Archive for the 'Flash' Category
Introducing caurina.transitions.Tweener
In 2003, I was pretty pissed with the tweening extensions available at the time. I found them to be too clumsy and overly complex, requiring a lot of code just to create a single transition. I didn’t want to use 3+ lines just to change the way a button looked like when it was rolled […]
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Posted on 25/Feb/2007 at 3:54 pm | 53 Comments | Categories: Actionscript, Easing, Flash, Interface, MC Tween, Tweener
A kuler color selector
Adobe labs has just unveiled kuler, a color selector application that allows designers to create harmonic color palettes. Although there are many other similar websites around (I used to like this and this), this one is built with Flash technology, has some pretty cool (visual!) color selection rules, and exports palettes in a way that […]
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Posted on 27/Nov/2006 at 6:51 am | Comments Off on A kuler color selector | Categories: Design, Flash
PlayStation 3 runs Flash
Sony has just released the new PS3, and Chris Remo has just now his PS3 preview/review on the Shack. The semi-surprise is that the PS3 browser does run Flash content; see an screenshot here. This has been the center of a recent discussion on Flashcoders: whether or not the PS3 would run Flash. It seemed […]
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Posted on 15/Nov/2006 at 5:33 pm | 6 Comments | Categories: Flash, Videogames
FlashDevelop 2.0.0 Final released
Mainly fixes to the previous versions – and yes, in case you didn’t know, AS3 is supported. Get it here.
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Posted on 5/Oct/2006 at 7:02 am | 1 Comment | Categories: Flash
I, for one, welcome our new fullscreen overlords
A new beta Flash 9 update adds fullscreen functionality to Flash Player. This raises two concerns: first and foremost, the ability for malicious developers to exploit the feature (specially for ads). This seems to be well addressed by way of the security features and rules that you have to follow when triggering the fullscreen mode. […]
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Posted on 5/Oct/2006 at 6:55 am | Comments Off on I, for one, welcome our new fullscreen overlords | Categories: Flash
User interface animation: why’s it any good?
In the Flash development community, many people seem to agree that having interface elements animation – say, a button fading, menu elements sliding, etc – is pretty cool, even if they can’t theorize more about the reasons why. Some people, however, argue it’s not needed – it’s only wasting the user’s and the developer’s time. […]
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Posted on 16/Jun/2006 at 7:19 pm | 8 Comments | Categories: Easing, Flash, Interface
Grafikonstruct is hiring
Brazil-based web studio Grafikonstruct is looking for a Flash developer to join their ranks. They’re looking for someone with recognized ActionScript experience when building real web sites, including integration with XML-based data. This is an on-site job offer, for people living in São Paulo, Brazil (this means it’s not a freelance offer and they’re not […]
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Posted on 14/Jun/2006 at 1:50 pm | Comments Off on Grafikonstruct is hiring | Categories: Flash, Job posts
FIFA World Cup 2006 draws closer
Unless you have been living under a ball in the past few months, you should know that the FIFA World Cup 2006 on Germany will start in about one week. Most of the world will stop to see how the 32 selected countries will do in this that’s the most popular single sport tournament in […]
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Posted on 4/Jun/2006 at 6:09 pm | Comments Off on FIFA World Cup 2006 draws closer | Categories: Flash, Misc
The Middle Finger Pub: tell your boss how much you don’t like him
Is the morale of your office’s team down due to your boss’ inability to lead? Is he a dick when it comes to managing projects or being reasonable? When that happens, most employees just go to a bar where they can drink to their anger while they tell everybody – usually fellow employees – how […]
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Posted on 30/Apr/2006 at 10:38 am | 5 Comments | Categories: Actionscript, Flash, Site releases
Robert Penner updates his easing equations page
Everybody’s equation hero Robert Penner has updated his easing equations page. Worth of note now is that his equations are now licensed under BSD, that he has added a few more links to the page and, more importantly, that he’s hosting the entire tweening chapter of his book on the site on the form of […]
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