Saturday, August 25th, 2007
If you haven’t heard Adobe announced that the next dot version of Flash Player will include support for h.264 video and AAC Audio Support (I realize that this is over simplifying it a bit – there are some things that are supported and some things that aren’t – if you want more info – Read [...]
AIR, Flex |
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Many of us use Microsoft Office on occasion. I also know that many of you have programs installed that add plug-ins to Microsoft Office – specifically Microsoft Word. I have found that most of the plug-ins work perfectly in Windows XP, but a few of them can create chaos on a Vista machine. [...]
Vista |
Monday, August 20th, 2007
If you haven’t started working with the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) – you need to. For web developers it opens up the whole world of the desktop – using only the tools that you are already familiar with (Flash/Flex or HTML/Javascript). The AIR Tips Series will deliver quick examples of specific AIR functionality. [...]
AIR, Flex |
Thursday, August 16th, 2007
I was initially frustrated to see that my powerhouse desktop at the office was running about as fast as an old laptop in “power save” mode. I was also equally frustrated to see that many tutorials on how to speed up Microsoft Vista involved turning off almost all of the features that make Vista [...]
Vista |
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
I have even more Pownce invites. If you are an AIR Developer (or want to be) this is a good chance to use a real-world application. Also, this has been a good resource for me to discuss with other developers and exchange files while I work. Just comment – and let me [...]
Uncategorized |
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
Quick Reminder: My photos can be viewed here. All of the photos from all the attendees can be viewed here.
Ben Forta’s presentation was great (as always) – although I wish they had given him a bit more time to dive into some more extensive CF / AIR integration examples. He demonstrated the [...]
onAir Bus Tour |
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
After the introductory sessions, Kevin Hoyt jumped right into some awesome stuff with Script Bridging between Javascript and Actionscript 3. He showed a simple Flex / Actionscript AIR application that was able to access the DOM of an HTML page and manipulate it. I never thought I would be able to call “getElementById” [...]
onAir Bus Tour |
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
The Adobe onAir Bus Tour in Atlanta was absolutely amazing today. The setup was near perfect at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. As I mentioned earlier, there were at least two power strips on each row and they had a pretty good wireless network setup for all of us to use (it actually [...]
onAir Bus Tour |
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
I was surprised to look up at the screen and see my blog during the Adobe onAir Bus Tour in Atlanta. Come to find out, Mike Chambers was highlighting the fact that I was the first person to get images up on Flickr of the Atlanta stop of the tour.
For having this recognition, I [...]
onAir Bus Tour |
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
I just arrived here at the OnAir Bus Tour for Atlanta. I was delighted to find that they had Wi-Fi and power on each row. Sweet. I will try and post about each session as it is going on. I also will Pownce about it (http://www.pownce.com/mindmillmedia). Here are some photos [...]
onAir Bus Tour |