Archive for November, 2008
Live action Mega Man trailer
Looks like it could be the best/worst thing I’ll ever see. Either way, I can’t wait!
YouTube in 720p HD
http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/How_To%3A_Watch_YouTube_Movies_in_Full_720p_HD_Glory
Google Analytics Tracking for Adobe Flash announced
As initially spotted on WebMonkey, Google have announced that Google Analytics is now available for Adobe Flash. Now you can track how long someone has spent in your Flash/Flex app, what they’ve clicked on, where, etc. Get the AS3/MXML/component files here.
Pros and cons of using WebKit within native iPhone apps
Good summary on Ajaxian of an article on Dr Nic’s website on the pros and cons of using WebKit within native iPhone applications.
Growl support for AIR apps on the Mac
Mike Chambers has announced that Growl is soon to be Adobe AIR-friendly. Growl is one of those add-ons you need to install when you get a Mac, so this is a very good thing to happen for Mac AIR users.
How mobile Flickr was built
Really interesting blog post on how the mobile version of Flickr was constructed. I haven’t had the opportunity to try the mobile version of the site out on a mobile browser aside from iPhone Safari, but it works really well on that browser. You can tell the focus on optimising everything has paid off when […]
OOP in AS3
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/actionscript/articles/oop_as3.html
http://ntt.cc/2008/10/07/gang-of-four-gof-design-patterns-in-actionscript-strategy.html
http://www.insideria.com/2008/11/exploring-the-strategy-design.htmlNintendo upgrading the Wii Opera browser?
Rumor has it that Nintendo are to release an update to the Opera browser on the Wii. Haven’t read anything so far as to whether Flash will be upgraded too (it’s currently stuck on Flash 7 whereas the PS3 recently had its version of Flash updated to 9). Come on Nintendo; you know it makes […]
AS3 memory management
Old post from Grant Skinner, but will probably come in handy at some point when trying to manage Flash apps that are chugging in the browser and taking up huge amounts of memory.
Kongregate Flash games tutorials
Excellent series of articles on how to put together a shoot-em-up. AS3 version is linked to at the bottom of the page linked too.
