This is a follow up to my previous post, For Designers: How to Create a Flex Skin.
Ok, so you just received an email from a designer, since they are scared of Subversion, with an attachment of a fresh new glossy Flex skin (just kidding, we must be nice to our designers….otherwise, they will [...]
I’ve noticed that many designers are completely scared of Flex. I understand. Flex is scary. However, Adobe is making Rich Internet App design very approachable for UI designers now. So, if you’re a designer, it’s time to stop complaining and jump on the Flex bandwagon. It’s easy. Really.
Below are [...]
As of the first Creative Suite, Adobe made the decision to remove the simple yet uber-helpful feature from Photoshop that allows you to see thumbnail previews of PSD files in Windows Explorer. If you upgraded your older version of Photoshop, you still have this feature, but if you installed CS, CS2, or CS3 from scratch [...]
The concepts introduced around “Web 2.0″ have shifted the way users interact with the web and their data. This presentation is an excellent vision of where the web is going (beyond rich user interfaces)…
This is a very cool little application that will allow you to very easily install and run Internet Explorer 3, 4, 5, 5.5, 6 and 7. It’s especially nice to be able to test pages in IE 6 and 7 on the same machine during development…
http://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE
So Adobe finally released their online version of Photoshop. It is a Flex based RIA called Photoshop Express. While the tool is a very nice tool, it only slightly similar to the desktop version, and IMO doesn’t really deserve the “Photoshop” name. The Express version seems like more of an online photo [...]
Apparently there’s this thing called Google, and you can just type in what you’re looking for and it finds it.
Amazing, eh?
Hence, I found another tool. It’s called Pixel Ruler. Take a guess what it does.
I just found a tool we all will probably find valuable. It’s called Virtual Magnifying Glass. It basically allows you to bind a hotkey to transform your mouse into a magnifying glass. If you’re like me, you’re constantly squinting to assess some tiny graphic flaw, and then you may end up taking a screenshot into [...]
I have worked some with the AS2 Yahoo! maps components, and the AS2 version integrated pretty well with Flex, but I have been anxiously waiting for an AS3 version.
With only a couple of lines of code, literally, you can get their mapping component working in your own Flex app…
Check it out here:
Yahoo! Maps AS3
The Ultrashock community has been a big inspiration for me over the years. I haven’t spent as much time on their site lately, but I used to really enjoy reading through their forums.
A site upgrade may have been long overdue, but they have certainly outdone themselves this time around. They have [...]
Finding that perfect color combination can sometimes be a tough nut to crack. I find that for me, it’s all about inspiration, so here are 5 great resources for “color-block.” And of course they’re presented in a list… because everyone loves lists.
5 - COLORJACK
http://www.colorjack.com
Extremely useful online utility that allows you to create color palettes by [...]
Helvetica is a new documentary out by Gary Hustwit. It basically takes a look at the history of the typeface and its impact on our visual culture.
The very bearded, Bill Jones, sent me a link to it on Google video - watch the documentary in its entirety here.
I ran across a site called FillColors.com that is promoting the separation of style and layout in Flex applications.
The concept isn’t new; CSS Zen Garden has been using a similar tactic for ages to generate buzz around CSS styling in HTML pages, but I think this could be a great way to derail [...]
Thought you guys might be interested to know about a cool usage of Papervision3D I just found. They are first person shooter environments.
Click the top two links on that page and use the following keys for control:
Mouse click and move - look around
e - walk forward
d - backward
s - strafe left
f - strafe right
