June 1, 2009
We've just kicked off a massive usergroup tour, and Adobe Platform Evangelists are spanning the globe to talk about upcoming versions of Flash Builder, Flash Catalyst, ColdFusion, and the new ColdFusion IDE. I'll be presenting at the following locations: June 8th, 2009: Atlanta, GA June 9th, 2009:...
May 31, 2009
Title says it all, public beta versions of Flash Builder 4 (formerly Flex Builder) and Flash Catalyst are now available for download on Adobe Labs.
May 15, 2009
Over the past 24 hours or so, word has gotten out that the next major version of Flex Builder, currently codenamed "Gumbo", won't be named Flex Builder, the final product name will be Flash Builder 4. This is a good thing, it'll greatly simplify explaining the Flex/Flash relationship, an obstacle...
May 10, 2009
I'll be spending much of next week and the week after in Eastern Europe, starting in Bucharest where I'll get to present at an Adobe Developer Day, and then on to Pargue. Adobe Czech Republic is hosting a full day conference on Rich Internet Application development and the future of the Internet ,...
May 4, 2009
A week or so ago we released the ActionScript 3.0 Client Library for Facebook Platform allowing Flex and Flash developers to easily build apps for Facebook. And now ADC helps you get started with a just-published article by Jeanette Stallons entitled Deploy your first Flex application on Facebook .
May 3, 2009
Flash Camp Orlando is a full-day event, on May 29th 2009, featuring some top industry experts on the Adobe Flash Platform from both inside and outside Adobe. You'll learn more about Flash and Flex, and will get to meet members of the Adobe team and network with local companies and fellow...
April 6, 2009
At MAX 2008 in San Francisco, Kevin Lynch announced that Major League Baseball was going to be using Flash for broadcast video. What he did not say at the time is that MLB had been using Silverlight, which they were abandoning for Flash. Greg Sandoval has posted a story on CNET explaining what he's...
April 5, 2009
The Adobe Affiliate Program lets owners of web sites and blogs recommend Adobe software, and make up to 8% on referrals. Lots more details in the program FAQ .
March 30, 2009
Adobe and Facebook have just announced a new ActionScript 3 Client Library that can be used to build Facebook applications in Flash. The library is free and open source, and includes more than 60 new APIs designed to compliment current Facebook APIs to ensure seamless implementation. Details are...
March 29, 2009
Mike Chambers has posted an entry entitled Rich Runtime Install Sizes Matrix in which he compares the download size of RIA runtimes Flash 10, Silverlight 2, Silverlight 3 beta, and JavaFX.