Mike Chambers

as3corelib update

One of the ActionScript 3 libraries that I use in just about every project I work on is the as3corelib library. This is an ActionScript 3 library that contains a lot of useful APIs for working with AS3. I am planning to do some more work the library

Posted: Jul. 2, 2008 01:35 PM

Open Review : Getting Started with AIR Chapter

I have posted chapter 2 of the Adobe AIR for Flex Developers Pocketguide on tostring.org. The chapter is titled Getting Started with Adobe AIR Development and covers (from the chapter): Installing Adobe AIR Configuring the Flex SDK and

Posted: Jun. 30, 2008 05:58 PM

Adobe AIR 1.1 Release Notes in HTML

Just a quick note, but we have posted the Adobe AIR 1.1 Release Notes in HTML. Previously they were only available via PDF. There is a lot of useful and important information in the release notes about developing in AIR 1.1, so make sure to check the

Posted: Jun. 30, 2008 01:39 PM

Introducing tostring.org : AIR / Flash Player / RIA books online

Prior to the release of Adobe AIR 1.0, I worked on two books about Adobe AIR (then know by its code name of “Apollo”). The books, “Adobe Integrated Runtime for JavaScript Developers Pocketguide” and “Apollo for Adobe Fle

Posted: Jun. 23, 2008 04:32 PM

Fun with a Flip Cam and a Train Toilet

View the video here.

Posted: Jun. 16, 2008 08:07 AM

Base64 Encoding and Decoding in JavaScript in Adobe AIR

I have been working on a JavaScript AIR app for the past week or so while on the on AIR Tour in Europe, and ran into the need to Base64 encode some data. I knew that there were some JavaScript libraries that did this, and I could also create a SWF li

Posted: Jun. 12, 2008 05:20 PM

In Europe for on AIR Tour

I am in Europe right now for leg 2 of the on AIR Tour in Europe. We have been having a great time, and a lot of fun at the events. I have posted a review of week 3 over on the on AIR Tour blog, which you can read here.

Posted: Jun. 8, 2008 03:07 PM

Printed Copy of Adobe RIA AS3 Reference Guide

I am in Stockholm today for the on AIR Tour in Europe, and one of the new items of schwag we have is a printed copy of the Adobe RIA AS3 reference guide. Here is a quick video looking at the guide: We will be giving these out at all of the on AIR T

Posted: Jun. 2, 2008 02:46 AM

Firefox 3 Will Break some Flash content

Just a quick note, but it looks like a bug in Firefox 3 (soon to be released) will break some existing Flash content. Specifically, it looks like it breaks onKeyUp events in Flash. You can find more info, and view the bug here. Unfortunately, it does

Posted: May. 29, 2008 04:18 PM

POC : Implementing HTML 5 Video Element using JavaScript and Flash

Since the first leg of the European on AIR Tour wrapped up, I have had some time to take some time and research / play around with some new technologies. In particular, I have been looking into the HTML 5 draft spec, as well as some of the work that

Posted: May. 27, 2008 07:30 PM

YOUR FEEDBACK

	Flex Is Strong Because of Java By Yakov Fain NN wrote: DRH: you are jumping up and down on silverlight without any light. let see Microsoft work so hard to kill Java and all know the story. Today we have so many apps running on Java (backend more and front ends sucks where flex shines). Now we have great tools for complete...
	Adobe Flex: Program in Style or an Elevator Pitch By Yakov Fain Daniel Szmulewicz wrote: Shalom, OK, so this post is two years old, but I just found it today and appreciated it a lot. Very instructive, indeed. Since you asked for more versions to achieve the desired resizeable canvas, may I offer mine. It is in the line of the Flex version...
	ClearBI Web Reporter For Flex and Java Applications Goes to Public Beta By Yakov Fain person wrote: I hope it's still beta today, because the instructions don't work.
	Yahoo Director Quits; Company Postpones Annual Meeting By Maureen O'Gara Yahoo News Desk wrote: The Yahoo board is one short.
	E-Commerce 2.0 By Simeon Simeonov Peter De Ranter wrote: Hi, We created www.cotswoldoutdoor.com as a technology provider (not designed it). The customer is doubting that consumers don't wait for the LOADING of the site. Is this a concern ? They even think of switching back to html.