Archive for December, 2007
Death of the Netscape browser
AOL, who these days own Netscape, have announced that they’re to cease development of the browser. I’ve mixed feeling weirdly enough, although from a professional point of view it’s good news as it’s one less browser to have to test websites against in the long term.
When I started out developing websites, Netscape was the browser […]Codec Primer
First part here, with the second part now also appearing. Well worth a read, thanks TrustedReviews!
Unofficial Wii Opera SDK released
Very eager to try this out. Read news originally on Joystiq.
Adobe Media Player prerelease 2
Is out now on Adobe Labs. Looks very slick, although I’m still not sure if it’s intuitive enough to use. It’s got zefrank in the comedy section however, so I’m happy regardless.
Tweener is awesome
Been using Tweener for Flash tweening/animation/fading for a little while now and deserves praise and recognition. Check out the Google Code page, examples, and documentation.
I notice the new streaming BBC iPlayer uses it too.M.U.G.E.N
Haven’t heard about M.U.G.E.N before but stumbled upon it earlier today when I watched Peter Griffin and the Giant Chicken battle Freddy and Jason here. Very weird, but makes me want to try it out!
Updated AIR beta 3, extensions and examples
It sounds like the API has changed enough to warrant revised examples on sites kind enough to provide them, such as on Kevin Hoyt’s site.
The new beta can be downloaded from Adobe labs here, with updates for the Flash AE and DreamWeaver also available.Google sitemaps now do video
Very useful addition to the sitemap protocol. Read about it here, do something about it here.
