The 20% Animation Rule
You should read these wonderful Flash Animation Tips post by Hakim Elhattab on the media blog of Fi. Though the title has 'Flash' in it, they are all generic enough to be applied in any RIA with animation.
The tip that grabbed my attention, and all others' who read it, was the 20% rule.
"When an animation [...]
Rails in Cloud?
We love Ruby on Rails. We will fall hard when Flex on Rails. Anyway, looks we are not alone. Amazon loves Rails too.
If you are a Rails geek you must know Engine Yard, a young rails hosting company that is very visible to the Rails community. Amazon and another VC gave them $15 million this [...]
Translate Personal Flash Sites
I haven't had a chance to see RIAs in non-English languages much. When I first saw Camilo Langlade's Flash website, I was very impressed. But unfortunately, I can barely recognize Spanish. I mechanically tried Google's Language Tools, and by the time the translated version loaded I realized how difficult it is for search engines to [...]
Adobe or Microsoft?
RIA technologies over the past few years have been getting increasingly competitive, thereby introducing more and more features much to our delight.
Yesterday, it was announced that the increasingly popular online game Line Rider would be migrating from Flash to Silverlight. A very encouraging announcement for Silverlight. This could influence other game developers in the world.
And [...]
Adobe Suppressing Little Helper Like Apple Did
I'm surprised, puzzled and concerned by Adobe's act to go after its freelancing technology evangelist by hinting trademark infringement. This happened to an Adobe AIR promoter FreshAIRapps.com, an Adobe AIR application showcase blog by James Whittaker. Apparently, Adobe is not happy about Whittaker's use of the name "AIR" on hist domain name. According to Adobe:
Adobe® [...]
Flash on 64-bit OSs
Long ago, people belonging to the Linux community filed a petition to Macromedia, Inc. through PetitionOnline requesting them to release 64 bit Linux Flash and Shockwave players.
In a technote affecting Flash Player 9, Adobe addressed the issue a few months back: Adobe is working on Flash Player support for 64-bit platforms as part of our [...]
Trend Check on Flex, Silverlight and JavaFX
It's almost half way into 2008. I think it's about time to have a reality check on what's going on in RIA space. Specifically, what's up with Adobe Flex, Microsoft Silverlight and Sun JavaFX, the so called RIA trio.
I believe what people want and look for show the best way to measure the trend. That's [...]
Is Flash Why iYomu Died?
Starting its name with a small 'i', having a flash-based personality test with another small 'i', and even a million dollar challenge couldn't help iYomu take off.
iYomu, which stands for "I, You, Me and Us", was a flash-heavy social networking site. It started a little less than a year ago branding itself as a "social [...]
To Cut Down on Flash Ads?
This Washington Post article has overnight created a buzz about whether the $40 billion internet advertisement industry should be scared of softwares like EasyList and Adblock Plus. At a time when "Flash Ads" are increasingly becoming a major type, when they probably get more per-unit-revenue than text and images, they also get the major share [...]
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