Great post on CNET.com featuring comments by Microsoft’s platform evangelist Walid Abu-Hadba., who boldly states that he doesn’t “believe they have the assets or the organizational structure” to really support a general web platform, apparently referring to Adobe Flash, Flex, and Air efforts.
The article also mentions:
“For his part, Abu-Hadba said he doesn’t wonder if Silverlight [...]
I’m really enamored with my virtual dedicated server account with GoDaddy.com. It’s pretty invaluable and really makes my life much easier as a developer and a content producer. Interactive websites really need a core back-end that’s flexible and can do what you want / need, without requiring phone calls to tech support to [...]
I have been asked to recommend some ActionScript 3 books by students in the past. Below is a list of what I consider to be the best resources available right now. Enjoy!
Learning ActionScript 3.0 in particular is an excellent tool for novice scripters who are starting with AS3 as their first language. [...]
Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ recent comments regarding the possibility of Flash on the iPhone (summation: Flash Lite is not ready, and the Flash Player is too power-intensive), seems to have really ruffled some feathers over at Adobe. Although the two companies seem to be drifting farther and farther apart, I have to [...]
ActionScript programmers who are used to working in Flash have always been encouraged to keep code out of individual frames and movie clips as much as possible. In ActionScript 2.0, this usually meant either keeping function libraries in external files (and bringing them in using #include), or creating AS2 class files. Some [...]
Here is a great post describing why Flash is not bad when it is used properly — and why its often the best choice for many applications and User Interface experiences.The author (Anthony from EffectiveUI) covers topics such as Flash and SEO, the size of Flash content, and accessibility — which we’ve all heard about [...]
Interesting excerpt from a Bill Gates interview about Silverlight and Flash. One thing that sticks out is that he mentions that Flash was designed before the “Internet” — I assume he means the modern day Internet. Silverlight, he says, has been designed with some modern features that Flash developers may find intriguing. Hmmmm…. Check it out [...]
I have been working with AS3 for the past few weeks now, and I have to say that it is by far, so much more flexible than AS2. Display Object Programming is definitely more logical and practical then working with Movie Clips as the main containers of content. In my latest project [...]