Hey! The panel recording of Open Screen Project: Views from the Trenches from 360|Flex 2011 in Denver is finally available! Recording and details below! RMAUG OpenVideoPanelDiscussion by realeyes media Title Open Screen Project: Views from the Trenches Date and Time April 12, 2011 07:00 PM – 08:00 PM (GMT-7 Mountain Time US & Canada) Speakers […]
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Here’s a simple, observable lesson for historical perspective: Guess what? Not dead yet. Not by a long shot. Stay tuned to happenings around Adobe MAX next week for more insights :)
This is another new features demonstration which I originally wrote for my upcoming AIR 3 book showing the StageText class in action on a device! Native Text Input UI (mobile) — Mobile apps can now take advantage of the native text input controls on mobile platforms, including platform-specific user interaction behaviors such as magnification and
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I’ve had this example of the Vibration ActionScript Native Extension (ANE) on my DROID3 for some time now and am just thrilled with the expanded capabilities of ANE in Adobe AIR 3 for both mobile and desktop. Wanted to share this example which I originally wrote for my upcoming AIR 3 book which displays the
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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
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This publication is a set of DVDs (7 hours, 20 minutes) along with a 48 page book covering mobile application development using Flash Builder 4.5 and Flash Professional CS5.5 targeting both Apple iOS and Google Android. I had the opportunity to co-author this title along with the excellent Peter Elst earlier this year. Happy that
I realized this morning that I have yet to write about the various sessions I’ll be doing during Adobe MAX in Los Angeles this year. Normally, I begin advertising these sessions much earlier… ah well. Here they are! Adobe MAX 2011 From Desktop to Mobile: Application Functionality for Small Screens Tuesday, 4:00-5:00 Explore the issues
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In this workshop, top Flash expert Joseph Labrecque is your guide to Flash Builder 4.5. After a quick introduction to Flash Builder for those who may be unfamiliar, he covers the many new features in the latest version, including new coding features and Spark components. The course includes a chapter on mobile development where you’ll
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I’ll be at Adobe’s San Jose headquarters this week for the Adobe Education Leader Institute – and thought this will be a great time to run a little contest in promotion of my book! I’ll be giving away a couple copies of the eBook version through Packt. The eBook version is great; I’ve been using
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Here are my slides from today’s D2WC session: “Adapting Expectations to Fit a Mobile Workflow“. What a great conference it has been so far! Thanks to everyone who attended my session! Adapting Expectations to Fit a Mobile Workflow View more presentations from Joseph Labrecque
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The assets for my 5 minute quick tip talk for the 2011 Adobe Education Leader Institute are located here. This is the completed example (Flash Professional CS5.5): [download AEL2011_FlashContextMenu] Here is an image preview: Here is the SWF: [SWF]https://inflagrantedelicto.memoryspiral.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/contextmenu.swf, 350, 300[/SWF] And here be the code bits! package { import flash.display.Sprite; import flash.ui.ContextMenu; import flash.ui.ContextMenuItem;
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I’ve noticed this behavior before, but in previous projects it wasn’t a really big deal… Scenario: Using Flex 4.5 and the default Spark theme, you provide a button with both a “chromeColor” setting and assign it an Icon. The Icon is rendered almost transparent and looks nothing like what you’ve exported from Photoshop, Fireworks, or
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