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The Adobe Creative Suite rip-off
Flash CS3 on the way
New Flash blog: Flashgamer
Flash 8 released
Freeware Flash tool: Wink
Jon Udells screencast of the life of a Wikipedia article
Flash Slideshow
Flash and PHP photo gallery
MMUG London with Grant Skinner and Mike Chambers
Open source Flash slide show

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:... (2 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (1 comment(s))

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... (2 comment(s))

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... (3 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (8 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (2 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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.... (2 comment(s))

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... (3 comment(s))

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... (1 comment(s))

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... (1 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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]... (1 comment(s))

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... (2 comment(s))

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... (9 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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.... (6 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (2 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (3 comment(s))

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... (1 comment(s))

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... (5 comment(s))

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.... (0 comment(s))

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... (1 comment(s))

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]... (1 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (5 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (2 comment(s))

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... (1 comment(s))

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... (2 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (1 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (11 comment(s))

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.... (16 comment(s))

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... (2 comment(s))

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,... (1 comment(s))

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... (3 comment(s))

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... (27 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (1 comment(s))

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... (2 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (1 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (3 comment(s))

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... (3 comment(s))

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... (9 comment(s))

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... (1 comment(s))

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.... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (6 comment(s))

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 -... (2 comment(s))

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]... (0 comment(s))

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... (1 comment(s))

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... (3 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (2 comment(s))

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]... (0 comment(s))

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]... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(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... (0 comment(s))

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.... (0 comment(s))

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]... (0 comment(s))

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... (2 comment(s))

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... (1 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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.... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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]... (0 comment(s))

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... (6 comment(s))

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... (1 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (4 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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]... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (4 comment(s))

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... (2 comment(s))

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.... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (1 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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 -... (0 comment(s))

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... (1 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (1 comment(s))

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... (1 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (6 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (1 comment(s))

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... (1 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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,... (0 comment(s))

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... (4 comment(s))

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... (3 comment(s))

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.... (1 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (9 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (1 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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.... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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]... (2 comment(s))

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.... (1 comment(s))

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]... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (1 comment(s))

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... (3 comment(s))

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... (3 comment(s))

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... (3 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (5 comment(s))

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... (3 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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.... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (4 comment(s))

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... (1 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (1 comment(s))

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.... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (4 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (2 comment(s))

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... (1 comment(s))

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... (5 comment(s))

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... (1 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (0 comment(s))

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... (1 comment(s))

Flash RSS Reader 1.5
Version 1.5 of the Flash RSS Reader has been released today. The reader now sports categories as well as a favorites category where you can add the Flash newsfeeds that you want to read. The real news in version 1.5... (8 comment(s))

Flash remoting - explained for the geeks
I have been trying to figure out what is going on with Flash remoting and PHP lately. Especially since Mike Chambers keep dropping hints that something might be happening. For now, the best information (for us developers) that I have... (0 comment(s))

Good use of Flash
Just thought I would point out this short lits of Good use of flash over at the hollocube.com weblog. Its a list of must-sees.... (0 comment(s))

Flash Player Cross Server Scripting Security Issue
As reported on the 5th of June 2002 in a paper from Eyes On Security (Bypassing JavaScript Filters - the Flash! Attack), Flash SWF content can allow malicious users of web sites that allow users to upload or include SWF... (0 comment(s))

Message Board Life Cycle
Matt Rice is ranting about The Flash Message Board Life Cycle over at SwfNews. I think he has formulated the life cycle of a successful message board pretty good, be it a Flash message board or a message board for... (4 comment(s))

Phil Chung is looking for Flash feeds for his Flash RSS reader
Just a heads up, if you have a Flash blog, and would like to be included in the channel list of the Flash RSS Reader soon to be released in a new and improved version, then you should go over... (2 comment(s))

Flash infographic of the Enron story
A good example of how Flash effectivly can be used to illustrate a story. MSNBC has made a presentation of the Enron story. What was Enron and how could the scandal unfold. [Via Robert Hall]... (0 comment(s))

The Flash usability discussion continues
John writes about a usability discussion that is going on at the CHI-WEB mailinglist. Involving, amongst others - Donald A. Norman of Nielsen Norman Group and Chris MacGregor of Flazoom.com. Check out the postings so far... (0 comment(s))

Flash sites: Flashplayer.com
Flash Player "is a developers and enthusiast portal for viewer driven content" to quote the guys over at Flash Player. In many ways it seems like they are looking for the same kind of content that Shockwave.com provides, but focused... (2 comment(s))

Flash blogs: JoshDura.com
JoshDura.com is (surprise surprise) Josh Dura's weblog, Josh is know as a moderator at FlashKit.com, co-founder of the Flashcomponent.com website, and involved Flash community member. His blog will probably be filled with good news and projects from the Flash world.... (2 comment(s))

Flash blogs: Quasimondo
Found a new Flash blog today, its called Quasimondo. I haven't gotten this confirmed yet, but the site seems to belong to Collin Croome [Update] The Quasimondo blog is actually run by Mario Klingemann of Coma2.com. Thats how it goes... (2 comment(s))

Turn the music up
Andre Michelle and David Rowald over at Extrajet.com has released the XJ Composer, its a Flash music application loosely based on Reason (According to David Burrows). XJ Composer shows off the power of the audio capabilities in Flash MX. The... (0 comment(s))

Radio interview with Phillip Torrone
Online Tonight with David Lawrence had an interview with Phillip Torrone (Flashenabled.com) last night. The interview touches on the Flash Enabled book, Flash, Pocket PCs, gadgets, and everything else thats cool ;-) The interview is available online now. Part 1... (0 comment(s))

Flash-based CSS2 parser
A beta of a CSS2 parser built in Flash MX has been made available by Claus Wahlers, the creator of the jpeg2swf converter. According to David Emberton at ActionScript.com this parser will become part of a fully standards compliant XHTML... (0 comment(s))

25 lines of ActionScript = Jello
What do you get if you make jello with 25 lines of ActionScript? First place in BIT-101s 25 line ActionScript competition. It eates up your CPU like it was ... thats right.. jello, but it looks great and was made... (0 comment(s))

Flash Cross-site scripting attack
Eyes on security has released a warning about Cross-site scripting attacks made possible on sites that allow uploadable files - Bypassing JavaScript Filters - the Flash way Basically, if you have a forum or pages where you allow users to... (0 comment(s))

SVG in Flash
This is a cool article: Notes on Parsing SVG Path Tags and Rendering in Flash MX, Helen Triolo shows how you can render complex SVG drawings in the Flash Player using the ActionScript drawing API. In a slightly related note,... (0 comment(s))

Macromedia Flash Search Engine SDK
Macromedia has released an SDK that allows search engines and developers to parse SWF files and extract text and links. The FAQ states that MM are working with a number of companies but no announcements yet. Atomz Search and Google... (0 comment(s))

Flash devices: Verizon Thera
Another device with Flash support on the market. Phillip Torrone wrote me to tell me about a very cool new device from Verizon. Its called Thera, and it supports Flash. Phillip has put up a page with pictures and a... (0 comment(s))

Flash Show Streaming Bug
FlashGuru takes up the issue with the buggy Show Streaming feature in Flash MX. The Show Streaming Option gives you information about loading speed on different bandwidths, with Flash MX you can now export your SWFs using GZLib compression, but... (1 comment(s))

Flash code: Phil Chung releases a little more
Got an e-mail from Phil today, where he told me that he has updated his Flash RSS Reader again. This time around its the very neat code to implement the mouse wheel scroller with Flash that has been added. The... (0 comment(s))

Flashy ads
John Dowdell writes about Flash and "eye-catching" ads. He is talking about those highly animated banners taking all your attention away from your real task. when I'm reading an article I don't want stuff exploding and shaking and whirring in... (5 comment(s))

Flash code: Branden releases SHA1 Secure Hash for Flash MX
This is one of the things happening last week that I managed to not tell you guys about. Don't ask me why. Branden has released code for SHA1 Secure Hash for Flash MX So what is SHA1? I'll steal one... (0 comment(s))

Flash tips: Problem with bitmaps?
Branden Hall writes about the problems that can arrise when dealing with bitmaps and images in Flash, and has a couple of solutions it might be worth looking into: Tiny Bitmaps - Big Problems... (0 comment(s))

Software: PixFont 2.0 - an easy way to create Pixel Fonts for Flash
PixFont 2.0 made by the russian company Kgroup is a small TrueType Font to TrueType Pixel font converter. The application fixes the problem with the default smoothing of fonts in Flash. Cresk reports that the program says its not a... (2 comment(s))

Got to link to the Goddesses
Its probably safer to link to these Goddesses of Flash, than to try to ignore them *g*. So thats what I decided to do. Flash Goddess is a new web site dedicated to women working with Flash. Ann-Marie Cheung wanted... (0 comment(s))

Adobe LiveMotion in trouble?
In its rumors section, C|Net write that LiveMotion is going through rough times at Adobe. Elsewhere in Silicon Valley, people are wondering what happened to Adobe's ambition to best Macromedia's Flash animation software with its own LiveMotion software. Rumors grinding... (1 comment(s))

Phil Chung's Flash RSS Reader Scrollbars
Phil has started to release code for his Flash RSS reader, the code he has gotten the most requests for is his scrollbars, and now he has made the code for the Flash RSS reader scrollbars available. Personally I am... (0 comment(s))

Flash interface for Jabber
There are so many great Flash projects going on. Sean Voisen at eat orange is working on integrating Flash with Jabber, his already has a Flash/Jabber Groupchat Client in early beta available for download. Sean writes:I've had some early interest... (0 comment(s))

More Pocket PC Summit Coverage
I am sure this is interesting both for those that were there, and those of us that couldn't attend (so we can google at some of the cool gadgets that were shown, and all the other stuff that went on... (0 comment(s))

1st Movement Flash RSS Reader
Phil's initial work on a Flash RSS reader has spawned another great Flash based RSS reader. Ming Chan has made a Multiblog Flash RSS Reader, it allows you to read three weblogs at a time, save your three favorite weblogs... (0 comment(s))

Flash-based Text Editor
Sometimes I am so bad at spotting news. :-) I featured Stuart Schoneveld's web site illogicz.com not long ago, and found some of his cool projects there. Amongs them, his Flash Rich Text Editor But it took Jon Udell, then... (0 comment(s))

Flash blogs: Philter's Blog and Phil Chung's comments about the RSS/XML reader
Nice to see Phil Chung have his own weblog up and running. He has taken the time to counter some of the comments that has been made about his XML Flash reader and the RSS Flash reader. Seems like both... (0 comment(s))

Links gallore from Mike to Flash component resources
Mike Chambers has done it again, today he has put together a very comprehensive list of resources, articles etc. about Flash components. I can't imagine that he has overlooked a single link. If you see any that is missing, let... (1 comment(s))

Macromedia XML Feed Intergration Contest Winners
Macromedia has announced the winners of their XML Feed Contest. I am not surprised that Phil Chung got the "Most Creative" award for his implementation of the XML newsfeed. He has gotten a lot of well deserved attention for his... (0 comment(s))

Flash game:
Doubleyou has made a very cool little soccer game, warning: Its addictive! The objective of the game is to keep the ball in the air, which is not that easy. One of the coolest things about this game is the... (1 comment(s))

Forrester Research on Macromedia and MX
Robert Hall has dug up some information about Forrester Research on Macromedia and MX All of us developers and users of Flash MX, and other Macromedia products know the value and power that they hold, but the corporate IT weenies... (2 comment(s))

Follow up: Great Flash RSS reader
Nice to see that Phil is getting the attention he deserves for the great Flash MX work he has been doing with his Macromedia XML feed reader. Jon Udell writes about it, so does Dave Winer. I think Dave needs... (0 comment(s))

Usability in focus at Macromedia.com
Its the week of User-centered design at the Des/Dev center over at Macromedia.com: Flash 99% Good - Written by Kevin Airgid and Stephanie Reindel. This is chapter 8 of the Flash99% Good book that has been made available both as... (0 comment(s))

Good Flash: Macromedia Executive Presentation
Nice to see Macromedia showcasing how Flash MX can be used to create hightly user-friendly, hard-hitting AND accessible presentations with "Macromedia Executive Presentation" Its a job well done. We get to see a nice clean user interface, good streaming and... (0 comment(s))

Flash sites: Studiowhiz v3 live
Studiowiz has had a major overhaul, and the site is fresher than ever. If Keran McKenzie and the other people over at Studiowiz can keep this up, its going to be a great resource to keep going back to! :-)... (1 comment(s))

Flash on devices: Flash on Nokia 9200 series
Its released, the Flash 5 player for Nokia Communicator 9200 series [Via JD on MX] <obligatory rant> Please don't let it take 2 years to get Flash MX to various cool devices, pretty please? Pretty please with sugar on top?... (0 comment(s))

Follow up: Nielsen to make "best practices" document for rich internet applications in SWF
Chris MacGregor has written a very good reply to Jakob's latest addition to his "Flash 99% Bad" paper. You did notice that he has added text to it now, text that I am sure wasn't added because of the job... (0 comment(s))

Nielsen to make "best practices" document for rich internet applications in SWF
Macromedia announced today that the creator of the "Flash 99% bad" report, Jakob Nielsen will be working with them to develop a "best practices" for rich Internet applications.. The buzz is naturally on in the Flash community. Here are some... (3 comment(s))

Fisheye menu in Flash MX
Samuel Wan keeps on cooking on great Flash MX projects. This time its a Fisheye Menu in Flash MX that is up for serving. Sam's implementation of the fisheye menu extends the original Listbox component that is part of the... (0 comment(s))

Follow up: Great Flash RSS reader
John comments on RSS as a follow up to my posting about Phil's Flash MX RSS reader. I wish you had comments on your weblog John, or at least that it was possible to reach you by e-mail. Just wanted... (0 comment(s))

Flash Vector Art Tutorials at Vectorkid
Vectorkid is a cool site with great tutorials on creating vector art in Flash. With tips on how to greate realistic metal, plastic, wood, cloth and much more. I especially like the vector tomato :-) [Via Flashblog]... (3 comment(s))

Great Flash RSS reader
This is the coolest intergraton of an RSS parser in Flash MX I have seen so far. Phil Chung work as Multimedia Instructor at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. He made the RSS reader for his own use, but... (2 comment(s))

Flash Enabled book site recives Macromedia Site of the Day
The Flash Enabled Book site was made by Steve Leone one of the authors of Flash Enabled, and the designer of the book as well as the web site. BTW: If you want to pick up the book, you can... (0 comment(s))

Flash Enabled Phone Dialer
Phillip has posted the source for a Pocket PC Phone Dialer (zip download) featured in the Flash Enabled book. Here is a great example of what you can do with Macromedia Flash MX and the Flash Player 5 for Pocket... (2 comment(s))

Flash sites: Thinking in Flash
David Doull's Urbanev: Thinking in Flash is an interesting site, found it because he has started linking to me (thanks David). David is a brilliant Flash developer, responsible for such great projects as the award winning - as well as... (2 comment(s))

More Flash MX resources at Macromedia.com
Mike has a new list of new content about Flash MX now available on the Macromedia.com site. There is a lot of good content there, including a couple of articles regarding usability, Featured Community site (as reported earlier today), a... (0 comment(s))

Flash 5 player on HP Pocket PC
Breaking news from Flashenabled.com & Phillip Torrone, reporting directly from the Pocket PC Summit: Folks, here is some exclusive news from the Pocket PC Summit. Macromedia announced that HP will be putting / distributing the Macromedia Flash Player 5 for... (0 comment(s))

Branden's Components Rant
I think Branden's intro is a good enough reference to his Components Rant: Time to let off some steam here... I keep seeing folks say that the built in Flash MX components are too complex, bloated, and that it's better... (0 comment(s))

Macromedia spotlights Flash MX community sites
Macromedia - Designer & Developer Center : Featured Community Site This is the first article in a new series that will periodically highlight Macromedia Flash MX community sites. These sites offer some of the top resources on using Macromedia Flash... (0 comment(s))

Flash MX RSS parser
Samuel keeps on dishing out cool projects. This time around its an RSS Parser for Flash MX AUTHOR: Samuel Wan DATE: May 2002 DESCRIPTION: A factory object which parses an XML feed and returns the information as a data object... (0 comment(s))

More Flash MX on devices
Macromedia announced Flash MX support for the Toshiba Genio today. John Dowdell writes about it on his blog and referes to the list at Macromedia of Supported Devices & Platforms All this follows the announcement of the Pocket PC 2002... (1 comment(s))

25 line ActionScript Contest
This is a cool contest for the ActionScript geeks: Write the most interesting Flash program with only 25 lines of code. ActionScript Contest May 2002! I love the results that I have seen so far of the competition. Putting restictions... (0 comment(s))

Flash on a stick
Phillip Torrone (Flashenabled.com), the mad Flash gadget inventor, came up with a new product this weekend. I'll let him tell you about it himself: i ran out of time this weekend to finish up a new project. basically, i've embedded... (0 comment(s))

Flash blogs: cresk on Flash Aesthetics
cresk on Flash Aesthetics could become one of the great Flash blog resources, cresk has already put together an impressive resource in his Thelinkz.com, and I am sure he will be doing an equally good job with his new blog.... (0 comment(s))

Samuel become the new Frankenstein of Flash?
Funny to see a project that I was contemplating myself be realized. Samuel Wan is apparently having fun with Lego. Samuel has posted some info on his struggle to connect the wires to get his creation to come alive and... (0 comment(s))

Follow up: Macromedia Flash 5 player for Pocket PC 2002 released
For those unlucky souls trying to find a download from Macromedia.com for the Flash 5 Pocket PC player, this url will not get you anywhere (at the time of this posting): Macromedia - Flash Player for Pocket PC : Download... (2 comment(s))

Web cams and Flash
Robert Hall has a post about Web Cams Delivered Via Flash Interesting links to implementations and information about how do deal with web cams in Flash.... (0 comment(s))

Flash blogs: illogicz.com
Illogicz.com is Stuart Schoneveld's Flash weblog. I haven't counted all the Flash related blogs lately, but its getting to be a lot of them. Its powered by Blogger, and lacks a RSS feed :-( But it does show some other... (1 comment(s))

Meta search engine with Flash interface
kartoo uses a Flash interface to show their search results, its especially useful when seeing how sites relate to each other, and easily narrow the search just by point and click. According to the FAQ at Kartoo.com, they use a... (0 comment(s))

Toon Boom Studio 2 with Flash MX support
Toon Boom Technologies has released a new version of their 2D animation solution for the web. This is a program that before V2 was a great time saver for anyone doing animations for web with Flash, and with Version 2... (0 comment(s))

Flash blogs: Feasible Impossibilities
Feasible Impossibilities is Robert M. Hall's weblog. Its nice to see yet another Flash community member joing the club of webloggers. [Via JD on MX] (Just because John is much better than me at keeping updated on his referer log... (0 comment(s))

Follow up: Controversial Flash tool out in new version
Chris brought my attention to a discussion about Actionscript Viewer 3.0 on Flazoom I am not surprised by comments like: «Im really dissapointed that this new version of this product has come out. The purpose of this produt is to... (2 comment(s))

O'Reilly Network: SWF Is Not Flash (and Other Vectored Thoughts)
O'Reilly Network: SWF Is Not Flash (and Other Vectored Thoughts) by Jacek Artymiak Interesting article from O'Reilly Network and Jacek Artymiak. He writes about SWF and takes the time to inform people about the openess of the file format, and... (0 comment(s))

Macromedia Flash 5 player for Pocket PC 2002 released
Today Microsoft made the Flash 5 player for Pocket PC available for download. With Flash 5 support for mp3 sound, advanced scripting, and XML is added to the Pocket PC 2002 platform, making it easier to deploy advanced applications on... (4 comment(s))

Flash MX ActionScript class for the Macromedia XML Newsfeed
Mike points out that Macromedia has made available an ActionScript class that will parse the XML feed into a DataProviderClass "which makes it pretty easy to use", quote Mike Chambers. There is also an example there of how you make... (10 comment(s))

Flash Enabled book site launched
The Flash Enabled book site has been launched. Its all in Flash, and looks great. I miss some sample chapters from the book, but otherwise the site seems to give good insight into what the book covers - giving brief... (0 comment(s))

Flash blogs: eat orange
eat orange :: 100% vitamin c Is not about oranges, but rather another Flash blog on the horizon. Thanks to my frequently updated referer logs (still trying to figure out if I should make it available), I spotted this new... (1 comment(s))

Controversial Flash tool out in new version
Buraks has released Action Script Viewer 3. The latest version can decompile Macromedia Flash 4, 5 and MX SWF files. I know some of the people in the community would want all information about tools such as this to be... (0 comment(s))

Macromedia is teasing us about new Flash Communcation Technology
Macromedia - Flash Communication Technology With the introduction of the Macromedia MX product family, Macromedia has announced its intention to provide new server solutions for enabling the creation of next-generation communication applications that leverage the Macromedia Flash client. The new... (0 comment(s))

Flash blogs: SWFNEWS
Another Flash blog, SwfNews: News For Flash Developers. Its Matt Rice that is running it. It seems light - not much information there yet. Dave Winer is linking to it, I think he should have linked to some of the... (0 comment(s))

Flash blogs: FlashGuru
FlashGuru is back with a new remake of his site - now titled FlashGuru's MX 101, this time based on Moveable Type (good choice Guy!) I only discovered that it was back today, not sure how long it has been... (1 comment(s))

Flash Enabled released
Phillip Torrone has been hyping the release of the book "Flash Enabled" for a good while now on his site, flashenabled.com. Its a book covering Flash design and development for devices. A field that is bound to grow in the... (2 comment(s))

Flash MX content at Macromedia.com
Mike Chambers: New Flash MX Content at Macromedia.com Mike Chambers has the 411 on all the new Flash MX content released at the Macromedia Designer and Developer Center Lots of usefull information there, articles by Branden Hall, Robert Reinhardt, and... (0 comment(s))

Flash blogs: ericd.net
Nice to discover yet another Flash MX Blog - ericd.net. Eric Dolecki has a weblog that is a study in information overload, but at the same time the information is still very accessible. I think I would have to spend... (0 comment(s))

Follow up III: Gonzo marketing related to the Flash community
CNO (Chris Norman), moderator at Flash Kit is responding to my article: Flash Kit Community - Flashkit is going under? To make such a broad and sweeping statement to sell your own ideas is somewhat reminicent of the infamous "Flash... (3 comment(s))

Follow up II: Gonzo marketing related to the Flash community
CHris (Flazoom) points to my blogging about the Flash community and need for support from the money-makers. Some interesting comments there too. We are in dire need of some sugar daddies in the Flash community, that much is for sure.... (1 comment(s))

New MX Blog on my radar
I admit I have seen this one before, but haven't had the time to explore it until now. Waldo's Weblog is Waldo Smeets blog which focuses on all things MX. As Waldo writes himself "Waldo Smeets, Macromedia MX freak". With... (0 comment(s))

Follow up: Gonzo marketing related to the Flash community
Wanted to point out a discussion about the "Gonzo marketing related to the Flash community" that has been going on: Gonzo marketing related to the Flash community : comments Chris - Flazoom:I hope that Macromedia is learning. I hope that... (0 comment(s))

JRun 4 announced
Partly Flash related, the Java application server JRun has been announced in a new version. Among the news is Flash Remoting. Check out the details on Mike's weblog: Macromedia JRun 4 announced with Flash Remoting support... (0 comment(s))

Gonzo marketing related to the Flash community
Some interesting thoughts about what the net is doing to marketing. gonzo marketing What replaces mass market, broadcast advertising is Locke's "gonzo marketing", which is not really marketing but "market advocacy" through participation, sponsorship and support. The internet replaces the... (19 comment(s))

Follow up: Wired writes about Flash Blogs
Not a big surprise that the Wired article about Flash Blogging spawned a lot of comments from the Flash Blog community. Among the more interesting comments were Branden Hall's Wired Up and Blogging, with comments from some other well known... (0 comment(s))

Interview with Flash Team Product Managers
I love the Flash weblog community, and the way Macromedia is interacting with the Flash community these days. I hope they won't kill of the experiment they are running right now with the weblogs. Mike Chambers set up a very... (0 comment(s))

Wired writes about Flash Blogs
This is nice, Farhad Manjoo at Wired has written an article about the Macromedian Bloggers Flash: Blogging Goes Corporate Macromedia calls this "the blog strategy," and some see the company's moves as the start of a trend. These days, it's... (3 comment(s))

Certified Flash MX Designer Exam
This is nice to see, Macromedia has the Certified Macromedia Flash MX Designer program running already. I miss the developer certification, but I am sure its just around the corner. Would love to get some more word on the other... (3 comment(s))

JD comments on the Flash Player buffer overflow
John writes about the buffer overflow in the Flash 6 player revision 23 Nice to see John coming aboard with comments about the buffer overflow. from what I see both of these are reading buffers. Even if you could pass... (0 comment(s))

Happy MX'ed birthday Macromedia!
I have to admit, I am not sure exactly which day is the birthday of Macromedia, but this year they celebrate their 10th birthday. Mike Chambers has put together a few links to let you in on the History of... (0 comment(s))

Integrating Radio and Flash MX
... or how to integrate Flash with any content management system.. Mike Chambers has made a nice tutorial showing how to hook up Flash 6 with dynamic backends. His tutorial shows how to integrate Flash 6 with Radio, a weblog... (0 comment(s))

A Flash-forward look
Jon Udell writes about Macromeida MX / Flash remoting. A good read if you are still wondering what all the new features and bells really entails. A Flash-forward look If Macromedia can transform Flash from a multimedia shell into a... (0 comment(s))

David Burrows is back
I think David picked the worst possible week for his vacation, at least in the context of all the MX announcements that has been made from Macromedia the last week. But now he is back, and I am sure he... (0 comment(s))

ActiveX flaw exposes Flash users to hacks
Via Flazoom: ActiveX flaw exposes Flash users to hacks ZDNet writes about a buffer overflow vulnerability in the previous version of the Flash 6 player (revision 23), the overflow allows for attacks via some HTML e-mail clients and when visiting... (0 comment(s))

New Flash Communcations Mailing List
Branden has created a new mailinglist for discussing the new Flash Server technologies New Flash Communications Mailing List I am sure it will become as valuable as the Flashcoders list, not to mention filled with the same high level of... (0 comment(s))

Branden Blogs Best?
Ok, so I am in the 'b' mood ;-D Branden Hall, ActionScript guru, FigLeaf senior developer, Flashcoder list daddy and general cool Flash guy has his own weblog up and running. (Thanks to Mike for the heads up) You can... (1 comment(s))

Macromedia releases new version of Flash 6 player
There was some serious issues with the previous version of the Flash 6 player: Macromedia - Flash TechNotes: Updated Macromedia Flash Player Active X control resolves streaming issues The issues should have been fixed in the new version of the... (0 comment(s))

Jeremy Allaire and Dave Winer in weblog discussion about Macromedia MX
Interesting turn of events. Dave Winer of Userland.com wrote a rant about Macromedia and BigCo's where Dave wrote about Allaire (the company) and Macromedia: Both companies have BigCo's on the brain he also writes When we've tried to work with... (2 comment(s))

Follow up: Apple Sues Sorenson to end license with Macromedia
ActionScript.com has a follow up article about the lawsuit that Apple has filed against Sorenson. Sorenson Responds to Apple's Lawsuit "We are greatly surprised by the presumptive filing of this suit without prior discussions or understandings between the parties," said... (0 comment(s))

Apple Sues Sorenson to end license with Macromedia
ActionScript.com writes: Apple Sues Sorenson to end license with Macromedia Apple says Sorenson breached a contract that prohibits it from "developing, marketing, or licensing'' any version of the compression software used in QuickTime to competitors such as Macromedia, according to... (0 comment(s))

Flash 6 player frustration
Every day I am checking Macromedia for a new version of their Flash 6 player (which should have been out by now). Its worse than waiting for the gifts on christmas eve. The reason for this eagerness for a new... (2 comment(s))

Macromedian bloggers
This is plenty neat. Just discovered that there are a number of Macromedia employees with weblogs. The ones I have found so far are: John Dowdell (support / community guy) Mike Chambers (Flash/ColdFusion/community/etc) Vernon Viehe (ColdFusion) Matt Brown (Dreamweaver/MX) Bob... (0 comment(s))

A List Apart writes about Flash MX
A List Apart 143: Web Design, Code, Content features a double issue on Flash MX this week. Joe Clarck evaluates Flash MX in context of WAI and Section 508 guidelines (accessibility) Andre Kirkpatrick tackles Flash MX from the developer's perspective,... (0 comment(s))

Flash MX Security Whitepaper
David Emberton writes at ActionScript.com : Flash MX Security Whitepaper Twenty three pages of what you need to know about the Flash Player 6 sandbox security system, and how it can help you build better dynamic apps. [...] Flash Player... (0 comment(s))

Flazoom: Come on... upgrade!
Chris MacGregor has called out to Come on... upgrade! Amongst other, he writes: With the advanced features of Flash MX, including the long-awaited standard UI components, we in the Flash community need to promote the Flash 6 plug-in on our... (0 comment(s))

Flash News Flash: It's Accessible
Wired: Flash News Flash: It's Accessible Wired News writes about how Flash has become more userfriendly with the arival of Flash MX and the work done by people like Jason Smith that has made a Flash captioning tool that... (2 comment(s))

Flash components
Josh Dura and Keran McKenzie (http://www.studiowhiz.com) has released a Flash MX component site. At the moment the site only has a couple of components from Macromedia, but I guess I should forgive them - after all the site was launched... (2 comment(s))

Macromedia acknowledges streaming bug
Macromedia has added the following technote: Macromedia: Macromedia Flash Player 6 Streaming Issue The problem, to quote Macromedia: "when loading media into Macromedia Flash Player 6, the media will continue to load even if Macromedia Flash Player 6 makes additional... (1 comment(s))

XML-RPC Flash lib
XML-RPC Flash Lib by Pedro Ornelas Interesting Flash library for adding XML-RPC capability to Flash, I have several things I could think of using this for, will see how much time I have to fiddle with it..... (1 comment(s))

Flash Google API
More cool stuff, there is a lot of work being put into making a good Flash frontend for Google: The initial thread on were-here 720 Flash frontend (google.public.web-apis announcement) David Burrows PHP Flash to Google API Bridge Flash Google Interface... (0 comment(s))

Cool, John discovered me
John Dowdell has picked me up on his radar, and found some of my comments about the FlashForward conference and the lack of wireless connectivity, he also linked to a very interesting article I should have mentioned here, by Esther... (0 comment(s))

Samuel Wan's weblog
This is great news, Samuel Wan, one of the great Flash developers that adds so much value to the Flash community has put up his own weblog. Looks like he has been at it for a little while, but he... (0 comment(s))

Flash blogs keep on spreading..
A couple of new weblogs covering Flash has appeared on the radar, one is John Dowdell's "JD on MX". John is a hightly visible guy in the Flash community, he has been working at Macromedia since 1993 and are usualy... (0 comment(s))

FlashForward recap
FlashForward recap (0 comment(s))

FlashForward over for this time
From FlashForward 2002, San Francisco (0 comment(s))

First day of FlashForward over
Sitting at the hotel, in a suite that actually has high speed internet access :-) Done with a long day at Flashforward2002 San Francisco, and just got Flashmagazine.com updated with some news items from the conference, and with the Flash... (0 comment(s))

Funny Flash rabbit :-)
Just a fun little Flash thingy to play with Hungry rabbit... (2 comment(s))

Flash blog
Flash blog (0 comment(s))

Make your own face
Need to make a wanted poster, or just contemplating a new identity? Then Flashface is THE flash application for you. Try it, its fun! Ultimate Flash Face... (3 comment(s))

Flash MX
Flash MX - Want to get a peek into the next thing on the net? Check out the launch of Flash, amongst the news, import jpgs to Flash movies, video support and more. Read all about it at Flashmagazine.com :-)... (0 comment(s))

Want to make your own movie?
Flash and Flashcan makes making animated movies easy (29 comment(s))

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Anders Jacobsen - Fellow norwegian blogging in English from France. Anders blogs about "Noteworthy URLs, science, software, news, life, the universe, everything"
Doc Searls - one of the authors of the Cluetrain Manifesto. He is frequently blogging live from interesting technology events, and is a very good writer
The EGR weblog - Chris Locke is another of the authors behind Cluetrain, and also the author of Gonzo Marketing. This guy has a lot on his mind, and not afraid to share it
rc6.org - The weblog of Remco Brink, dutch linux and open source enthousiast. Frequently updated with interesting news
Virtuelvis - fellow norwegian blogger Arve Bersvendsens blogs in english about web and technology. Well worth a visit