The Adobe Creative Suite rip-off
What is Adobe thinking? Have they decided that americans are poor and europeans are filthy ritch, and that a product should cost twice as much in Europe as it does in the US? It appears so. Flashmagazine.com has this story:...Read more about The Adobe Creative Suite rip-off
Flash CS3 on the way
Flashmagazine.com has a first look at what is to come in the new Flash CS3. Flash CS3 Preview - Flashmagazine Although this is the third iteration of Adobes Creative Suite, for many of us, this is the first true test...Read more about Flash CS3 on the way
New Flash blog: Flashgamer
Jensa of Flashmagazine fame has finally gone to the "bold" step of setting up his own blog: Flashgamer This is what Jensa has to say about his new blog: Flashgamer won't be a blog about me, but rather about some...Read more about New Flash blog: Flashgamer
Flash 8 released
Flash 8 has been released. With improved scripting, improved font handling, improved video codec courtesy of On2 technologies VP6 codec. and a lot more that you can read about in Flashmagazines Flash 8 coverage...Read more about Flash 8 released
Freeware Flash tool: Wink
This is a nice little program: Wink Wink is a freeware tool for Windows for creating tutorials on how to use software, websites etc. Using Wink you can capture screenshots of your software, use images that you already have, type-in...Read more about Freeware Flash tool: Wink
Jon Udells screencast of the life of a Wikipedia article
This one seems to be going the rounds on the blogs I read: Heavy metal umlaut: the movie Its very interesting to see the evolution of this article through 2 years. To me it shows the power of Wikipedia as...Read more about Jon Udells screencast of the life of a Wikipedia article
Flash Slideshow
Todd (What Do I Know) has done a lot of work on his open source Flash slideshow since I reported on it 1/2 a year ago. It has been released in a "regular version", and is to be released as...Read more about Flash Slideshow
Flash and PHP photo gallery
This was a nice discovery today. A Flash gallery application, the SimpleViewer is free (as in beer (not sure about the license)). Together with the free (as in open source) .redSPLASH PHP administration interface you can run multiple galleries and...Read more about Flash and PHP photo gallery
MMUG London with Grant Skinner and Mike Chambers
Flashmagazine - MMUG UK May 2004 The London Macromedia User Group has an enviable track record of attracting world class speakers. In the last year alone Lucas and Aral have managed to present Ben Forta, Tim O'Reilly and FlashMagazine...Read more about MMUG London with Grant Skinner and Mike Chambers
Open source Flash slide show
Todd of "What do I know" has released code (FLA) and an SWF with his slide show that he developed for the PGA Championship: Flash slide show source Its a very nice project. It loads a list of the pictures...Read more about Open source Flash slide show
Three in one
Cool use of Flash, wicked music and an interesting photo-collage of tired mornings is the CBC RADIO 3 : Snooze button feature in short. Dean Baldwin has wired his digital camera to his alarm clock and recorded his early-morning-face for...Read more about Three in one
Flash MX 2004 announced
And Flashmagazine has the scoop - Flash MX 2004 announced Among the news: Flv streaming directly from Flash, and Flash MX 2004 forks into two programs. One "regular" version, and one professional. The professional comes with some extra features....Read more about Flash MX 2004 announced
ActionScript reference library - The community doing Macromedia's job
ActionScript.com launched their ActionScript Reference library this week. Complete with user contributed notes. Its a joint venture between several Flash resource sites, and many of the top ActionScripers in the community. Building a reference for ActionScript has been something that...Read more about ActionScript reference library - The community doing Macromedia's job
The Flash 7 buzz is on
If you follow the flash blogs, you would have had a hard time missing the launch of the public beta of the next Flash player. It seems we are in for a lot of sites coming and going with unofficial...Read more about The Flash 7 buzz is on
Futurama the game
A cool Flash site for the soon-to-be-released Futurama Game (PS 2 and XBox) Futurama the game Nice looking site, but having to wait forever (on 4 Mbit/s) everytime I make click a link is not fun. Not sure if its...Read more about Futurama the game
BrowserHistory Class relocated
Its the sad story of the web, resources come and go. Not too long ago I got this e-mail from a fellow in Germany: Hello Jarle, any idea about where Kenny Bunch and his URLS got lost to...? It's the...Read more about BrowserHistory Class relocated
Flash blog: moockblog
Nice to see Colin Moock get onboard the Flash blogs. I am sure that Colin will be a good addition to the Flash blogs, considering his well documented knowledge of ActionScripting and Flash (ActionScript for Flash MX : The Definitive...Read more about Flash blog: moockblog
Flash mini-blog reader from Michael Gunn
Its nice to see how the community keeps building on each-other. This time its Michael Gunn (Hollowcube.com) that has released a very nice, clean and fast mini-blog reader. Yes, that is right. I have finally created my own RSS blog...Read more about Flash mini-blog reader from Michael Gunn
Perl version of AMF
This is cool. The AMF-PHP Flash remoting project has spawned a Perl project; FLAP - Flash remoting in Perl, making Flash remoting available for Perl coders. [Via JD on MX]...Read more about Perl version of AMF
MTCodeBeautifier - ActionScript highlight plug-in for MovableType
Here is a cool plug-in for MovableType, it is sure to become very useful considering how many Flashers are using MovableType today. (Not to mention all the Perl and PHP programmers using it): MTCodeBeautifier - MovableType Syntax Highlighting Plug-in It...Read more about MTCodeBeautifier - ActionScript highlight plug-in for MovableType
Macromedia.com invisible?
Congratulations Macromedia, with a new site. I like the design, but that is about all the good things I can say about the site. I guess it is true that a picture is worth more than a thousand words. In...Read more about Macromedia.com invisible?
Branden J Hall reflects on the past few years
Branden has a cool rant on his blog "How did I get here? (What Have I done?)", its a short story about how his life has changed through the Flash community. Its a real sunshine story, he got fame, wife...Read more about Branden J Hall reflects on the past few years
FlashBang: Or how to hide from search engines
FlashBang is probably going to become one of the popular extensions to Dreamweaver MX, it allows for adding navigation elements (menus, buttons, pause/play controls etc). to web pages, but it could also become a tool to hide from search engines....Read more about FlashBang: Or how to hide from search engines
Flash: AMF-PHP together with MM's Myphoto application
Nice to see examples of use of AMF-PHP together with Flash remoting applications: Flash Remoting with PHP and the DesDev Resource Kit 2 For the Flash .fla file, I only had to modify 3 lines of the ActionScript, specifically the...Read more about Flash: AMF-PHP together with MM's Myphoto application
Mike Chambers picks up the stick on ActionScript documentation
This is something I discussed with Jeremy Allaire and possibly also Mike Chambers two years ago - At FlashForward in NYC 2001. The PHP documentation has been the prime example of good documentation and function reference on the web for...Read more about Mike Chambers picks up the stick on ActionScript documentation
Undead: Valyard.ru
One of the coolest Flash blogs disappeared because of lack of feedback a while back - and is back now: valyard|ru Lets try to keep Valyard inspired, the work he does is so good for showing the united creativity of...Read more about Undead: Valyard.ru
On the top of the cool scale: AMF PHP
This is plenty cool. The reverse engineering of Macromedia's proprietary data format AMF (ActionScript Message Format) has spawned a project on Sourceforge - AMF PHP - Flash remoting for PHP The reverse engineering of Macromedias AMF format is still in...Read more about On the top of the cool scale: AMF PHP
Flash site deaths update
Jason Key (Flash Distracted) has written about "Flash Resources in Flux", good someone is taking the time to make up status for the Flash resources right now. Better yet, take the time to tell Jason (or me) which sites you...Read more about Flash site deaths update
Flash in Norwegian
Congratulations is in order for my good friend Jensa on his first finished book project! It should be in stores soon, and is already available on some norwegian online book stores. The bad news for most of the people of...Read more about Flash in Norwegian
2002 Flash site deaths - and what wasn't done about it
There has been quite a lot of "deaths" in the Flash resources the last year. Its especially noticeable for me, since I edit for some humanly indexed catalogs of internet sites. One of the flash sites and discussion forums that...Read more about 2002 Flash site deaths - and what wasn't done about it
Miniature Earth flash presentation
I like seeing Flash used to present a message. This time I thought I would point you all to The Miniature Earth. Its a presentation of how our world looks when simplifying it to a small village of 100 people....Read more about Miniature Earth flash presentation
The talk of the town today: Screenweaver MX
The community is buzzing with blog entries about Screenweaver MX, and I can understand why. Screenweaver MX is a really powerful tool for creating Windows applications with Flash MX. And some really cool programs/applets have already come to live thanks...Read more about The talk of the town today: Screenweaver MX
Merry christmas
Here is something to do during the silent days of christmas: Start a virtual snowball fight Oh, and Merry Christmas to you all! [Via FlashGuru]...Read more about Merry christmas
SWFNews back
While some flash blogs (such as this one) is more or less asleep these days, others are waking up again. swfnews.com - The personal flash blog of Matt Rice is back again. If you aren't checking this blog out, make...Read more about SWFNews back
DevCon coverage
You are probably all aware of Mike Chambers blogging from the Macromedia DevCon, as well as all the other blogs blogging from the conference Its no big surprise that this is heavily focused on technology, especially with the Macromedian's using...Read more about DevCon coverage
DevCon 2002 blogged
A lot of the focus this year at the Macromedia DevCon seems to be about Flash, and that is very cool. What is even cooler is that Mike Chambers and the rest of the Macromedians have taken the blogging to...Read more about DevCon 2002 blogged
Flash ActionScript Standard Library
Another cool project signed Mike Chambers is the ActionScript Standard Library (ASL), a new open source project opened at Sourceforge The project homepage says:The ActionScript Standard Library is a collection of ActionScript classes and libraries that aims to create and...Read more about Flash ActionScript Standard Library
Calling all norwegian Flash developers/designers - lets get together!
Norway is one of the few places around the world were we are lacking a real community for Flash developers. There has been some talk between various induviduals for some years now, but nothing has come out of it, people...Read more about Calling all norwegian Flash developers/designers - lets get together!
Open Source Project from Macromedia: Flash Communication Framework
A very cool project fronted by Mike Chambers and Greg Burch is the Flash Communication Framework, its opened as a project on Sourceforge (one of the main tools for Open Source developers), but is still in alpha. I am really...Read more about Open Source Project from Macromedia: Flash Communication Framework
Flash 6 player past critical mass
The latest survey shows 60% penetration in Europe (and 53% in the US). And not only that, its now starting to become one of the major (if not THE major) platform for multimedia delivery. As Jeremy Allaire points out, the...Read more about Flash 6 player past critical mass
Yeah, sweet - or.. Finally a Flash 6 player for Linux
A lot of things happening with the new Flash 6 player, amongs the good news is that the next version of the Flash 6 player will be available for Linux. To quote Mike Chambers:This is a very big release, with...Read more about Yeah, sweet - or.. Finally a Flash 6 player for Linux
More ways to stay updated on Macromedia Flash
More ways to stay updated in general. Google has been in beta for a while with their new News search service. Now its really starting to cook having added more than 4000 news sources, and is challenging a lot of...Read more about More ways to stay updated on Macromedia Flash
Audioblogging with Flash
Its only a short while ago since Jeremy Allaire launched his own weblog based on Radio (are we seeing an acquisition of Userland, the makers of Radio in the future for Macromedia?). Now he has really gotten on the blogging...Read more about Audioblogging with Flash
Flash Blogs: Pope de flash 3D Flash Blog
Nice to see another one of my friends get on with the blogging. This time around its Bill Spencer (helped by some of his friends) that have released a new Flash/3D related Flash blog: The 3D Flash blog Good choice...Read more about Flash Blogs: Pope de flash 3D Flash Blog
New Flash weblogs
Nice to see new Flash related weblogs popping up. TodayI noticed that Jeremy Allaire has gotten his own weblog. I have been fortunate enough to be allowed to interview Jeremy a few times. Last time we did a video interview...Read more about New Flash weblogs
Congratulations Chris! - follow up to the DevCon posts
Nice to see that the fund raising for Chris turned out good. Chris has now more or less received the $1250 he needed to be able to attend the Macromedia DevCon. (Check the initial posting if you are interested in...Read more about Congratulations Chris! - follow up to the DevCon posts
Macromedia MX Developer Resource Kit
Macromedia has released a very interesting kit today, the Macromedia MX Developer Resource Kit (DRK) The DRK is a CD containing articles, contents, resources and components for Flash, Dreamweaver and ColdFusion Developers. And it sells for $99 U.S. dollars....Read more about Macromedia MX Developer Resource Kit
Chris is halfway to DevCon
Its looking good, Chris MacGregor was having problems finding the money to attend the Macromedia DevCon conference to be held in Florida in October, but now he has already collected half of the $1250 he needs to be able to...Read more about Chris is halfway to DevCon
Get Chris to the DevCon conference
My rant about the poor way Macromedia is treating the speakers at their 1000 dollar DevCon conference received a lot of attention. Especially the call to boycott the event, and my complaints about Jakob charging extra for his session. Well,...Read more about Get Chris to the DevCon conference
Flash player 6 Linux Beta signup
Macromedia has started their signup for the Flash 6 player beta for Linux. Mike writes that they are looking for people that are going to bang on the player and find any issues. If you are a Linux person interested...Read more about Flash player 6 Linux Beta signup
Pay to speak at DevCon?
I am blown away by the great program at Macromedia DevCon this year. The conference isn't cheap, and is held at a rather expensive area in Florida - but I was still seriously working on getting there. Now I have...Read more about Pay to speak at DevCon?
Flash video bonanza
Interesting to see Sorenson (Squeeze) and Wildform (Flix) release their new Flash MX video tools at the same time. Sorenson's big news is the stitching feature that will allow you to use Flash to do really big video files. As...Read more about Flash video bonanza
RSS 1.0 Blog Reader and web services
Jeffrey Hill of Flash-db.com is busy making cool Flash front-ends for web services. One of them are the RSS 1.0 Blog Reader I'll share his very interesting e-mail with you all:it does add a new twist to other RSS news...Read more about RSS 1.0 Blog Reader and web services
Flash MX, video and angles
Lisa Delgado, Wired's dedicated Flash writer, has taken the time to write about ESPNs use of Flash MX to make available videos with multiple angles on their EXPN.com site, as well as a lot of other uses for video in...Read more about Flash MX, video and angles
Open Source RSS Viewer
Nice to see another Flash RSS Viewer come along, this time with the source all available. It looks like a nice job done by the people at Erational.org. The RSS Viewer is released under the GPL Open Source license, and...Read more about Open Source RSS Viewer
What do you want in the next Flash version?
Its not long since Flash 6/MX was released, but Macromedia is probably already hard at work on projecting the next version of Flash. Although probably not directly related, Mike Chambers used a slow day to ask the question: "What do...Read more about What do you want in the next Flash version?
More content at Macromedia DesDev
Its impressive to see Macromedia keep churning out great Flash development and design articles. Mike, as usual, has the list of new content at Macromedia. I'll let you take the trip to Mike to check out the complete list. What...Read more about More content at Macromedia DesDev
Interesting discussion about Flash blogs
Mike Chambers followed up a posting on SwfNews about professional bloggers. While the though about people blogging as a profession is interesting, the discussion that it spawned on Mike Chambers weblog is even more interesting to me. Personally I think...Read more about Interesting discussion about Flash blogs
Flash Player Bug Releases .. good or bad?
Jason Key (Flash Distracted) has written a nice entry in his blog about Flash Player Bug Releases .. good or bad? I agree its nice to see Macromedia release new bug-fix versions of the player often. But it also seems...Read more about Flash Player Bug Releases .. good or bad?
Flog Flash
This is a cool RSS reader: flog - the last 72 hours in flash development As it says, it displays the postings (in chronological order) of the various Flash blogs. And as you can see, I am messing up the...Read more about Flog Flash
Missing in action: Flash player 6 for Linux
With the impressive work being put into making the Flash 6 player work better on Windows and Mac, I am still baffled by the fact that there is still no Flash 6 player for Linux. Granted, the desktop market isn't...Read more about Missing in action: Flash player 6 for Linux
Mike Chambers has a posse
I think the posse was inspired by the "Flash Enabled Posse", and its gaining ground. I'll admit it, I am a Mike fan too! ;-) BTW: Sean of Eat Orange got me to write this little posting, with his posting...Read more about Mike Chambers has a posse
Optimaze review
My friend and fellow Flash'er Jens over at Flashmagazine.com has written an indepth Review of Optimaze! Well worth a read if you want to know Optimaze'es strengths and weaknesses....Read more about Optimaze review
Video chat about the new player
This was posted to alt.macromedia.flash by the people at Timberfish.com the other day, thought it might be interesing: We are hosting a video chat session this Friday where we will discuss the newly released r40 and r47 versions of the...Read more about Video chat about the new player
Yet Another Flash Player - big deal?
A new Flash player was silently released by Macromedia in the beginning of this week. Whilst a silent release of a new player version is kind of new in the FLash 6 line of players - its still more of...Read more about Yet Another Flash Player - big deal?
Flash Remoting for Java
Very cool news from Mike - the Flash Remoting server for Java is out in beta 3. One of the cool things about this beta is that it is now possible to install it on any Java Application Sever -...Read more about Flash Remoting for Java
Flash on Mobile and Embedded Devices
Another interesting article about Flash at O'Reilly's. Jacek Artymiak writes: O'Reilly Network: Flash on Mobile and Embedded Devices [Via SwfNews]...Read more about Flash on Mobile and Embedded Devices
O'Reilly Network: Scripting Collaborative Applications with Flash Communication Server MX
Nice to see Jon Udell write about the Flash Communication server at O'Reilly: O'Reilly Network: Scripting Collaborative Applications with Flash Communication Server MX Really nice to see articles of this type about technology. Its just one of the things I...Read more about O'Reilly Network: Scripting Collaborative Applications with Flash Communication Server MX
Flash blog discussions taking off
This week has seen some interesting discussions on some of the Flash blogs. David Emberton started a discussion with his Opinion: "rich internet applications," hooey article at ActionScript.com (which spanned to a discussion at Flazoom.com), and FlashGuru really stirred the...Read more about Flash blog discussions taking off
Flash Printer
A cool new application from Blue Pacific (The company behind the Flash generator programs ASP Turbine and PHP Turbine) - Flash Printer Flash Printer gives you the ability to make SWFs the same way you make PDFs with Acrobat. So...Read more about Flash Printer
Flash MX and web services
More information and examples of using Flash MX together with web services, this time from Jeffrey Hill of Flash-db.com. He has put together quite a few examples of code doing it with PHP and Flash MX. To quote him:Here's my...Read more about Flash MX and web services
Story of Macromedia
I really like the Flash presentations Macromedia has made of its own history. Macromedia: The Story. Its even better than the Executive presentation (which is great too) IMHO. [Via Eric Dolecki]...Read more about Story of Macromedia
Flash Blogs: Flash Distracted
New Flash related blog - Flash Distracted by Jason Key with a developers look on Flash and associated technologies, including a review of the first hosted Flash Communication Server services from Media Temple. [Via David Burrows]...Read more about Flash Blogs: Flash Distracted
Accessing ID3 Tags in external mp3's
FlashGuru has written a short tutorial about how to Access ID3 Tags in external mp3's there is a good discussion following the tutorial. To me it seems like reading the ID3 tags with server scripts is probably a better way...Read more about Accessing ID3 Tags in external mp3's
Mike weights in on the FlashComm bandwidth discussion
Mike Chambers has an interesting posting with links to articles and discussions going on about the Flash Communication Server and bandwidth discussion. Mike has some good points and does a good job balancing the whole discussion.The problem is that this...Read more about Mike weights in on the FlashComm bandwidth discussion
Quasimondo Amazon Search
Nice to see Mario working on the Amazon Search, now is so feature full that its actually a better browser of Amazon then what you find at Amazon.com IMHO....Read more about Quasimondo Amazon Search
FlashComm and bandwidth
Robin Debreuil has started an interesting discussion of the Flash Comm Server and Bandwidth Costs. Its about the not so cool part of adding cool new broadband services to a web site. (Bandwidth cost). [Via John Dowdell]...Read more about FlashComm and bandwidth
Using the Google web service in Macromedia Flash MX
New tutorial from Macromedia: Using the Google web service in Macromedia Flash MX. A nice tutorial of how you can implement Google search with Flash MX and ColdFusion MX. There are several things that bug me though. First, why is...Read more about Using the Google web service in Macromedia Flash MX
Video greeting cards with Flash
Den Ivanov of Shockteam.com has released a Video Greetings service based on Flash MX and Flash Communication Server. I am sure we will see a lot more of these kind of services popping up. Check out the cool card I...Read more about Video greeting cards with Flash
Flash tips: Debug Flash Remoting outside the IDE
Greg Burch has a great tip when developing Flash Remoting apps: Debug Flash Remoting outside the IDE (yet in it at the same time)I build smaller remoting components that hook into a very large system. And it is nearly impossible...Read more about Flash tips: Debug Flash Remoting outside the IDE
Flash app: Amazon Explorer
What I like with Mario's Quasimondo blog and his projects, is that he lets us follow his process while he is developing his Flash apps. Now he has gotten even closer to finishing the Amazon Explorer in his part 4....Read more about Flash app: Amazon Explorer
Flash Communication Server Stuff
In case you haven't noticed. The cool stuff to thinker with right now is the Flash Communication Server. And there is a lot of stuff going on. A couple of new forums for Flash Communication Server: Flash Communication Server Mail...Read more about Flash Communication Server Stuff
Flash 6 getting popular
Nice to see the Flash 6 player taking off in the latest Media Metrix viewability audit. More than 30% coverage in all of the regions. [Via John Dowdell]...Read more about Flash 6 getting popular
Cool site: Who's We
This is probably the coolest Flash site I have seen in a looooooooooong while. (That is not saying little, with all the cool sites around right now) Who's We Design Studios has made a killer 3D Flash site. The only...Read more about Cool site: Who's We
Flash Communications: New server, new possibilities
David Dull has written an interesting article about the pros and cons of the technology exposed by the Flash communication server, titled: Flash Communications: New server, new possibilitiesI thought it might be worth speculating on what new possibilities this creates...Read more about Flash Communications: New server, new possibilities
Flash answering machine
Phillip Kerman has made a killer Flash answering machine. Its based on Flash MX and the Flash Communication Server. You can leave a message with either text, video and/or audio. Forget guestbooks, this IS the killer homepage application with Flash...Read more about Flash answering machine
Mesh on MX Chat
Mike Chambers have put up a nice little chat application on his weblog - lets just call it mesh on MX chat (look on the top of the page). Its based on Flash Communication Server components and the server itself...Read more about Mesh on MX Chat
Amazon Flash interface
It had to happen, and Mario Klingemann (Quasimondo) put it together first - The Flash amazonSearch He writes about his Flash interface for Amazon in his blog: I'm currently trying to implement some things that you will have difficulties to...Read more about Amazon Flash interface
Flash Communication Server Components
Already playing with the Flash Communication Server? Then you should check out the Macromedia Flash Communication Server Components The components include: SimpleConnectPeopleList ConnectionLightUserColorChat SetBandwidthAVPresence There is more information on the Flash Communication Server components page. [Via Mike Chambers]...Read more about Flash Communication Server Components
Airwolf Released
No, its not a movie based on the old TV-series, its the new Flash 6 player from Macromedia. But it is at least as exciting. A lot of bugs have been fixed, and there has been added support for ID3...Read more about Airwolf Released
Multi-threading Class for Flash MX
I told you that there were too many cool projects to ignore, didn't I? Well, the Multi-threading Class looks like an interesting project. Its written by Jeremy Larkin and has been released on SwfNews today. The release is an alpha...Read more about Multi-threading Class for Flash MX
Flash Blogs: Anarchitect
This site confuses me. I am not a designer, but all the designers I have known have been kind of "neat-o" kind of people. You know, the kind that has to have that pixel just there, not an atom to...Read more about Flash Blogs: Anarchitect
Mike Chambers follows up on the FlashForward coverage
Following up his FlashForward coverage, Mike has posted a number of links to FlashForward Pictures and FlashForward slides that has been posted online. Well worth checking out....Read more about Mike Chambers follows up on the FlashForward coverage
The Daily News Money - Formerly "Yet another Flash RSS reader"
Nicolas S.-Roy has released a new and improved version of his Flash RSS reader, the site is now called The Daily News Monkey and includes a number of newsfeeds in various categories (of course, including the Flash blogs). Using the...Read more about The Daily News Money - Formerly "Yet another Flash RSS reader"
Fun with Flash communication server
Mike is doing what I wish I had time for, having fun with Flash Communication Server MX. His latest fun was hooking his XBox up against the video in of his machine and sharing his playing with everyone else. Thanks...Read more about Fun with Flash communication server
Linux users wants Flash
Scott over at ActionScript.com writes about a petition for Flash by Linux users. This is an old issue, a lot of people have been wanting Flash on Linux for a long while, and Macromedia has been claiming that the development...Read more about Linux users wants Flash
Video wars
Fellow Flashmagazine'er Jens Christian has taken the time between having a nice (rainy) norwegian vacation and writing books to write about what he calls the Video Wars. He boldly states that victory is in the numbers, and that when it...Read more about Video wars
Flash apps: PowerConverter
PowerConverter will let you publish your Powerpoint presentations to Flash. If nothing else, it will make your PowerPoints smaller in file size and more accessible on the web. I would rather have used another tool for making interactive presentation -...Read more about Flash apps: PowerConverter
FlashForward blogging
Mike Chambers have done a commendable job updating everyone of us that couldn't go to the FlashForward conference in NYC this summer (and documenting the great speeches and sessions for everyone that was lucky enough to be able to attend...Read more about FlashForward blogging
Macromedia + AOL = True
Macromedia published a press release today saying they have signed a technology development and distribution agreement with America Online (AOL). Macromedia Flash Player will continue to be distributed with AOL software and will feature enhanced functionality that will enable AOL...Read more about Macromedia + AOL = True
Flash Film Festival 2002 NYC winners
The Flash Film Festival 2002 NYC awards have been handed out, and here are the winners, courtesy of Josh Dura...Read more about Flash Film Festival 2002 NYC winners
Smashing Ideas XML-blogger screensaver
Seems like Smashing Ideas have a very cool XML-blogger screensaver, they showcased it at FlashForward in NYC and fellow flash-blogger Eric Dolecki was there and writes about it on his blog. Glenn Thomas of Smashing Ideas have promised to make...Read more about Smashing Ideas XML-blogger screensaver
Flash code: BrowserHistory Class
Kenny Bunch has released the BrowserHistory Class for Flash MX, its a cool component when you want to implement back and forward buttons in Flash. Kenny decided to use the SharedObject intance and seem to have come up with a...Read more about Flash code: BrowserHistory Class
Flash now standard on HP iPaq
Wireless Newsfactor picks up on the news that the HP iPaq will start having the Flash player installed by default. (Phillip Torrone have reported on this before) While Phillip thinks the next step is to have it being baked into...Read more about Flash now standard on HP iPaq
Wired covers Flash, devices, FlashForward and Phillip Torrone
Wired has an article today titled "Lots of Flash, Even More Sizzle". Apperantly their reporter Lisa Delgado will be covering the FlashForward conference in NYC. In todays article she interviews Phillip and he lets her in on some of his...Read more about Wired covers Flash, devices, FlashForward and Phillip Torrone
Mike Chambers is blogging FlashForward
Mike Chambers is blogging live from the FlashForward conference going on in New York City right now. He has already blogged about the Flash Communication Server party/presentation that Macromedia had yesterday, and is blogging the sessions/workshops he is attending today...Read more about Mike Chambers is blogging FlashForward
Flash site: Chrome derBauer
The german design/flash/web company derBauer has released a new version of their site, this time with a LOT of chrome. I think the interface looks slick, but either I am too dense to understand all of the navigation, or they...Read more about Flash site: Chrome derBauer
Pick your Unix version of the Flash Communication Server
Mike Chambers writes about the questions about *nix versions of the Flash Communication Server MXCurrently, it is only available for Windows servers, but we will be releasing Unix versions later in the year. Make sure to send which Unix flavor...Read more about Pick your Unix version of the Flash Communication Server
Random Media Flash Communication
Random Media is todays Macromedia Site Of The Day and its not hard to see why. It showcases some of the possibilities with the Flash Communication Server MX. The site allows you to navigate through a world of audio, text...Read more about Random Media Flash Communication
Flash Communication Server MX released
Macromedia has released the Flash Communication Server MX and they already have up an impressive development center for the server. This new server from Macromedia sports multiway audio and video streaming and messaging, making it ideal to be in the...Read more about Flash Communication Server MX released
Flash based e-mail
Toast.com offers a Flash based GUI for their free e-mail service. It looks good, and I am sure it will appeal to those that think Hotmail and friends look too damn ugly. But the usability of this e-mail Flash application...Read more about Flash based e-mail
Protecting Your Flash and Shockwave Content from Thieves
Interesting article by Gary Rosenzweig about how to protect your Flash and Shockwave content from thieves, he has some good suggestions, but I think John is right when he says that its probably better to make a theft-protection system that...Read more about Protecting Your Flash and Shockwave Content from Thieves
Optimaze! released
The Flash compression tool Optimaze! has been released by Ideaworks3D via Electric Rain in the US. The tool can now be bought at the Electric Rain website for US $129. The price might seem steep, but concidering the kind of...Read more about Optimaze! released
Macromedia ASP.NET development center
Macromedia has added the Macromedia Application Development Center for ASP.NET to their list of resources for people wanting to use Macromedia Flash MX and DreamWeaver MX together with ASP.NET technology. So if you are developing solutions based on Microsofts ASP.NET,...Read more about Macromedia ASP.NET development center
New articles and tutorials at Flashmagazine.com
Thought I would link to a couple of new articles posted at Flashmagazine.com. David Vogeleer has written a nice follow-up tutorial on arrays: The Power of Arrays II - You can also read his first tutorial "The Power of Arrays...Read more about New articles and tutorials at Flashmagazine.com
Flashmagazine ditching Flash
Flashmagazine released the 'beta' of their new site today, Flash has been substituted with HTML in the implementation of the site. Even with Flash MX the text flow options just wasn't there to make it possible to make a good...Read more about Flashmagazine ditching Flash
Flash local connection and other Samuel Wan projects
Seems like Samuel Wan also had some extra time for experimentation yesterday, he has posted a lot of interesting projects today: Local Connection is the tool for getting rid of all those pesky fscommands headackes in Mac IE and Netscape....Read more about Flash local connection and other Samuel Wan projects
Flash Shared Fonts Redux
Branden used the holiday (4th of july) to do some research on shared fonts, the result can be seen today in his Shared Fonts Redux article. This is very useful information for anyone wanting to deal with shared fonts in...Read more about Flash Shared Fonts Redux
Flazoom are having server problems
Chris MacGregor's excelent site Flazoom has been off the web for since wednesday now. The site has not been shut down, but it seems that his hosting provider isn't exactly living up to their name. (Valueweb). Sad to be without...Read more about Flazoom are having server problems
Flash apps: FlashAssist Pro 1.25
This is a cool application for everyone making Pocket PC presentations. FlashAssist Pro allows you to make Flash presenations for the Pocket PC as full screen installable Pocket PC applications, with advanced features not available when using the regular Pocket...Read more about Flash apps: FlashAssist Pro 1.25
Eat Orange Blogchat Version 1.0
Sean Voisen of Eat Orange has released Eat Orange Blogchat Version 1.0. The Flash based Jabber application is made with his Flash JabberConf API (see previous posting). He has also made available the source code needed to make your own...Read more about Eat Orange Blogchat Version 1.0
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition in the making
Coolin Moock's ActionScript: The Definitive Guide is the best ActionScript book you can find out there, and now Colin has announced that he will be making ActionScript: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition, the mini-site includes a FAQ that should answer...Read more about ActionScript: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition in the making
New Flash compression tool soon to be released
Optimaze! is a Flash vector optimization/compression program that most of you might not have heard of. The developers of Optimaze, the UK based Ideaworks3D, first showcased their technology at the FlashForward 2001 New York City, they knocked everyones socks off...Read more about New Flash compression tool soon to be released
Flash projects: The Flash site connection
Mario (Quasimondo) keep on producing cool projects, this time around its the Flash Connection v1.0 that has been released. Mario writes:[It] tries to visualize the ties between the flash-related sites that I currently link to. My rough crawler could of...Read more about Flash projects: The Flash site connection
Macromedia Designer & Developer Tips Library
A new cool resource for anyone using any of Macromedia's MX products for developing or designing web and multimedia content: Designer & Developer : Tips Library Its nice to see Macromedia coming along with a more interactive resource center. At...Read more about Macromedia Designer & Developer Tips Library
Flash 6 player developer beta
Macromedia has released a developer beta of a new Flash 6 player, codenamed Airwolf. The list of bug fixes and extra features in the player is actually quite impressive. The Flash 6 build r39 beta can be downloaded from Macromedia.com....Read more about Flash 6 player developer beta
Mobile Development Center at Macromedia.com
A new resource has been made available at Macromedia.com today, the Mobile Development Center is packed full of valuable content for anyone wanting to develope content for mobile devices, its very comprehensive - even to the point of offering information...Read more about Mobile Development Center at Macromedia.com
Comic relif: Pavlo Lab dog
PAVLOV Lab'Dog is a funny Flash cartoon about a.... (drum roll) lab dog. I thought it was really funny, and can't wait till the guys at Cromozone (out of Belgium) comes up with more experiments! [Via Valyard.ru]...Read more about Comic relif: Pavlo Lab dog
Flash blogs: Hollowcube.com
Hollowcube.com is Michael Gunn's weblog with news from the Flash scene, and some interesting projects. Michael's latest project is a Cell phone messaging system made in Perl with a Flash frontend....Read more about Flash blogs: Hollowcube.com
Comic relif: Switch
This is a flash animation follow-up of the Apple Switch campaign. I thought it was hillarious: macboy.com: Switch Gates [Via Josh Cooper]...Read more about Comic relif: Switch
Regular Expressions for ActionScript
The RegExp Parser Class for Flash 5/Flash MX is a cool extra feature. Kind of strange that Macromedia never included something like this. According to Branden Hall its fast too (and he should know). I haven't had the chance to...Read more about Regular Expressions for ActionScript
Quasimondo Flash Google API search
Mario keeps proving that he knows how to use the new cool features of Flash MX, and the equally cool features of the Google API with his Google API Flash banner He is using it on all the stories on...Read more about Quasimondo Flash Google API search
Flash blogs: Claus Wahlers
Claus has launched his own weblog. I miss commenting, permalinks and an RSS feed, not to mention a way to see when the various posting actually was posted (time and date would have been great), aside from the nitpicking this...Read more about Flash blogs: Claus Wahlers
Flash Communcation Technology
It seems that the release of the new Flash server will happen soon, the rumor mill is on high gear: Ericd:macromedia to announce new technology @ flashforward nyc July 9, 2002, 6:00pm AGENDA: 6:00pm - 6:30pm Check in, cocktails and...Read more about Flash Communcation Technology
Mapping visitors in Flash part III
Mario Klingemann is continuing his project with mapping his visitors in Flash MX, now he has added the location of the last 20 visitors, cool to be able to see where the previous visitors came from, and it shows off...Read more about Mapping visitors in Flash part III
Macromedia optimize for XScale
Software tweaks seems to be the solution to the reported lack of extra speed in Pocket PCs with Intel's newest XSscale processor. ZDNet reports that "Several vendors, including Microsoft (with Windows Media Player), Macromedia, Real Networks and video decoder maker...Read more about Macromedia optimize for XScale
Flash Blogs: Burch Blog
A weblog that has managed to keep below my radar for a while, it even looks like a Macromedian weblog - Greg Burch's Burch Blog is an interesting read. If he keeps up with the kind of postings he has...Read more about Flash Blogs: Burch Blog
Flash MX Tic Tac Toe game with phone interface
Matt Rice has made a cool Flash MX and VoiceXML based Tic Tac Toe game. So far my attempts to use the services at 1-800-555-Tell to connect to the game hasn't been successful - but I am sure it will...Read more about Flash MX Tic Tac Toe game with phone interface
Hobo Phil in search of bandwidth
Phillip Torrone sent me an e-mail today telling me about his latest creation: Hobo Phil. Hobo Phil is your Pocket PC guide to reading Warchalking, and also helps you connect to the Wi-Fi networks you might find on your...Read more about Hobo Phil in search of bandwidth
New project at Quasimondo: Find out where you are
Mario Klingemann has made a cool Flash frontend to show where you are. Pretty nifty huh - just in case you are somewhere in the world, with your laptop, and don't have a clue where you are located. :-) Its...Read more about New project at Quasimondo: Find out where you are
Macromedia DevCon 2002
This years Macromedia DevCon has been titled "Architecting A New Internet Experience", and looks to be one eventfull and amazing experience. If I had to choose only one conference to go to this year - Macromedia DevCon would be it....Read more about Macromedia DevCon 2002
Sorenson Squeeze the price
On Monday this week, Ammen Harper of Sorenson Media announced that Sorenson Squeeze will take a heavy price cut from USD $299 and end up at USD $119. The announcement was done in an interview with Scott Manning published at...Read more about Sorenson Squeeze the price
Flash XML Tutorial by Phil Chung
Having created one of the first Flash RSS Readers and won the Macromedia XML News Feed competition, Phil should have some knowledge of how to handle XML in Flash, and he is sharing that knowledge with us all in his...Read more about Flash XML Tutorial by Phil Chung
Flash code: ActionScript tips for Flash chat clients
Sean Voisen (eat orange has posted a few tips for creating a Flash-based chat client. He writes:These first few tips deal with the technological aspects of implementing an auto-scrolling text field as a chat window, and the option of pressing...Read more about Flash code: ActionScript tips for Flash chat clients
Flash remoting for .NET Beta
The beta of the Macromedia Flash Remoting for .NET has been made available. More information is sure to become available, but for now you are left with having to sign up for the beta to get more than the few...Read more about Flash remoting for .NET Beta
Yet another RSS Flash viewer
Nicolas S.-Roy has released his Flash RSS reader. It supports RSS 1.0 and RSS 0.9x, lets you view RSS feeds that is not on the list. And also allows you to view several feeds on the same page. There are...Read more about Yet another RSS Flash viewer
Flash projects: Steering Behaviors
Mario Klingemann's weblog has been filled with interesting projects since he started it. And now he is working on Steering Behaviors He writes about Steering Behaviors:Basically it is about rules that control the motion of groups or flocks of elements....Read more about Flash projects: Steering Behaviors
The 5K award rating has begun
This year the 5K contest has gathered 366 contestants, and you are the judge of which one is the best. This years contest opened the contest for Flash content, and there is a lot of neat Flash contest entries, all...Read more about The 5K award rating has begun
JGenerator 2.1 MX
Dmitry Skavish and his companions at JZox Inc is getting ready to release a new commercial version of JGenerator, the new Flash MX version of the Flash generator - JGenerator 2.1 MX will not be covered under the Apache Open...Read more about JGenerator 2.1 MX
Jakob Nielsen wants you to Flash him
Jakob is looking for examples of Flash-Based Applications and tools for user testing. So if you have a Flash based tool, or you know of good Flash based tools that Jakob should usability test, then you can contact Hoa Loranger...Read more about Jakob Nielsen wants you to Flash him
The Future of Multimedia on Devices
In the June edition of Macromedia's The Edge, Lauren Gibbons Paul writes about The Future of Multimedia on Devices. Users are hungry for everything from location-enabled restaurant and movie reviews to games to short messaging services (SMS). Even streaming video...Read more about The Future of Multimedia on Devices
New Flash remoting tutorials at Macromedia.com
Christian Cantrell has written three new tutorials about Flash remoting for Macromedia.com The tutorials include Building a Database Query Application with Server-Side ActionScriptBuilding a News Application with ColdFusion Components and XMLBuilding a Mail-Enabled Macromedia Flash Application with CFML [Via Mike...Read more about New Flash remoting tutorials at Macromedia.com
Flash JabberConf
Sean Voisen has released the Flash JabberConf. Sean writes:Flash JabberConf (FJC) is an API for Flash MX that I wrote. It should allow anyone familiar with MX and the new event model to quickly create chat and messaging applications in...Read more about Flash JabberConf
Flash and type
Scott Hamlin has written an interesting article about animating type in Flash: Better Text in Motion Creating smooth animations in Flash can be a challenge. One major factor is the speed and power of the viewer's computer. Another is the...Read more about Flash and type
Feasible Impossibilities speak up
I am having serious blog envy! Robert Hall has been showcasing speech synthesis hooked to Flash for a while on his Flash site, but now he has put together a nice little application for his regular weblog. You can now...Read more about Feasible Impossibilities speak up
Upcoming announcements from Macromedia "announced"
In a press release today, June 19th - Macromedia writes:To demonstrate the powerful new features in Macromedia Flash MX, Macromedia executives Kevin Lynch and Jeremy Allaire will provide the keynote address at Flashforward 2002 New York (www.macromedia.com/go/ffny/). The keynote will...Read more about Upcoming announcements from Macromedia "announced"
New Pet in a Flash
This is interesting, Macromedia has put together an online pet store based on Flash MX and ColdFusion MX. And its all documented on all levels. Including preperation, coding and usability. The project has its own "homepage": Pet Market Blueprint Application...Read more about New Pet in a Flash
More linkage to Macromedia Flash MX resources
Mike keeps up the good work with another overview of all the great new stuff that you can read at Macromedia.com about Flash MX. Not to mention, a lot of people are putting great effort into trying to make us...Read more about More linkage to Macromedia Flash MX resources
Colin Moock on Flash MX
The O'Reilly Network and Richard Koman writes about Coolin Moock and Flash MX in an article called Colin Moock on Flash MX Nothing new, but its a good article to get some insight into what Flash MX can do and...Read more about Colin Moock on Flash MX
Viewer Screwer - the war of the ActionScript viewers and obfuscators is on
You might have heard of ASV (ActionScript Viewer) and Sothink SWF Decompiler MX 2002 Pro. Both are programs that allow you to decompile SWF files and peek into the ActionScript code (and get access to other resources in the SWF...Read more about Viewer Screwer - the war of the ActionScript viewers and obfuscators is on
Flash and Opera
Macromedia announces that Opera has licensed Macromedia Flash Player for inclusion in Opera embedded editions for Linux and QNX operating systems. This will bring Flash to a number of devices via Opera's embedded browser. I hope the license also includes...Read more about Flash and Opera