'Flash' Category
Improved Flash indexing by Google
Big news. Read here. Thanks to Mr “always 4th in the league” for sending me the link.
Google Maps AS3 API
Google Maps is amazing. Sometimes you just have to hold your hands up and give credit and the Google guys deserve it for their maps application. Now they’ve released an API for Flash! Woo-hoo!
Flex accessibility
A good post from Aral regarding the state of accessibility within Flex. I hope they concentrate on this side of Flash soon rather than adding more wizzy features; it seems with Flash and AJAX you’re always having to hold your hands up and admit that they don’t bring a lot to the party when it […]
Flash performance in browsers and within AIR
Meant to post this before. Interesting comparison between the performance of Flash within a browser and within the AIR runtime.
Get Flash you stupid hippie!
One of the major pains of web development is having to factor in users with “non-standard configurations”. What looks good on your machine doesn’t mean it will for a proportion of your users. However, this no-flash warning up on the South Park website is pure genius, as is the 404. I wish I was given […]
Flash public bug and issue tracking system
Revamped bugs system now online.
New Flash plug-in tightens up security, while existing loopholes remain
Adobe have released the latest version of the Flash plug-in, version 9.0.124.0. I blogged about the reasons for this release previously, but it’ll mostly affect older Flash content played out through the latest player. See the updated posting on Adobe’s site for detailed information.
Slightly more worrying is Grant Skinner’s latest blog post which outlines some […]Mac + Eclipse + FDT = a worthwhile huge pain in the ass?
Maybe it’s just me. Maybe I’m too used to things working out-of-the-box when it comes to applications. Maybe it’s because I’m on a Mac (at home). Maybe I’m a bit slow (a distinct possibility).
Today I tried to get a combination of Eclipse and FDT working, after two very clever ex-colleagues of mine highly recommended it […]Now Flash IS coming to the iPhone/iPod Touch?
Apparently. Just get on with it people…
SWFObject 2.0
The new SWFObject is out. There are two main ways to embed Flash content on a page, with Option 2 sounding like the best fit for the rules/regulations we have to adhere to for work (progressive enhancement, no click-to-activate rubbish in IE, you HAVE to have JS to view the Flash, etc). Option 2 follows […]
