Mike Chabmbers has posted a nice write up on Flash and Web 2.0. There have been numerous posts on every other blog claiming to define exactly Web 2.0 is. Mike (as always) does a great job of listing a number of considerations and why web 2.0 applications will not be limited to any single technology [...]

I find myself more and more lately defending Flash to clients at the expensive of discounting other technologies. With the renewed interest in JavaScript lately and all the hype and “bandwagoning” surrounding “AJAX” it seems like everyone has drank the kool-aid without actually understanding what the hells in the water. I am constantly hearing “we [...]

I just accidentally ran across a shortcut while showing a coworker how to force an object to scale or rotate from the top left corner by moving the registration transformation point of the object using the free transform tool. And what I noticed was when I moved the registration point around on a shape (not [...]

Okay so this story has been everywhere but I couldn’t help but put a small post about it myself. Paul Neave has created Flash Earth… which is just bad ass and deserves to be talked about. Although I doubt I could say it any better than JD himself as he sits atop his soapbox… The [...]

Why don’t more people see that? Why do so many still continue to develop in an un-maintainable code base, hacked JavaScript, degrading code, and garbage UI? Well Ivan Todorov is trying to do his part to educate why the Flash Platform has so much potential. He has just posted a nice article titled “Macrodobe 8, [...]

Harley Davidson has launched their “Genuine Motor Accessories Customizer” app built in Flex. I can only assume this is another top notch creation by the folks at Whittman Hart as they are the creators of the Harley Davidson web site, as well as the Ride Planner application which helps riders plan their road trip, and [...]

Windows XP has a pretty neat feature to allow you to essentially “Cache” an application so it’s ready to go when you’re ready for it. Be careful not to overuse this feature however, otherwise it defeats the purpose (like having all of your apps open all the time)…so use it sparingly. I only use this [...]

So everybody has no doubt seen and heard about Flash 8 and the Studio 8 release. I’ve been reading everything I can, trying to get ahead of the game with respect to the learning curve adjustment that comes with any new software release. And since I’m not one of the lucky ones out there to [...]

Anyone who has done any amount of Flash work has had to contend with the Flash detection, alternate content issue. Usually when I do any Flash work I make good use of the Moock FPI for Flash detection and redirection. The problem is that as we (the web development community as a whole) strive to [...]

As an extension to my previous post regarding Escape Shortcut Keys in Flash, below is a way to add/modify your own, along with a nice set graciously provided by atn at SoleilNoir There’s also a trick to improve the way you use these “quickeys” by editing the ActionsPanel.xml file and personalizing it. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cruciallimit.com%2Fblog%2F22%2Fadding-custom-actions-and-escape-keys%2F’; [...]