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HTML5 Can’t Exist Without the Flash Platform

Let me start by saying I’m not anti-HTML5. I think it’s great. I think open standards are core to the DNA of the web and that’s part of the reason I’ve been encouraged that Adobe is moving more in that direction with AMF, RTMP, and some of our underlying protocols. But I also don’t think [...] (translate)

Shutting down Zamples.com

I’ve decided that it is long past time that zamples.com was shut off.  The site got steady traffic, but it generated no revenue and demanded a lot of my time.  Now that the server needs to be replaced, it is time to say goodbye. I first created the predecessor to Zamples in 1994 for The Internet [...] (translate)

Adding a background color to a spark Group

In halo you could add a background color to any container by setting the backgroundColor style, but this is not the case for every spark container. Setting this style on components that extend from SkinnableContainer will work fine, but this style doesn’t exist on the Group component. The reason for this is the Group container [...] (translate)

Flash Player Screen Updates, Code Execution and Displaying 'Please wait' on Mouse Click

The user clicks on a button, the actions to be performed take a while, so you want to display an hour glass or a message to the user 'Please wait'. Not as easy as it sounds. The most obvious idea of toggling the visibilty of your message within a MOUSE_CLICK handler will not work. AS3 will never interrupt execution of a block of code to update the screen. We show a solution and discuss the issue. (translate)

Need a Storyboard? Here’s a Place to Get Them

The eLearning Coach now has the “Storyboard Depot,” where you can download free storyboard templates. If you have a storyboard template of your own that you would like to share on the depot, you can do that too. The eLearning Coach is also full of other great resources. Take a look around at http://theelearningcoach.com. (translate)

Web applications vs. “real” applications and a thoughts on moving off the webpage browser for apps idea

There is an interesting discussion brewing over a couple of blogs. Part of it began when PPK wrote a rather strongly worded post titled “Apple is not evil. iPhone developers are stupid” where he accused some of the developers jumping into the whole native app for the iphone of not really considering the advantages [...] (translate)

Did You Know? (Video)

In case you haven't seen this already. (Trying to motivate folks to keep innovating!) (translate)

Even Better CF DB Error Messages

A few weeks ago I posted about fixing CF's DB error messages so that they include query params you passed as well as the raw SQL of the query.  I also supplied a patch for detail.cfm so your SQL renders in a PRE tag for better readability, but didn't make it general enough to handle [...] (translate)

Ask a Photographer: Why buy a dSLR?

I'm often asked about my opinion on camera selection, i.e. "What camera should I buy?". That's a really hard question to answer because it all depends on what you want to do with the camera. Today a more narrow question was asked that's a little ea... (translate)

Replacing MessageHandler metadata in Parsley to add priority

Lately I've been getting very intimate with Parsley. Recently I was working on an issue where I wanted my messageHandlers within Parsley to have some concept of priority. As Parsley works right now MessageHandlers (as far as your concerned) are handled in an arbitrary order when you dispatch a message. Behind the scenes there [...] (translate)

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