Joseph Labrecque

Apache Flex 4.14

Apache Flex 4.14 has been released and is now available! What’s new: iOS 7+ and Android 4.x+ mobile theme support New Spark components skin: FlatSpark Spark RichTextEditor Native support for tables in TLF Promises/A+ AIR 16 and Flash Player 16 Support Many, many bug fixes – full release notes here Congratulations to the Apache Flex

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On YouTube, HTML5, and Flash

Everyone applauding the default to HTML5 from Flash Player on YouTube should recall that without Flash, YouTube would not exist. Or HTML5. — Joseph Labrecque (@JosephLabrecque) January 28, 2015 Many stories are running about this over the past few days and they all give the impression that Flash Player is no longer used when delivering

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Slipstream Absinthe Sipping Pipes

The Phoenix Sipping Pipe was created to celebrate the revival of the artisanal craft of absinthe. It was inspired by absinthe enthusiasts all over the world. It was designed using science and art fused together to create a traditional purist form of ritual while creating an easy way to conveniently enjoy absinthe in today’s modern

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Application Cursors in Adobe Connect

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

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Closing out Twenty-Fourteen

2014 has been a good year for me. A number of personal goals were achieved… and things have never been better, professionally. My Lynda.com course, HTML5 Game Development with Phaser, has closed off the year with 5000+ viewers since it was published in August. I am thrilled with the activity on this course as it

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Announcing AS3-WebVTT

AS3-WebVTT is a set of ActionScript 3.0 utility classes which enable the parsing and sorting of standard WebVTT (.vtt) files for video captioning. Why write a WebVTT parser in AS3? Simple. A lot of video is still served with Flash Player or AIR – we certainly still use it extensively at the University of Denver. Recently, we’ve found the

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Proper Absinthe Preparation

Short video demonstrating proper absinthe preparation with some Jade PF1901 (2013 bottling). I use a glass dripper and standard pontarlier style glass with a 1 oz. reservoir in this video. The main reason for this video is to have something to work with and distribute alongside my soon to be released AS3-WebVTT library. It is to be released

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Flash Professional has been the tool of choice for creating animations for over two decades now. Recent improvements are geared towards making Flash Pro CC the tool of choice for creating animations for the next two decades. Join Senior Product Manager Ajay Shukla to learn new features in the product that is revolutionizing the way

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