Following on from a really good article I read yesterday about not always having the time to factor in OOP and Design Patterns into ActionScript, Adobe have published an article on PureMVC for Flash and Flex.
I think it’s going to take time for the whole industry to build stuff properly. Flash is so wide-ranging now that you can almost be a specialist in one small part of what the technology allows you to achieve.
http://polygeek.com/1519_flex_the-difference-between-rollover-and-mouseover
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081017-benchmarking-flash-player-10.html
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.
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.
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.
Pretty comprehensive list of activities and learning resources on Adobe’s Flex site. Check it out.
If you’re having to test against Google Chrome (like we are), then news of Flash bug fixes come very welcome indeed. News from Webmonkey that Google have fixed some issues with Flash (crashes with video, processor demands, etc). Click here for more info…
The number of times I’ve experienced producers or website editors asking questions about .swf’s published years ago (for which the .fla is often lost) is crazy. Flashmagazine.com published an article yesterday outlining a new service that’s launched as a beta; swfversion.com. Using new Flash 10 magic (not the technical term, but you get my drift), it enables anyone with that version of the plug-in to check what version of ActionScript and what player version the .swf was published for. Incredibly useful in dealing with legacy content.