fullasagoog.com FlashMX blend http://fullasagoog.com/ Fullasagoog: Chock Full Of Rich Internet Application Goodness en-us modius 2008-10-11T10:52:04+10:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Boagworld Blowout Sale: tickets at 20% off today only! I was recently on Paul Boag's excellent Boagworld podcast and promised Boagworld listeners a discount for the <head> web conference, so here it is! Starting now (10:30AM BST on Friday, October 10, 2008) and for 24 hours, you can buy tickets for just $119 — more than 20% off the regular price. http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=E6FF1B36-ADB2-623C-C9FD7B575EFA331C FlashMX FlashAnt 2008-10-10T23:43:10+10:00 Ending a Flex Builder Debug session would cause Safari to quit I have a feeling this is something specific to my installation, but adding it to google just in case. Whenever I ran a debug session for an actionscript project in Flex builder, Safari would quit when the session ended, either by terminating it in FB or by closing the ... http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=E6FDA3B9-A99F-C6C9-C030A5013A520F23 FlashMX FlashApe 2008-10-10T23:41:34+10:00 Audio mixing with Pixel Bender Time to have some advanced fun with Pixel Bender. Recently someone in the community complained to us that mixing 13 mp3 tracks using the dynamic sound playback feature in Flash Player 10 does not really work. Well, true with the sample project he gave us. Doing dynamic sound playback is generally tricky to get right. I can provide a few tips though.1. Pick the right mp3 encoding formatIt's important you pick a format which consumes the least amount of CPU time for decoding. Specifically you shou http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=E6FC9F88-968D-C382-4AAECDA38D6F1E84 FlashMX Tinic Uro 2008-10-10T23:40:27+10:00 Want to learn some of the Adobe Flash CS4 new features ? I've just finished to read this interesting article on the last issue of The Edge magazine: Adobe Flash CS4: New features and improved workflow Tha article was written by Doug Winnine that explored some of the biggest features of Flash CS4 Professional and show you how they can improve your workflow. This is a recap of the new features of Flash CS4 http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=E6FBAD29-93C1-2630-B90BB9F81C6A8E1F FlashMX Marco Casario 2008-10-09T18:00:00+10:00 Mobile and Devices Cookbook (Beta) Adobe have just launched a beta Mobile and Devices Cookbook - an online community-driven portal for sharing code "recipes" for Flash Lite. Great resource for newbie and experienced developers alike. http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=E6A77568-BEDD-E688-39E45535E6E67088 FlashMX Dale Rankine 2008-10-10T22:07:26+10:00 SWFPack beta released I was happy to hear the Kuneri SWFPack beta has been released to the public today, a web-based tool that allows you to very easily package up Flash Lite content to a SIS (NFL, CAB and DRM support is planned). All basic Flash Lite packaging features are free of charge, they do plan on adding some [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=E6A70941-9EDC-AD95-1863B9668A9829F2 FlashMX Peter Elst 2008-10-10T22:06:58+10:00 Building 3D Flash Sites that Work It seems like every other site on FWA is using 3D Flash these days. 3D effects are great for adding an element of surprise to a website, since it’s still a relatively new technique. I’ve been building 3D engines since the Director 5 days, so it’s great to see 3D finally hitting the mainstream. In this [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=E6A5065C-9E1B-CE3E-B867CCC50C65E550 FlashMX airtightinteractive 2008-10-10T22:04:46+10:00 Bash Scripts for working with ActionScript 3 in TextMate I have switched over to using TextMate for some of my experimentations with ActionScript. I like how lightweight it is, its extensibility, command completion functionality, and ease of setting up new projects. I find it is perfect for quickly testing new code and ideas. I have put together a couple of bash scripts, which coupled with [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=E6A41516-DEE1-75CD-82121809078B98E3 FlashMX Mesh on MX 2008-10-10T22:03:45+10:00 Functions, activation objects and â??thisâ?? in ActionScript 3 I have been reading through Colin Moock’s Essential ActionScript 3 book, taking my time on each chapter to make sure I get the most out of it. I have been using ActionScript 3 pretty consistently for a couple of years (about a year before it was public), but I have been pleasantly surprised with how [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=E6A41526-985B-9806-FD45310A166E3E45 FlashMX Mesh on MX 2008-10-10T22:03:45+10:00 123 Flash Chat server 6.9.5 123 Flash Chat Server Software can add a chat room to your website in minutes. It is a live chat solution for the high-load social network, dating site, online conference, etc. http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=E6A36445-B546-71BD-9FB5EC708147476C FlashMX Swftools.com 2008-10-09T00:15:56+10:00 Kuneri releases SWFPack! The guys at Kuneri today released the SWFPack free service to package Flash Lite content online. â??We have a vision to make things simpler for mobile application developers. In this way they can focus on the content quality and better user experience. SWFPack is the first milestone on our roadmap and will be followed by a [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=E6A249DC-BB37-BDE2-DE66D6194BFABCD1 FlashMX Alessandro Pace 2008-10-10T22:01:47+10:00 Mobile and Devices cookbook beta! Here a new resource for the Flash Lite developer community: Mobile and Devices cookbook beta Alessandro http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=E6A249EC-9267-71C6-6CD2623996B3C899 FlashMX Alessandro Pace 2008-10-10T22:01:47+10:00 Adobe Success Story: LG Via Bill, Adobe published a case study from LG. It’s an interesting article. LG use Flash Lite mainly for their phones UI Alessandro http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=E6A249FB-F650-321F-E627BA0D66F3B0D5 FlashMX Alessandro Pace 2008-10-10T22:01:47+10:00 ClickJacking - the new privacy game Hijacking webcams have never been this fun - but how could you make someone allow access to their webcam without the user knowing? Check the Camera Clickjacking game and discover yet another clever Flash trick used by hackers. http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=E5F47F81-B082-38FC-64CBEF79A81C41F3 FlashMX FlashMagazine.Com 2008-10-10T18:51:57+10:00 TweenGroup Man, is it weird to be in love with someone else's code? "Codemance"? Anyway, Jack Doyle, creator of the awesome tweening libraries TweenLite/TweenFilterLite/TweenMax, as well as TransformManger, just broke out a new tool for managing your tweens called TweenGroup. Using TweenGroup you can manage multiple tweens ... http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=E20C5F66-A4E1-131D-6E4E1B612AF961ED FlashMX FlashApe 2008-10-10T00:39:33+10:00 Flash Lite Case Study from LG Electronics Via Bill, some info about how LG is utilizing Flash Lite for UI across over 100 devices, and Adobe now has a case study about it. â??As Adobe Flash and Adobe Flash Lite have evolved into a complete application development platform, we are able to realize great opportunities in bringing our collective knowledge about the web [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=E1D54022-EBD7-1218-5F3FEAC08BC1EAB0 FlashMX Scott Janousek 2008-10-09T23:39:21+10:00 Bill Perry speaking at Adobe Learning Summit 2008 on Mobile Learning I recently noticed, Bill’s giving a session on Working with Flash Lite 3.0 to Create Mobile Learning Experiences at the Adobe Learning Summit at the DevLearn 2008 Conference and Expo in November. Here are the details on the conference: Get an insiderâ??s view on Adobe-enabled strategies, tactics and tools. Adobe product team experts, industry luminaries and [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=E1D54031-D422-B5E7-62B91AEB269B0F29 FlashMX Scott Janousek 2008-10-09T23:39:21+10:00 Boston Mobile event - Mobile Mania: Developing information services for portable devices There is an upcoming mobile event in Boston put on by neasist. Here are the details: Mobile Mania: Developing information services for portable devices Wednesday, November 5, 2008, 8:30am - 4:00pm Kotzen Center, Simmons College, Boston, MA This event is co-sponsored by NEASIS&T and the Simmons College Student Chapter of ASIS&T Campus Map / Public Transit / Driving Directions + [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=E1D54041-924B-B7B1-6ABEC64EA94A648E FlashMX Scott Janousek 2008-10-09T23:39:21+10:00 Clickjacking topic.. doesn't help FMS devs This is news to me: Yahoo on Clickjacking. In there they talk about an Adobe security blog.. news to me too, check that out here if you've never seen it before. Either way, clickjacking as an issue certainly doesn't help us as FMS devs that are almost always creating applications that require the cam and mic. I wonder how Adobe... http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DF9B153E-C8D6-5EB5-4EB584896E5560CB FlashMX Graeme Bull 2008-10-09T04:16:35+10:00 ActionScriptHero.org Some of you might already be familiar with a new site called ActionScriptHero.org, set up by Pablo Parrado. The idea behind this community portal is to explore the social aspect of the Flash community, find out what inspires people and how they see the Flash Platform evolving. I’ve already been helping Pablo out by doing some [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DEAE9480-933E-3C4C-40C6CBEDEA2C4384 FlashMX Peter Elst 2008-10-09T08:58:15+10:00 New Political Flash Game I like to at least add a post once a week, but this past friday I had an idea for a quick flash project. Like everything quick, it never is. Finally here is the result of that idea. WhackyVoting It is a whack-a-mole styled game based on a scenario that voter turnout in the upcoming election is [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DEAC659A-AE83-DAE1-90E8B0A681A3DBB5 FlashMX Todd Williams 2008-10-09T08:55:52+10:00 Function closures and â??thisâ?? in ActionScript 3 I have been reading through Colin Moock’s Essential ActionScript 3 book, taking my time on each chapter to make sure I get the most out of it. I have been using ActionScript 3 pretty consistently for a couple of years (about a year before it was public), but I have been pleasantly surprised with how [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DEABD6E7-C813-11DF-2A2A57269862664C FlashMX Mesh on MX 2008-10-09T08:55:15+10:00 Looking at Financial Algorithms, Post Compilation // compilers are able to reduce the size and complexity of computer programs // by a form of algebra, as well as by removing unused information. // Here is some of the code used by the financial industry, post compilation. public bool IsLoanApproved(int income, int assets, int debt, int creditRating, int downPayment) { return true; } public string MortgageRating(ClientScore score, TimeSpan duration, int risk, int amountOwed, int amountPaid, int equity) { return "AAA"; } public vo http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DEAA3B19-B8EC-5264-936250D14F86B723 FlashMX Robin Debreuil 2008-10-09T08:53:30+10:00 Developing Mash Up applications with Adobe AIR and Flex:slides from my Flash on the Beach 08 session Here are the slides from my presentation that I gave today at Flash on the Beach. The presentation covers the following topics: * Mash up teminologies and data formats * Using some of the AS 3 OS libraries * Creating mash up widgets with AIR * Architecturing a mash up app * Working with AIR APIs * Saving Flicr photos locally * Playing YouTube videos * Storing Twitter timeline messages locally http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DEA3A1C4-0BD1-7367-312EFDF789941F56 FlashMX Marco Casario 2008-10-08T17:04:04+10:00 Nokia Flash Lite Technology Day this Friday in Boston Just a reminder, but this Friday, we are having a Flash Lite Technology Day here in Boston, with Nokia. I am giving a talk about extending capabilities of Flash Lite on S60, “Programming Advanced Nokia Features with Flash Lite”: Also, here are the speakers for the event:   â?¢ Ganesh Sivaraman, Internet and Web 2.0 Business Development Manager, [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DEA1E2AF-FE3E-D6F7-F811BE5974838B23 FlashMX Scott Janousek 2008-10-09T08:44:23+10:00 Supported Flash Mobile Devices spreadsheet updated Bill updated the Flash Mobile devices spreadsheet, and the total supported devices count across various handset OEMS are (according to Bill):   â?¢ Nokia (Global) = 94 devices   â?¢ Sony Ericsson (Global) = 75 devices   â?¢ Verizon Wireless (US) = 19 devices   â?¢ NTT DoCoMo (Japan) = 150 devices   â?¢ KDDI (Japan) = 111 devices   â?¢ [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DEA1E2BF-DCD0-79F9-C3C753E5C5139270 FlashMX Scott Janousek 2008-10-09T08:44:23+10:00 Adobe Mobile and Device events at MAX 2008 (San Francisco) I’m just back from Flash on the Beach 2008 (Brighton), and now Adobe MAX 2008 is not far away (November 16-19, actually). In addition to the numerous mobile and device sessions this year at Adobe MAX 2008, there are several exciting (free) social events related to Mobile and Devices that you may be interested in attending: MOBILE [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DEA1E2CF-E6C7-14DC-EA10F25B4FBFED04 FlashMX Scott Janousek 2008-10-09T08:44:23+10:00 I see your privates: How objects of the same class can share private variables in AS3 Today, I was surprised to discover something that I didn't know about private variables in AS3. If an instance of class A has a reference to another instance of class A, then the second object's private variables are accessible to the first object. No restrictions. No special tricks. You just use obj.variableName like any other [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DEA1562F-F321-7075-92725E13ED7CA991 FlashMX Josh Tynjala 2008-10-09T08:43:47+10:00 Flash player 10 Its that time again. Time to get into the latest and greatest tech from one of those giant software engineering companies. This time, the tech is Adobe’s Flash player 10. Step 1: download the Flex 4 SDK and the Flash player 10 (debug version). Step 2: Create a fresh config file that will target Flash player 10. Step [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DEA07D72-B8D6-C417-694E74C9F7D6EB2A FlashMX Mims Wright 2008-10-09T08:42:51+10:00 Adobe Online Creative Festival - 22nd Oct 2008 It was fun last time with the Adobe Online Creative Festival. Our marketing team is working hard to make sure this one is even better. If you are interested in finding out more Adobe CS4, why not join in the fun and register at: http://www.adobeonlinefestival.com/ . Hope to see you there (virtually).        http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DD33FEB7-FF0A-698B-B0972CB1D5E069B3 FlashMX Brian Chau 2008-10-09T02:04:44+10:00 Dreamweaver CS4 - improved Properties Panel One of my favourite new features of Dreamweaver CS4 is the improved Properties Panel (previously called Properties Inspector). What has changed? Well, I always found it quite confusing when applying text style using the PI in DW CS3. Did I edit an existing CSS style rule or did I create a new style rule? And [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DD33FEC7-DCC0-1AEA-F9A69B6F00F79BEE FlashMX Brian Chau 2008-10-09T02:04:44+10:00 Talking about Flash Player 10 [ by Thibault Imbert ] I will be talking about the Flash Player 10 at the Adobe office in Paris on Tuesday 14th October from 9am to 12pm. During this session I will cover the new Flash Player 10 features and talk about the best practices. We will explore the new API from graphics, local file access, shaders and all [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DD31AE01-EC8A-FB28-5C33EE0BE9BA2291 FlashMX Didier Brun 2008-10-09T02:02:12+10:00 Google FlashSense Wow, didn't see this one coming. Google has launched a version of AdSense for Flash gaming. I know that a lot of Flash game devs are going to love the monetization boost that many bloggers already enjoy. Although, I'm wondering if the ads will be as discreet as they are on blogs. Or will they [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DD3150AE-A116-A2EB-8B51E24C2D8C1F2D FlashMX Charles Freedman 2008-10-09T02:01:48+10:00 The Future of Programming Languages I just found this great video on the future of programming languages by Anders Hejlsberg, who was the lead architect of the C# programming language. Its definitely an interesting presentation to watch to get a perspective on where things are heading. (via Sean “the Flex Guy” Moore)   addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.peterelst.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F10%2F07%2Fthe-future-of-programming-languages%2F'; [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DD2FAE97-082B-3EAA-72515D98679E1927 FlashMX Peter Elst 2008-10-09T02:00:01+10:00 Please do me a favorâ?¦ I don’t generally blog politics and this is going to be the one and only time I’ll bring up this years US Presidential election. While the campaign so far has arguably resulted in some of the best political satire out there, the world is facing some serious challenges and whether we like it or not, [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DD2FAEA7-DF42-2274-20C114C735AA2A89 FlashMX Peter Elst 2008-10-09T02:00:01+10:00 Message from John Davey John has been frantically trying to respond to various FOTB posts, specifically in regard to the last session, but for some reason his computer is not letting him. So he asked me to post this: I am both pleased and saddened by all the conversation going on about FOTB’s final session. Each year I make huge [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DD2F7509-9D08-E6E8-5F34020C06CB52E1 FlashMX Bit-101 2008-10-09T01:59:46+10:00 FDT Roadshow: see Andre Michelle in Boston! If you are in Boston and haven’t been able to fly all over the world to see Andre Michelle, creator of Hobnox Audiotool, speak, now is your big break! Andre will be in town tomorrow, October 7, speaking at the FDT Roadshow. Here’s the full lineup: 2:00pm - Introduction 2:10pm - Marcel Fahle - smart video streaming 2:40pm - [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DD2F7518-C557-49F8-81C9AC2203FA4FA6 FlashMX Bit-101 2008-10-09T01:59:46+10:00 FOTB Presentation Slides I can’t really say how much you’ll get out of these slides if you didn’t see the presentation, but if you saw it, you’ll at least be able to see some of the code that I kind of rushed through. http://www.bit-101.com/fotb/AdvancedASAnimation.pdf Also, at the end of my presentation, I showed off this little app I created: http://www.bit-101.com/verletbuilder/ And some [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DD2F7528-0B8B-B892-21123B45AC3628A8 FlashMX Bit-101 2008-10-09T01:59:46+10:00 Object Pool class Two of the slow operations in the flash player are object creation and garbage collection. If we pool objects - save objects when they're no longer needed and reuse them later when another object of the same type is required - then object creation is kept to a minimum and garbage collection is reduced to zero... http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DD2BCDCB-F1CD-C30E-24A338D5D2D26ED0 FlashMX Richard Lord 2008-10-09T01:55:47+10:00 The Davy Jones Industrial Average http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DD27DBF7-D395-0F29-EAD29BEA92903DCD FlashMX Robin Debreuil 2008-10-09T01:51:29+10:00 Konductor goes Beta One of the things we are working on over at Teknision right now, is an AIR application for the Konductor Platform - we call it Konductor. Chances are, you might just see it at MAX in November... Beta seats just opened up - 500 people will be allowed to test drive this application and the CMS platform - so hurry over to the Konductor Blog and come and see what we're so excited about at Teknision. http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DD27C6D9-00A3-77D3-E2EE5F9542CBB4CE FlashMX bitchwhocodes 2008-10-08T16:42:55+10:00 Another day, another App Engine issue - solved! Seems everyday I am discovering new issues with Google App Engine. Today, I implemented the Qik video channel for the conference, which pulls in the media RSS feed from Qik and displays the latest videos from the <head> event on Qik. Unfortunately, Google App Engine's urlfetch api caches requests and doesn't give you a means not [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DD268CE2-0692-5003-63D89FFAF4954FF1 FlashMX FlashAnt 2008-10-09T01:50:03+10:00 Yahoo! Pipes breaks for Flash if you customize your pipe URLs I love Yahoo! Pipes. It has saved my butt on several occasions when I've needed to transform feeds. However, I think I broke it (for myself, at least) by customizing the URL for my pipes. When you do that, you lose the ability to refer to your pipes using the yahooapis.com domain and thus you cannot [...] http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DD268CF2-E107-207B-BDCF0A45AEE8A2CD FlashMX FlashAnt 2008-10-09T01:50:03+10:00 Hulu to broadcast the presidential debate Hulu will provide a live webcast of the presidential debate tonight (provided by NBC News). http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DC905050-CF50-CE59-97FB42E85B0E71A7 FlashMX flashstreamworks.com 2008-10-08T23:05:57+10:00 Encryption and Streaming Media protection to Adobe Flash Based on some recent speculations that RTMPe (FMS 3.0) protected streams might not be secure, Kevin Towes posted a detailed technical overview on his weblog: http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DC90505F-CC8C-5D40-5EAE7A585F8DFF1A FlashMX flashstreamworks.com 2008-10-08T23:05:57+10:00 Speak at MAX San Francisco and Milan Following the Andrew Shorten's post about Announcing UK speakers at MAX Europe (Andrew thanks for mentioning other European speakers too ;) ), I'm very thrilled to anounce that I'm gonna speak at the both MAX Conferences: San Francisco and Milan. Reading the speaker's names and the sessions MAX 2008 should be even better than last yearâ??s event. MAX Europe early-bird pricing has been extended until 19th October, so a full conference pass currently costs 720 Euros (inc VAT). Following the Andr http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DC8EB8F6-A1EB-94E0-B675FBBA2672833F FlashMX Marco Casario 2008-10-07T15:08:37+10:00 Differences between BlazeDS web messaging and the messaging service in LiveCycle Data Services I've decided to make this post because recently I'm receiving a lot of questions from our clients about how BlazeDS web messaging differs from the messaging service in LiveCycle Data Services ES. The answer is pretty simple and well explained by Adobe on the FAQ page (you can read it at the end of this post). But a point of confusion is probably the Adobe LiveCycle Data Services Community Edition licensing against the standard Adobe LiveCycle Data Services and BlazeDS. http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DC8EB906-C60C-1D9E-680AED503700CD1F FlashMX Marco Casario 2008-10-06T10:01:52+10:00 Nokia Communication Center 2.0 released There is a new release of Nokia Communication Center 2.0 available for download. “With Nokia Communication Center 2.0, you can access all your messages and contacts - and now also calendar - effortlessly in one location from your PC.” Alessandro http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DC8D82E7-C3B2-1370-6B2B4A0C3F06B43A FlashMX Alessandro Pace 2008-10-08T23:02:53+10:00 Mozilla is close to a alpha release of a mobile browser? Via Moconews, seems (rumor) that Mozilla is close to a alpha release of a mobile browser. Alessandro http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DC8D82F7-91F8-B15F-18CFD483087C3906 FlashMX Alessandro Pace 2008-10-08T23:02:53+10:00 The Phone Show #66 The Phone Show #66 is available for viewing. News Hands-on review of the Nokia N85 prototype, looking at its ground-breaking OLED screen Musings on iPhone gaming Hands-on review of the HTC Touch Pro qwerty handheld Alessandro http://www.fullasagoog.com/go.cfm?itemid=DC8D8307-08B4-9E59-46EAF152C2EEA80D FlashMX Alessandro Pace 2008-10-08T23:02:53+10:00