Breaking news: Adobe has announced company wide layoffs, and has pulled out of Macworld Expo. Among the cuts, Mike Downey, who was a Flash evangelist and well known by the general community.
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New Player 10 Feature Tour
We’ve been able to spend some time polishing the Flash player 10 feature tour we built with Adobe, adding more demos, integrating videos, and redesigning it with Adobe’s Double Identity theme. It shows some basic demos for a few of the new features, with downloadable source code – including a simple coverflow sample.
Beware the AIR Badger!!
A while back, I thought it would be a neat idea to build an AIR application that made it easier to configure and deploy badge installers. Adobe agreed, and the Badger application was created… Badger allows you to load a template install badge, configure all of its options, preview it live (via the HTML control in AIR), and then export it for deployment. Badger also takes the pain out of configuring badges by…
gTween beta 2: ActionScript 3 Tweening Library
I’m happy to announce gTween beta 2. I’ve tweaked the API slightly, added some feature enhancements, and fixed a couple of minor bugs. Here’s a list of the specific changes… To download the latest beta, view demos, or access the API documentation, please visit…
Five Year Blogaversary
Time sure flies fast when you’re having fun! Today marks five years of blogging. There have been a lot of changes in the industry during that time… I want to take this opportunity to thank the Flash community for being such an awesome and open group of people. I’ve had so many stimulating conversations, made so many great friends…
JavaScript Stalled, AS3 Orphaned – Microsoft to Blame?
the ECMAScript 4 standard, the standard on which AS3 is based, and the the draft proposal for future versions of javascript has been rejected in favour of ECMAScript 3.1. This leaves Adobe in a somewhat awkward position. It’s also very disappointing for the web at large… to me, it looks like a power play by Microsoft.
More Conferences
Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I’ve been neck deep in client work, and prepping for a plethora (as in, too many of a good thing) of conferences. In addition to Flash on the Beach, FlashForward, and MAX San Francisco, I’ll also be speaking at Austin Game Developers Conference, Flash On Tap, San Flashcisco…
Upcoming Conferences: FF, FotB, MAX
I will be speaking at a number of conferences over the next few months – FlashForward, Flash On The Beach, and Adobe MAX.