The March 2009 issue Adobe’s NewsFlash is out. This is the monthly newsletter for Flash Platform Developers that used to be called RIA Buzz. I like the new name, as it points out that we’re talking about the entire Flash platform, including AIR, Flex, PDF, server side, Ajax, and more.
Check out the issue and sign [...]
Categories: air, blazeds, flex, technology
This is a component that mimics the text finding functionality in Safari. When you do a search it dims out the text field and highlights the currently found fragment of text. Other fragments in the text are currently set apart by a black rectangle, but I plan to change that. This is kind [...]
Categories: air, flex, technology
Just a quick note on SQLite in AIR and slow writes: using transactions will speed up multiple inserts/updates.
haven’t had a chance to do any performance tuning or testing when using SQLite in AIR. But just today I finished writing some tests for writing some stuff into a SQL db and noticed that the writes were [...]
Those of you who were typing away on your Apples and C-64’s back in ‘84 might have spent countless hours programming a tiny robot on roller-skates to do your bidding in a fun game called ChipWits.
Well, Dough Sharp, creator of ChipWits has given written the next version of ChipWits using Flex and AIR.
ChipWits is a [...]
Categories: Software Design, air, games, technology
Hey everyone, Tom and I are demoing our SearchCoders/Dashboard app at max. We are one of five winners of the Adobe AIR derby and so we have a booth in the community pavillion where we’re showing the app. There are other derby winners, like Ed Finkler, demoing their apps here too. So, come [...]
Categories: air, announcements, flex
Thanks to João Fernandes who just popped into our online chatroom and showed me this picture:
An ASUS handheld running a beta of Adobe’s AIR with the SearchCoder’s Dashboard
http://apcmag.com/7220/intels_iphone_clone_umpc
That’s not quite a phone; it’s a handheld. But it means we’re getting closer to having AIR on a mobile device. That’s our SearchCoder/Dashboard [...]
Categories: air, technology
Not just eye-candy, but useful too.
Saffron is an AIR-based UML app that looks phenomenal.
Check it out.
You’ll also find a good-looking showcase of Flex/AIR apps over at scalenine. I’m amazed at the creativity and concern for the user shown in Flex and AIR apps.
Design is important, just look at the iPod [i don't have an [...]
Categories: Software Design, air, apollo, flex, technology