10:00 Rich Internet applications across devices: the emergence of contextual applications “At Adobe, we believe that this is a pivotal time in the history of software development. Cloud-based computing has combined with increased user expectations for interactivity and engaging experiences leading to the rise of rich Internet application (RIA) development. T he creation of social networks and platform [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=3C66A0CE-F794-080C-2CFCB0282CEBACCE FlashMX Scott Janousek 2010-03-08T17:11:51+10:00 While reading a recent edition of Forbes Magazine, I noticed an ad featuring an energy monitoring device that sported a Flash 10.1 user interface. What was really cool was that the ad was about how to take that monitoring system and applying it across a number of platforms. This is the power of Flash, create [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=3C66A0DE-C77A-CD9C-1314F047ED160F39 FlashMX Scott Janousek 2010-03-08T17:11:51+10:00 If you’re in the Boston arena tomorrow night, there’s a Mobile Monday going on where companies from both the US as well as from the UK will be demoing. The event is sponsored by UK Trade and Investment. Registration is REQUIRED for this event. What: MomoBoston When: Monday, March 8 : Doors at 6:30, event starts at [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=3C66A0EE-F20E-CE80-A51EC3AD7CB434C8 FlashMX Scott Janousek 2010-03-08T17:11:51+10:00 Via EndgadgetMobile, the Nokia C5 gets FCC approval already. Alessandro http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=371895FE-EA75-4296-2C8EE9B3B16812F8 FlashMX Alessandro Pace 2010-03-07T16:28:30+10:00 I don’t know how true it is, but it sure looks very appealing especially for education use in classroom. Imagine taking this to a classroom where you can take notes with a pen and…. Better check out the link: http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/microsofts-courier-digital-journal-exclusive-pictures-and-de/ http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=33922006-D749-67FE-F70283DF02BCD56C FlashMX Brian Chau 2010-03-07T00:02:46+10:00 I’ve just published a blog post on the FITC blog where I explain what inspires me and how to learn to love the constant demand of changing technology. http://blog.fitc.ca/post.cfm/stagnating-in-your-cubicle-learn-to-love-to-learn Related posts:How I learned to stop worrying and love Adobe Next stop : Toronto FITC USA Euro-invasion countdown begins Related posts:How I learned to stop worrying and love Adobe Next stop : Toronto FITC USA Euro-invasion countdown begins http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=33912D1B-09EB-BD29-ADB7CDF9B4D03CE5 FlashMX Seb Lee-Delisle 2010-03-07T00:01:44+10:00 It was great to catch up with Pablo and the ActionScriptHero crew in Amsterdam, and we had a good chat about the future of Flash, the exciting changes in digital and what inspires me. FITC Amsterdam 2010 – Seb Lee-Delisle Interview Part 1/2 from ActionScriptHero.org on Vimeo. FITC Amsterdam 2010 – Seb Lee-Delisle Interview Part 2/2 [...] Related posts:The FOTB08 carnival leaves town XML parsing in Actionscript made easy with Flash XPath – who knew? Next stop : Toronto FIT http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=33912D2A-9C93-0E3A-04FD5CE4839B3888 FlashMX Seb Lee-Delisle 2010-03-07T00:01:44+10:00 In case you didn’t know my wife and I have been living in a a recreational vehicle for the past year or so. A few people have expressed interest in seeing what it’s like so I thought I’d film a short video – 3:30 minutes. We named our RV Serenity after the ship in Firefly. I [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=338F7374-E018-1509-87317CF6B47C3D06 FlashMX polyGeek 2010-03-06T23:59:51+10:00 Thanks to 1800mobiles, I just got my new toy: Nokia 6700 Classic. First impression, is pretty slick!! Really thin, steel case, 5Mpx camera, OVI Maps with a month free navigation. Alessandro http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=2E543478-F707-E74A-B6EA8DFB4703EACB FlashMX Alessandro Pace 2010-03-05T23:37:02+10:00 Forum Nokia published the Nokia Platform Services 2.0. “The full release of Nokia Platform Services 2.0 is now available. This includes support for the APIs on the Nokia N97 mobile computer and Nokia N97 mini. This release, which provide many API improvements, is forward compatible with future releases of WRT.” Alessandro http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=2E543488-9B52-7E53-452A4EBA9C0E5896 FlashMX Alessandro Pace 2010-03-05T23:37:02+10:00 As some people have noticed, I will be speaking at Microsoft MIX this year. I'm sure a few people are curious what I'm doing there... http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=2AE061DD-0B78-2E3E-D59BB8E67C71409E FlashMX Grant Skinner 2010-03-05T07:31:40+10:00 Status quoDuring the Flash Player 10.1 time frame, I was tasked with taking a look at the timing system we use in the Flash Player. Until now the Flash Player has been using a poll based system. Poll based means that everything which happens in the player is served from a single thread and entry point using a periodic timer which polls the run-time. In pseudo code the top level function in the Flash Player looked like this:while ( sleep ( 1000/120 milliseconds ) ) { // Every browser provides a http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=2AE003BF-E880-7413-137A23F066E35844 FlashMX Tinic Uro 2010-03-05T07:31:16+10:00 I just finished uploading a new tutorial that shows you how to use the ByteArray class to parse and display images in formats that Flash doesn’t natively support, in this case BMP. In the tutorial I explain how to read a file specification and translate that into ActionScript 3.0 code. If you need an introduction [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=2ADE031D-993C-A52C-A730E1E15F47DF9F FlashMX Lee BrimeLow 2010-03-05T07:29:05+10:00 Two of the things that Flash is often criticized for is that it: Uses too much CPU Performs significantly worse on the Mac than on Windows This got me thinking about whether some quick tests would bear this out, and if so, whether it was isolated to just Flash content. Below are some raw numbers showing CPU usage of [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=2ADCD6D2-0F14-B8C8-16032F2A3F69BDC6 FlashMX Mesh on MX 2010-03-05T07:27:48+10:00 I recently launched a new side-blog project with super-talented friend and former colleague of mine, Brendan Lee. The idea came to use way back in August 2009, but like so many worthy things, it took some time to establish. We take to a naturally unique conversation style, where the tangent and non sequitur are instrumental, fueling [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=2ADCBB5B-AC19-8E6B-1496F80CBDC19625 FlashMX Charles Freedman 2010-03-05T07:27:41+10:00 Serge Jesper was challenged during Mobile World Congress to find all Flash enabled devices. Here is his journey: http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=2ADCAEF7-B543-DBA3-D040A5806B027314 FlashMX flashstreamworks.com 2010-03-05T07:27:38+10:00 5 attractive young people will be living together 24/7 in a Beverly Hills house, surrounded by 56 H.264 live cameras. NewTeeVee has a great behind the scene overview. http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=2ADCAF06-BE66-ED20-77FF7F03F5901938 FlashMX flashstreamworks.com 2010-03-05T07:27:38+10:00 irrFuscator is an ActionScript 3 obfuscator which protects .SWF files but also whole flex projects. (.AS and .MXML files) http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=2AD6C7EB-95B5-527C-E1CBD6C31A5E84F7 FlashMX Swftools.com 2010-03-03T11:29:30+10:00 Wondershare Video to Flash Encoder is a versatile yet easy-to-use program to turn your favorite videos into smaller, easily distributable Flash file. This powerful utility allows you to edit video, complete with a wealth of special effects, background music etc. http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=2AD6C7FA-0E28-D31F-6E22BD45E480C82E FlashMX Swftools.com 2010-03-03T02:35:40+10:00 FlippingBook Publisher is a Windows desktop application that helps you to produce remarkable online and offline digital editions with page turning effects. Smply import your PDF, configure the look&feel and hit the publish button. Enjoy the real page turning effect! http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=2AD6C80A-AF90-D00C-77AE15C737A0BF2A FlashMX Swftools.com 2010-03-03T02:33:55+10:00 FlashOnTV is a professional Flash to DVD burner designed for users who want to convert FLV to DVD, convert SWF to DVD and put their Flash files on DVD discs. http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=2AD6C819-9FEF-CAB3-B6C78CAAA94A748F FlashMX Swftools.com 2010-03-03T02:26:18+10:00 My 360|Flex session Under the Hood of RunPee.com is, according to Ryan Stewart, by FAR the toughest slot at the conference. The other sessions I’m up against are Renaun Erickson talking about Tips for Actionscript based iPhone apps, Jeff Tapper talking about hurting himself – designer/developer workflow, and Sim Bateman talking about Git. I know from [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=2AD6AF52-99B7-3B25-37C91B7CECFD3B37 FlashMX polyGeek 2010-03-05T07:21:04+10:00 In no particular order: You don’t like free beer. You don’t like talking to other developers about geeky things like which framework is best or which episode of FireFly is the worst. If you already know everything there is no know about Flex and Actionscript and building for mobile and Phidgets and LiveCycle and Axiis, and Typography, and [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=2AD6AF61-F540-9A87-AB95D41A8EE9D22D FlashMX polyGeek 2010-03-05T07:21:04+10:00 Wouldn’t it be great if you wanted to build a simple cross-platform compass app for a bunch of mobile and other devices and you found it was possible with some tools from Adobe? Wouldn’t it be nice if you didn’t have to rewrite 90% your mobile app for a dozen different platforms and hundreds of different [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=2AD66AD6-A0FF-F50F-CB69AD4EACA26BB0 FlashMX Scott Janousek 2010-03-05T07:20:47+10:00 Via Nokia Beta Labs, the Nokia Gig Finder has been updated using user feedback. Alessandro http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=2AD619C8-C57B-8467-1939F73408B623A2 FlashMX Alessandro Pace 2010-03-05T07:20:26+10:00 Forum Nokia published another resource: Design and User Experience Library. “The Design and User Experience Library gathers all essential aspects of design and usability into one. The library includes different kinds of guidelines, material about theme design, graphics design, and game design, as well as the basics of usability.” Alessandro http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=2AD619D8-D3D4-55A7-1DF0C86A3C61B67A FlashMX Alessandro Pace 2010-03-05T07:20:26+10:00