Snackr: A Flex RSS Ticker
Snackr is a simple RSS ticker built using Adobe AIR 1.0 and Adobe Flex 3. It pulls random posts from RSS feeds and scrolls them across the desktop. As it tries to store and update its FeedDatabase whenever it is opened, it can be run even offline.
The constant scrolling on the desktop can be annoying, […]
Flex Programming Tips of the Week 0806d
Skin Flex with Flex 3 and CS3 - The reason you are doing Flex is not because you can’t resist the appealing of ActionScript, over Java, C# and all sorts of languages, or even Flex Builder. It’s because Flex offers you the sky as the limit to express your creativity. If you are a visual […]
Can’t Apple and Adobe Just Get Along?
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that it looks like all of those rumors of of Flash for the iPhone are wrong:
Adobe Systems Inc. felt the sting of the iPhone in March when Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs dismissed a cellphone version of Adobe’s flash media player as not fit for the iPhone.
Ever since, an […]
Here’s a Quick Way to Flashing out a Laugh
It’s Friday (for some of us). As expected, we are all in the Friday mood. How about a quick laugh to end this week and enjoy the weekend. Just need watch this Flash piece. Turn on your speaker.
Or click here.
RIAJobs Launched Today
With RIA jobs on the rise, it is about time for RIA developes to have an exclusive job site. Peter Elst, a renowned adobe community expert, launched RIAJobs.org today.
The job board which calls itself “the web 2.0 repository” has a simple look. It has openings listed under eight categories: AIR, Ajax, Flash, Flex, Google Gears, […]
Building interactivity into Flex charts
Charts are mostly thought as a way to present information. In some cases though charts can provide a good means for the user to enter or rather alter data, while still graphically viewing the result of his interaction.
We’ll showcase this using a bubblechart in combination with a simple function producing data correlation as follows:
Radius = […]
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 […]
Flex Asteroid to Destroy Your Home
Have you ever wondered how big of an asteroid it would take to destroy your house? How about your neighborhood? Maybe your country? Now you have a chance to find out, and maybe understand what the dinosaurs felt like.
You can use the Flex application at down2earth.eu to create an asteroid, determine its density, speed and […]
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