In the world of Flash-based web applications, there are an endless number of possibilities. Flash is a platform which allows for creativity to flow into a website. While the interactivity of Flash can be it’s own worst enemy, check out this list of 50 sites in which use Flash to provide an interactive experience.
In this article, Mike Nimer is going to cover some of the things that he has learned along the way while integrating the AIR Application, nominee.com, with Facebook.
The Open Video Player initiative has just released version 2.0 of their player framework. Open Video Player is a framework for building media players and currently features versions for both Silverlight and the Flash Platform.
FWA Photo, created by the guys over at FWA, is a daily photography showcase highlighting some of the world’s most uplifting, thought-provoking, innovative and inspirational photography.
Jack’s tween engine, TweenLite, and Grant’s tween engine, GTween, both offer great options to any Flash/Flex developer. While the debate over which is preferred over the other is up for grabs, the two look bring the best of both worlds with a even more well rounded tween engine.
FlexBox is directory of Adobe Flex components available for developers. It has been developed and is managed by Mrinal Wadhwa.
With the acquisition of Digimix, the guys over at Aviary look to integrate the technology into its own audio editor, called ‘Myna’. You could only expect great things to come from Aviary. I am very excited to see what comes from this acquisition of Digimix.
Lee looks to clear up some of the confusion surrounding the idea that Pixel Bender filters running within the Flash Player take advantage of hardware acceleration. That is not the case as the tool itself handles hardware acceleration not the filters via Flash runtime.
Keith Peters recently spoke at the FITC Conference in Amsterdam. As promised, he has provided the slides and demo code. Be sure to check them out.
Microsoft is crying foul over recent comments made by an Adobe executive that Silverlight has “fizzled” as a competitor to Adobe’s Flash.