MD5 for AS3 here; useful with Flickr authentication. Found originally here.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 internet and its users.
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.
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 secure streaming of content.
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 other sites I’ve read this morning including Yahoo!, Aral Balkan, and Flashmagazine.
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 pain in the ass in the past to get working (hidden font fields off-stage, etc), so I’m eager to see how things now fair in the latest version of Flash.
As for the other stuff up on the site, I expect they’ll flesh out things as time goes on. I wonder how easy to skin and customise their components are, as one of the reasons people opt for Flash is because it allows them total control over the look and feel of the user interface.
Another thing I’m wondering about is the accessibility of their components. I’m writing this on a MacBook and checked out their components in Firefox (admittedly not a great browser when it comes to tabbing and Flash), but even when focused within the Flash movie my tabbing didn’t seem to do anything.