We’re looking all the way back to Flash Player 10.2 for a peek at native mouse cursor support! This feature allows us to use bitmap based mouse cursors that run at the OS level rather than inside the display list in Flash Player. Huge performance gains! [kml_flashembed publishmethod=”static” fversion=”10.2.0″ movie=”/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/NativeCursor.swf” width=”550″ height=”400″ targetclass=”flashmovie” play=”true” loop=”true” …
For most of my “AS3 Quickie” series, I’ve focused on Flash Player 11.2-11.4, but really have plans to cover all sorts of interesting bits in the recent runtimes – even some additions with Flash Player 10. For those who would like a comprehensive guide to everything new in Flash Player 11 and AIR 3, O’Reilly …
One of the great new features introduced with Flash Player 11.2 is the ability to detect when the runtime throttles, pauses, or resumes normal activity through the flash.events.ThrottleEvent class. This is useful for saving state, or pulling back our activity when a throttle is detected. What does the throttle actually do? Well, if you have …
One of the great new features introduced with Flash Player 11.2 is the ability to intercept the right-click from a user’s mouse. A simple MouseEvent listener can be added to the Stage or any object which extends flash.display.InteractiveObject. Not only does this have the effect of completely removing the right-click menu from Flash content, but …
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Adobe has released both Flash Player 11.2 + AIR 3.2 this evening and have made a number of major announcements around the platform which you may read below: Game on: The new Adobe AIR 3.2 + Flash Player 11.2 http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2012/03/gameon.html Adobe Introduces Premium Features for Gaming with Flash Player 11.2; Announces Collaboration with Unity Technologies …
I wasn’t actually going to write anything about the recently published Flash runtimes (Flash Player, AIR) whitepaper simply because it’s big enough news… and I really didn’t have anything to contribute. The whitepaper itself is a detailed look into the next 2 years of the evolution of the runtimes layed out for everyone to see. …
Adobe today announced that Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 will be shipping fairly soon. This is great news for the community because the runtimes are LOADED with great new features. How do I know the features are great? Because I’ve been working with them for the past couple of months while writing a set …
Upon the solid groundwork laid by the Flash Player 10.1 release, Adobe continues to innovate by adding some incredible new features to the runtime in a beta of Flash Player 10.2. There are two, in particular, that I will highlight: Native Custom Mouse Cursors Do you know how long I’ve waited for the ability to …
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A new era in mobile technology begins as Flash Player 10.1 for Mobile is released by Adobe: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the release of Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 to mobile platform partners. Redesigned from the ground up with new performance and mobile specific features, Flash Player 10.1 is the first release that brings …
Similar to the Nexus One demo, Adrian Ludwig shows Flash Player 10.1 running on the Motorola Droid. Sweet! This may be timed to coincide with CES 2010 in Las Vegas which begins today.
Today, Google hosted an “Android Press Gathering” where they revealed the detailed of the Google “Nexus One” phone. Shortly thereafter, Adobe posted the following video demonstration of Flash Player 10.1 running on the forthcoming Android 2.1 (coming soon for Nexus One, Droid, so forth): Looks like it’s running very nicely on the device! I’ve been …
Following the AIR 2 and Flash Player 10.1 betas last month, comes updates for the current platform runtimes in the form of AIR 1.5.3 and Flash Player 10.0.42. Most important to my work is the Publisher ID changes in AIR. I’ve have the need to migrate certificates before, so have paid close attention to the …