Archive for the 'Flash Platform' Category



There’s a very interesting write-up on Windows media vs. Flash Video, the nice thing is it’s objective. Just try and ignore the rather lazy design.
I mean I can scream and shout with the best of them about how rubbish every other format is, but my opinion is only partly based on exprience.

FingerSkilz

A very nice bit of viral from HP here, seeding YouTube with this video.
Hard to work out where the CGI ends and the reality begins.

The Glue Network have built the foundations of a virtual bridge around the world. A number of big name corps have signed up to donate a dollar for every mile.
Check out my mile:

My proximity class

class Proximity extends MovieClip {
public var proxRadius:Number;
public var clips:Array;
public function Proximity() {
}
public function scaleProximity(clips:Array, proxRadius:Number, fade:Boolean):Void {
for (var i:Number = 0; i < clips.length; i++) {
var scaleBuffer:Number = proxRadius+100;
var xMousePos:Number = _root._xmouse;
var yMousePos:Number = _root._ymouse;
var cx:Number = clips[i]._x;
var cy:Number = clips[i]._y;
var prox:Number = Math.round(Math.sqrt((xMousePos-cx)*(xMousePos-cx)+(yMousePos-cy)*(yMousePos-cy)));
if (prox < proxRadius) {
clips[i]._xscale = clips[i]._yscale = scaleBuffer - prox;
if (fade) […]

Thy Dungeonman III, Behold Yhy Graphics

Flash on the Beach

Well I know what I’m doing first thing Monday morning, writing up a business case for my current employer to pay for me to go to Flash on the Beach.

And if that fails, hell, I’ll fork out the super-early-bird price myself, what’s ¬£199 between me and the bank?

I know it’s very brochure-ware, but I like it.
Redwood Creek
Found on Aaron Clinger’s portfolio site through Stumble Upon

After finding out about FJAX last week I was pleasantly surprised to see that the cousins McDonald over at FJAX aren’t alone in utilising Flash to make AJAX better.
Aral Balkan has gone and started an OS Flash project called FlashAid,
FlashAid allows JavaScript to check if accessibility features exist on the user‚Äôs computer by using a […]

But I just can’t let this one go by without commenting.
FJAX is like AJAX only instead of using XMLHttpRequest, which is limited to a single parse of date at a time, you embed a 4k swf to handle the data parsing. Admitedly I can understand why you would want to do this, only being able […]

but last nights inaugral London Flash Platform User Group meeting rocked!
Nice one Tink.
And it’s got the best acronym FLPLUG