'Adobe AIR' Category
Flash proxy site
Found this site today which apparently aims at helping those with Flash sandbox issues. You probably wouldn’t want to load any secure data through the site, but it’s perhaps worth a play-around.
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.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.Microsoft removing Eolas “click to activate” behaviour
If you’ve worked with Flash and Internet Explorer within the past few years, this will be a godsend. It should have accessibility benefits too, as sites which aren’t embedding Flash via JavaScript won’t have to click into content anymore.
Stupid ruling in the first place. Another example of money coming before the best interests of the […]AS3 component tutorial on newly revamped Adobe developer site
Adobe have revamped their developer site, judging by the post on Robert Penner’s site. The ActionScript 3 component tutorial looks invaluable to those wanting to create components in the new language.
H.264 Flash plug-in now available + FAQ
Beta player here, with the FAQ here. Still no word on DRM and/or protecting content in the plug-in (as opposed to outside the browser through Adobe Media Player). Shame; looks like Silverlight will still have it trumped in that respect, as not everyone’s going to want to shell out for Adobe’s media server to ensure […]
H.264 (mp4) support in Flash
The third beta of the Flash player on Adobe Labs will support H.264 video, with full support in the “proper” version of the plug-in coming in the 4th quarter of this year.
Big news, and a big step towards taking on Silverlight. Lots of detailed insider information on this announcement can be found on kaourantin.net, with […]Font embedding in Flash CS3 + initial thoughs on Yahoo’s Flash Developer Center
Yahoo! have launched their Flash Developer Center, and among the interesting articles and downloads is this article about runtime font embedding in Flash CS3.
It looks like embedding fonts might be a hell of a lot easier in the latest version of Flash. Anyone who’s dabbled in Flash and non-standard system fonts knows it’s been a […]Yahoo! begin Flash blogging
I’m a big fan of Yahoo’s User Interface Library efforts, and now it seems they’re going to open up a lot of their Flash stuff (including best practices on accessibility).
More info here.
