toString.org

06/24/2008 02:15 pm by EverythingFlex in Adobe AIR (Apollo)

Mike Chambers has launched a new site called toString.org. This site is a community effort to translate books to additional languages. As I know from looking over my analytics, I have a large international audience. So, I am posting this with the hope that you will take the initiative to translate one of Mike Chambers [...]

Interpreting Adobe LiveCycle SE Update 1 Release

06/23/2008 07:51 pm by Flex RIA United in Adobe AIR

Today Adobe released LiveCycle Enterprise Sutie (ES) update 1. The release note packed with lots of information. Let me try to translate the news release to layman’s words: “LiveCycle ES Update 1 adds Adobe® LiveCycle™ Content Services ES, a fully integrated set of content services and Adobe® LiveCycle™ PDF Generator 3D ES, a solution for automating [...]

AIR iPhone With Ribbit

06/23/2008 05:00 pm by Flex RIA United in Adobe AIR

AIR iPhone is a virtual iPhone created using the Ribbit API. The desktop application simulates the UI of the iPhone and can be used as a fully functional phone. Apart from a cool look and feel, the AIR iPhone offers a number of features. Users can receive and make calls from landlines, mobiles, and online phones. [...]

Adobe Releases AIR 1.1

06/19/2008 05:00 pm by Flex RIA United in Adobe AIR

The latest version of AIR was released a few days ago. The release focuses primarily on localization: AIR installation and runtime dialog boxes and support for AIR applications in various languages (along with keyboard input support for double-byte languages). In parallel, the Adobe AIR website is being made available in all these languages. A new release [...]

Top 10 AIR apps worth Installing

06/19/2008 11:17 am by EverythingFlex in Adobe AIR (Apollo)

Lifehacker has put together a top 10 list of Adobe AIR applications worth installing. Their list includes: Pandora ebay Desktop snackr DiggTop Doomi Twhirl Klok DestroyFlickr ReadAIR Google Analytics Suite To see their full reviews of each of these applications, you can read the full article here.

O’Reilly AIR Cookbook and community involvement

06/18/2008 12:49 am in Adobe Air

There are a couple of great new resources for new or aspiring AIR developers: the online AIR Cookbook and the upcoming AIR Cookbook published by O’Reilly which will be coming out later this year. The great thing with both of these resources is that they both need community involvement! The Online Cookbook - The online [...]

AIR 1.1 now in the wild

06/17/2008 11:12 am by EverythingFlex in Adobe AIR (Apollo)

AIR 1.1 has been released! http://get.adobe.com/air/ The major change in tis version is support for localized and internationalized applications. The AIR runtime itself now supports multiple languages (Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Spanish), as well as support for building internationalized applications (including keyboard input for double-byte languages).

Adobe AIR Update Framework

06/17/2008 11:02 am by EverythingFlex in Adobe AIR (Apollo)

I have been using my UpdateManager that was originally built during the Apollo alpha and updated along the way for all of my AIR projects. Now, there is finally an official solution provided by Adobe. The new Adobe AIR Update Framework uses the same techniques as my UpdateManager as it uses a remote XML descriptor [...]

Write for the AIR Cookbook

06/17/2008 10:48 am by EverythingFlex in Adobe AIR (Apollo)

I mentioned last week that I would be a contributing author on the new AIR Cookbook from O’Reilly. Now here is your chance to get your recipe’s published in the book or simply share your knowledge with the world. Here is how it works. Simply post your recipe at the AIR Cookbook site and if it is [...]

Need a QuickFix? Try Google App Engine, Adobe AIR, and Flex

06/13/2008 12:09 am in Adobe AIR

Last week I spent a few hours with Dick Wall of the Java Posse working on an application which combines Google App Engine, Adobe AIR, and Flex. This was a fun experiment that turned into a pretty cool application. The application, named QuickFix, sends an image to Google App Engine which does an [...]

Flex/AIR Training in Silicon Valley

06/12/2008 11:04 am by EverythingFlex in Adobe AIR (Apollo)

Chuck Freedman (Chuckstar) has started a new Flex/AIR training company in Silicon Valley named “for those about to code”. For those about to code will be holding the first training weekend July 19-20, 2008 at The Domain Hotel, Sunnyvale, CA. This intense 2 day training class will target the Beginner/Intermediate developer looking to rapidly increase [...]

O’Reilly AIR Cookbook

06/11/2008 04:34 pm by EverythingFlex in Adobe AIR (Apollo)

I have officially accepted an invitation from O’Reilly to join the team of authors working on the new AIR cookbook. My fellow authors include David Tucker, Marco Casario, and Koen De Weggheleire. What does this mean to you? Well as with the Flex Cookbook, the AIR Cookbook will include community contributions so you can have some of [...]

Two Great Flex / Adobe AIR Articles

06/10/2008 11:51 pm in Adobe AIR

Just a quick note about two great articles which were recently published: ActionScript Collections and Functional Programming by Bruce Eckel In this article Bruce provides insights and examples into the functional pieces of ActionScript. He also covers some of the lesser known things about Collections. I learned quite a bit from this one! InfoQ Case Study: [...]

Adobe AIR Opens the Pandora Box

06/05/2008 07:25 pm by Flex RIA United in Adobe AIR

I mean it literally. Pandora is one of many startup music services. They’ve got a huge music library and it’s an excellent way to discover music. They also claim to be one of the larger user bases for online music. It was all in browser but it changed by releasing Pandora Desktop, on Adobe AIR. The [...]

To AIR or not to AIR - Pizza Hut

05/28/2008 09:32 pm in Adobe AIR

I read some posts over the weekend about PizzaHut’s new AIR application, “Pizza Hut Shortcut“. I quickly downloaded it, installed it and made myself hungry. My first impression was good - it’s a neat looking app: What I like about it: Good concept - frequently needed, useful, practical, etc. Good looking artwork, icon, etc. Great use of branding - [...]

Merapi Project Alpha Register Now!

05/22/2008 03:00 pm by EverythingFlex in Adobe AIR (Apollo)

The MerapiProject which I am currently a team member of will begin its official alpha on May 24th. Sign up for the alpha and you will be able to run my screen capture sample as soon as the jars are available. To register for the alpha just Click Here

Spaz on AIR

05/21/2008 02:08 pm by Flex RIA United in Adobe AIR

These days there are many web applications which help you to build your own social network and amongst Twitter takes the cake. For the uninitiated, it allows you to broadcast short message called tweets to your friends through IM, SMS or RSS. Its increasing popularity has lead to the creation many add-ons applications and Spaz [...]

Free AIR Signed Certificate

05/21/2008 01:45 pm by EverythingFlex in Adobe AIR (Apollo)

A few weeks back Adobe gave me a free Thawte certificate for doing signed AIR applications. They did this because I was an early adopter of Adobe AIR. If you have downloaded any of my applications posted on the AIR Marketplace, you will see that they are now classified with the yellow caution rather than [...]

Multi-Mania 2008 : Fully booked !

05/20/2008 12:47 am in Adobe Air

I am very proud to say that Multi-Mania 2008 is fully booked. 1000 enthusiastic multimedia addicts will attend Europe’s biggest FREE Multi-Media fest! This year we have over 30 speakers in 4 simultaneous tracks on topics like design, development, video, audio, 3D and game development and also have 3 workshops on Adobe AIR, Flash Media [...]

Agile Agenda on AIR

05/15/2008 06:29 pm by Flex RIA United in Adobe AIR

Among the few striking RIA applications that had caught my eyes, Agile Agenda stood out for its sheer novelty. Essentially Agile Agenda is an Adobe Flex/AIR based project scheduling software which comes loaded with a bunch of powerful features that comes handy for every professional. It is a power pack application for project managers who [...]

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