When the concept of Rich Internet Applications was formally introduced, it required developers to start thinking about the web a little differently. RIA’s are capable of providing a much smoother user experience, but there are other design changes that we must consider as well….beyond the user interface.
One of the most obvious differences [...]
Do you sometimes scratch your head and ask WTF (I said “frick” in my head. Really.) when projects suddenly fall apart? Suppose you’re a project manager. Your team is steadily moving along on a project. There is no indication that anything is wrong, and your team says they’re on target to [...]
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 [...]
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
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 ASTRA website (Yahoo/Flash Developer Center) sums it up best:
ASTRA, the ActionScript Toolkit for Rich Applications, is a collection of Flash and Flex components, code libraries, toolkits and utilties developed by Yahoo! for ActionScript developers. These libraries available under the terms of the open source BSD license.
Yahoo has built components that are available for Flex [...]
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 [...]
I follow Ryan Stewart’s blog. He is well versed in Flex and other RIA technologies, and is employed at Adobe as an RIA Evangelist. His opinions are generally not heavily weighted in Adobe’s favor. There were no big surprises here, but it’s nice to know that we’re moving the right direction.
His post [...]
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
For those that don’t know, your Window’s “hosts” file can be used to map a domain name to an IP address to trick your browser into thinking routing requests for a particular domain to a different server.
This file is not typically needed in development, but if you ever need to map a domain [...]
The Flex Bug and Issue Management System is now available publicly for the Flash community. Adobe has opened the doors on the internal development efforts and provided a powerful tool for [...]
