I use Adobe Connect a lot. Either doing remote presentations myself or attending the presentations and demonstrations of others. Something that always bothers me is when I’m in a session and the presenter apologizes during the demonstration that the application cursor is hidden by Connect. This used to be the case (Connect has it’s own default …
That can’t be right, can it? Absolutely it can. In the mere 2 weeks since Adobe published the how-to “How do I manually install Flash Player on my Android device?” on their community forums – the article has been viewed 15 MILLION times. That’s from June 18th to July 1st. That is amazing. Do I …
15 million Android users… still want Flash Player? Read More »
When speaking of absinthe, people are often shocked by the price of a 750ml bottle – generally around $65 USD. Compared with a standard bottle of wine running at $15 or so, this understandably sounds expensive at first… but is it really? Let’s do some math. Here, we are comparing a standard size bottle of …
Some notes on the price of Absinthe vs. the price of Wine Read More »
[okay… not really – the new compiler is just really picky] This is another rant – but like most of my rants… there is useful information to be had! This one came about as I needed to employ some UI assets created in Flash Professional and published as a SWC for use in an AS3 …
Hey! A post on ColdFusion! (I’m so pissed at you, ColdFusion…) So it appears that Adobe changed /flashservices/gateway* = cfusion to /flashservices/gateway/* = cfusion in uriworkermap.properties for ColdFusion 10. Why is this a problem? Well, I have a lot of legacy content that makes AMF calls to CFCs in a system that is being upgraded …
I saw this poorly researched atrocity when it was first published the other day and immediately wrote CNN asking that they correct the numerous factual errors in the article. I have yet to hear back. Unfortunately, tech reporters can get away with all sorts of lies and inaccuracies without doing any actual journalism. Honestly, reporters; …
The media seriously needs to get their sh*t together Read More »
At this point we’ve all seen the unfortunately worded, revised iPhone Developer Program License Agreement banning Flash, Java, Mono (and really any non-Apple-tooled) apps: 3.3.1 Applications may only use Documented APIs in the manner prescribed by Apple and must not use or call any private APIs. Applications must be originally written in Objective-C, C, C++, …
Every once in awhile, I receive postcards and such from my undergraduate institution, Worcester State College. I hold a BA in Communications Media from this school and have no complaints about the degree or the classes I took while a student there. I do, however, die a little inside each time I see one of …
Really, Really Bad (damned irresponsible) Design Decisions Read More »
I have such terrible luck with Runtime Armatures in Flash CS4. It’s really not funny anymore. Most recently stumbled across the following compilation error (fatal warning?) when working with the “New Flash Component” feature of Flash Builder 4: Warning: 5002: The main timeline’s frame scripts have been ignored because a compiled clip contains a definition …
WTF? Wasn’t the “Flash Platform” christened back in the Macromedia days? I’ve been calling it that ever since Macromedia released their original declarative whitepaper in October 2005… Realizing that Flash is a better name than Flex for a platform, Adobe is now referring to everything it does related to Flash (including the Flash Player, Adobe …
Okay- this is a pure rant with nothing of value to anyone but myself. I’ve been using an M-Audio Delta Audiophile 2496 for years now in 32-bit systems: both Windows XP and Vista. This is a great card- massive clarity above anything else I’ve ever tried. I’ve produced a ton of projects off of this …
It seems a lot has changed from the release candidates to the final version- a lot of things people did not expect. For instance, last minute surprise changes to the Sound API… and then the previously announced security changes that Adobe has, in fairness, warned us about since Flash Player 9. I’ve stumbled across something …