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Google Maps is almost certainly the best known online mapping system currently available, that could have something to do with the brand name. Everybody knows who Google is, even if they don’t own a computer themselves. Google recently launched a API of their popular mapping system, which means that you can easily use it as [...]
With rich GUI enabled installation procedures and live-CDs, installing a popular Linux distro is very easy. Gone are those days when you needed to compile the kernel from the source.
FYI, we've moved the Flex Team Blog to a new location: http://blogs.adobe.com/flex/. We'll get some redirects going in a few days, but in the meantime, update your RSS readers!
FYI, we've moved the Flex Team Blog to a new location: http://blogs.adobe.com/flex/. We'll get some redirects going in a few days, but in the meantime, update your RSS readers!...
Google has just released a Flash edition of the Google Maps API. In this tutorial you will how to install the necessary components and build a very basic map.
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This tutorial teaches you how to combine basic animation with the drawing API. Don’t get scared about the amount of code, it’s actually pretty straightforward if you look at it with attention.
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This tutorial presents of course not everything you should know about how to master icon design, but we hope that it will help you, particularly if you have just started to learn, or want to learn more about icon design.
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Ooops I get a Delta airlines reminder that I have to leave in about 10 hours. This means that Flashbelt 08 is coming closer I am really looking forward to this conference. Flashbelt has a really impressive speakers list and I am very happy to be part of it this year. The speakers list [...]
Have you ever visited this flash site? With nearly 2.5 million visitors so far, you might have. I’m reminded of a quote that I had read ages ago. Paraphrased, it reads like this: There are only two groups of flash fanatics — those who have visited this website, and those who will. The website takes [...]
Make an awesome ad, using light effects with glows and sparks.
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O'Reilly InsideRIA is sponsoring a Flex 3 Cookbook Cook-Off, and the grand price is a ticket to Adobe MAX in San Francisco and $500 on O'Reilly books.
Two ColdFusion positions this week:
- On Assignment Information Technology (Calabasas, CA) is looking for a ColdFusion developer. Requirements include at least 5 years ColdFusion experience (CF8 experience preferred), and experience with SQL Server, Ajax, and advanced JavaScript (jQuery preferred). Details posted on Monster or contact Candise Baker.
- Management Information Systems (Indianapolis, IN) is looking for a ColdFusion developer. Requirements include at least 2-4 years of ColdFusion experience, and strong SQL skills. Experience with Ajax, Flash, and/or Flex preferred. ColdFusion Certification a plus. Contact Andy Sandefer.
Textflow is a new online based tool which is designed to assist people to manage their comments, and also track the changes in certain documents. This is a new tool which hasn’t been released yet, however the Swedish company developing the tool says that it is nearing completion. If you are interested in this interesting [...]
That is a verry small isue, but some times we really need a fast answer.
I try to use setFocus method for diffrent UIComponents, for most of them it’s ok, but for a button for example you can’t see focus border using only setFocus method, so the solutions is to use also drawFocus method.
drawFocus method is [...]
David Tucker has posted about the possibility to join the O'Reilly AIR Cookbook project as technical editor:
As a technical editor, you will evaluate the chapter once the author completes it to ensure that the code samples work correctly and that the technical exposition is accurate. The technical editors are essential to any technical book - and you will get your name listed in the inside of the book with the other technical editors. You will need to be comfortable with testing both ActionScript and JavaScript AIR sample code that will be provided by the authors.
So in the final entry on this topic, I'd like to explore the user-experience innovations that can occur "behind the glass", to complete the investment we have made in Part 2 on creating a more innovative experience for quoting and buying car/auto insurance online. In Harvard Business Review (HBR, May 2008) there's a paper (you can read the first page of it online without a subscription) called "The Customer-Centered Innovation Map" (Bettencourt, Lance, A., Ulwick, Anthony, W) that outlines a methodology called job mapping, that (my phrase) applies design-thinking to services that customers currently use to identify opportunities for...
If you are looking for something similar to flvtool2 or flvmdi, or you are a command line junky then I strongly encourage you to check out MP4Box. MP4Box has a ton of capabilities, but I’m just going to highlight 4 fundamentals:
Read file info (basic metadata).
Split or cut files.
Merge two or more files.
Convert to iPod.
Read basic [...]
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