Flash rival Silverlight in the Spotlight
Microsoft’s Silverlight technology will get the exposure it has been hoping for this month as it will be used by NBC in the United States to deliver their entire video content during the Beijing Olympics. Silverlight will also be used by the Democratic National Convention at the end of August. And, if you’re still not convinced that Flash is about to get some strong competition from Silverlight, MS Silverlight will also be provided video for the forthcoming season of the NFL.
Flash Gaining Traction in the Enterprise
Using Flash to produce Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) has been mentioned in the news quite a lot recently. It appears as though more and more companies are turning to Flash, Flex and Adobe Air to deliver both Web-based and desktop applications. Both InfoWorld and eWeek provide more in-depth commentary.
ActionScript APIs
Here’s a superb collection of resources for AS2 and AS3 application programming interfaces (APIs) for Flash/Flex/AIR designers and programmers.
Why Flash is not available on the iPhone
Media and Technology commentator James Gardiner from the JamieG Analysis gives a lot of valid thoughts and reasons why Steve Jobs is not currently allowing, and probably will not allow Adobe Flash player on the iPhone.
FlyPaper - Simplifying Flash file Maintenance?
Watch out Flash developers! New application FlyPaper, with a $3.5 million investment, aims to assist non-programmers to easily maintain and update Flash content without the need to even touch Adobe Flash. CNET and MarketWatch have the lowdown.
ABC, Easy as 1-2-3
Don’t know your Adobe Air from your Flex? Always mix your Zend Framework with your ZK? Then you need this little refresher course of alphabetized Web technology terms to help you out, courtesy of EnetLive.Net
Search Cloud
Not sure why this is developed in Flash when it does not offer anything more visually dynamic than something that could easily be reproduced in any number of JavaScript based technologies, Search Cloud gives a different slant on the search engine. Type keywords, assign each word a priority, and then search. Be sure to watch the demo video if you get stuck as it’s not as straight forward as one might think!
ActionScript Cheat Sheets
AS3, PaperVision, Flex… All the Flash cheat sheets you could ever want!
Flash_Cart
August 11th, 2008
Interesting.
grabek
August 12th, 2008
swell
ZacharyKnight
August 12th, 2008
If James Gardiner speaks English as a first language, then it’s a great lesson to all you kids…stay in school and learn how to spell.
Patton Oswalt said it best…”blogging has turned us into a ‘first draft’ society”!
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Lancelot
August 13th, 2008
Zach … well said … so many things that were once a tribute to attention to detail are gone! … alas I hope another movement is afoot!
Lancelot
August 13th, 2008
The new movement is in corners and closets and windows around the world. A brave and intellectual platform is about to arise. It will be here in a FLASH.