http://www.coderkind.com wayne mcmanus, writing to himself... Thu, 15 May 2008 10:05:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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! http://www.coderkind.com/2008/05/15/google-maps-as3-api/ iJoyride. Surely the future of exercise? It's like the Hawaii chair on crack with a lot of sexual suggestion thrown into the mix. http://www.coderkind.com/2008/05/11/bestthingever/ 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 ... http://www.coderkind.com/2008/05/09/flex-accessibility/ Very good article on the dev Opera site by brothercake on why AJAX isn't necessarily the best thing ever when it comes to building websites and keeping the web accessible to all. http://www.coderkind.com/2008/05/04/stop-using-ajax/ Meant to post this before. Interesting comparison between the performance of Flash within a browser and within the AIR runtime. http://www.coderkind.com/2008/04/24/flash-performance-in-browsers-and-within-air/ 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. ... http://www.coderkind.com/2008/04/20/get-flash-you-stupid-hippie/ Revamped bugs system now online. http://www.coderkind.com/2008/04/09/flash-public-bug-and-issue-tracking-system/ 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 ... http://www.coderkind.com/2008/04/08/new-flash-plug-in-tightens-up-security-while-existing-loopholes-remain/ 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 ... http://www.coderkind.com/2008/03/30/mac-eclipse-fdt-a-worthwhile-huge-pain-in-the-ass/ Apparently. Just get on with it people... http://www.coderkind.com/2008/03/19/now-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphoneipod-touch/