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 While many see Microsoft Silverlight as an Adobe Flash killer, I actually think Adobe should rejoice that Microsoft is competing with Adobe on its own turf (i.e., media plug-ins) rather than putting all its energy, as it once did, into Web standards and innovation (IE 5.0 was the most ...Aug. 27, 2009 11:30 AM EDT Reads: 4,237 |
72% of all businesses never review their sales presentations
Warwickshire, United Kingdom, 27th August 2009 - Eyeful Presentations, a leading international presentation consultancy, has called for companies to invest more time and effort in the development of their corporate presentat... Aug. 27, 2009 08:35 AM EDT Reads: 884 |
 In the excitement of witnessing the dawn of a new era in computing, we often overlook the fact that while many of us understand the benefits of cloud computing, there are many more that are just beginning this exciting journey.
For those just getting started, here’s a few quotes...Aug. 26, 2009 11:30 AM EDT Reads: 1,152 |
 In this article I will illustrate how you could install and setup BlazeDS in a JBoss AS 5 application server instance. A number of new developers have difficulty installing and setting up BlazeDS in JBoss. I hope this article will provide answers to their questions and also help all th...Aug. 24, 2009 04:15 PM EDT Reads: 1,449 |
Shenzhen P.R.C, Aug. 05, 2009, Moyea Software Co., Ltd. (http://www.moyeamedia.com): Since late July 2009, PlayerDIY begins to provide free Web FLV Players, free FLV streaming players for non-commercial use to play flash videos streaming videos, live streaming videos and SMIL presentat... Aug. 5, 2009 06:13 AM EDT |
 The popularity of widgets these days has brought to attention the need for interoperability, i.e. for widgets developed for one site or platform to be able to run in other sites and widgets developed by different people to be able to work with each other.
So much so that I know of ...Jul. 30, 2009 01:15 PM EDT Reads: 1,972 |
In this brief article I’d like to talk about one of the most important aspects of RIA in general and written in Flex in particular – the initial download process. You application is considered fast for one of two reasons: 1. Well, it is fast 2. It’s perceived to... Jul. 29, 2009 08:17 PM EDT Reads: 621 |
Swiz is a framework for Adobe Flex that aims to bring complete simplicity to RIA development. But, until recently, the documentation was limited.
But now…
Swiz 0.6.2 Actionscript API Reference: http://swizframework.org/
Swiz Framework Site: http://on3solutions.com/swiz062/
Swiz F... Jul. 29, 2009 03:13 AM EDT Reads: 554 |
 “By embracing Amazon Web Services to power this offering, Adobe combines its comprehensive enterprise solution with a cloud environment that knocks down barriers to productivity for enterprise developers worldwide,” said Kumar Vora, vice president and general manager for LiveCycl...Jul. 25, 2009 08:00 PM EDT Reads: 717 |
 The training covers the Flex client, Eclipse & Flex builder, the Flash virtual machine & how the Flex application development process is designed. It covers Actionscript, how events are handled, and layouts in a constraint based container. The material is similar to the first three day...Jul. 20, 2009 05:45 PM EDT Reads: 1,141 |
 During the last week I had to interview five developers for a position that required the following skills: Flex, Java, Spring, and Hibernate. Most of these guys had demonstrated the 3 out of 10 level of Flex skills even though each of them claimed a practical experience on at least tw...Jul. 18, 2009 02:30 PM EDT Reads: 11,671 Replies: 38 |
 A perspective client showed me a Web page from Adobe’s Connect Now. Check this page out before reading further: https://connectnow.acrobat.com/
“Yakov, I want our new application to be like that one. The page comes up really fast and it’s very responsive. Can you create our Flex app...Jul. 17, 2009 05:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,458 |
 I think that pitching to the media is a bit like choosing a wedding dress: the possibilities to pitch to seem endless at first, but with careful research and a little guidance from both your client or organization AND the journalists you’re pitching, any PR person worth his or her salt...Jul. 16, 2009 07:30 PM EDT Reads: 1,125 |
 I really like Google. They produce easy to use applications that work great. I use their search engine about a hundred times a day. Their applications make sense. But this announcement gave me goosebumps. If you didn’t hear that Google has announced that in 2010 consumers will have a c...Jul. 14, 2009 01:15 PM EDT Reads: 3,185 Replies: 2 |
 Adobe has re-opened the "Adobe Flex Builder 3 for unemployed developers" program. It means that
"Adobe Flex Builder 3" software is currently available for free, while supplies last, for software developers who are affected by the current economic condition and are currently unemployed...Jul. 13, 2009 05:15 PM EDT Reads: 1,204 |
As most of our readers know, the Marketing Trenches blog is run by the leadership of Right Source Marketing. It should come as no surprise that one of the first questions we get is “What is Right Source?” and/or “What does it mean to rightsource my marketing?”... Jul. 9, 2009 03:01 PM EDT Reads: 117 |
 Having built/architected/developed/consulted many Adobe Flex applications and being one of the first certified Flex instructors in the world, I've seen a lot of Flex applications. Some good, some bad. But no matter how many applications or who I'm talking to, I always stress the import...Jun. 26, 2009 10:15 AM EDT Reads: 1,515 |
Content is king from a marketing standpoint - now more than ever. Can you really market anything without some form of content? Think about it for a second. Review every marketing vehicle you use, and try to identify one that doesn’t involve some form of content production.
If ... Jun. 25, 2009 09:50 PM EDT Reads: 137 |
Another good partnership for the Flash Player enhancement has been announced from NVIDIA and Adobe:
NVIDIA and Adobe Systems Incorporated announced that they are collaborating as part of the Open Screen Project to optimize and enable Adobe® Flash® Player, a key component of the Ado... Jun. 24, 2009 02:06 PM EDT Reads: 424 |
Getting your company into the news can be as easy as taking a stroll down Sesame Street. PR Flex can lend insights; and The Count can manage your feelings. Jun. 23, 2009 08:15 AM EDT Reads: 347 |
3 dimensional web is all about interacting with the content provider about their contents. The ability ask questions and clarification while checking a product from an online retailer. Jun. 19, 2009 12:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,310 |
 I've missed the Flash Camp Keynote in San Francisco where Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch mentioned that AIR reached over 200 million installs. The Adobe AIR Team blog wrote that the Acrobat.com application provided with Adobe Reader continues to be one of the most popular applications.
Unf...Jun. 16, 2009 03:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,232 |
Did you notice our subscribers list update? Now, you can receive Graphic Mania all posts and and free resources updates right to your email address, in full HTML and images. You can save the images and backgrounds you need directly to your computer and get the free resources download l... Jun. 16, 2009 02:15 PM EDT Reads: 1,106 |
PR Flex presents: "10 Ways to Make News." Breaking through the clutter isn't easy - but it is possible to position your company as the leader of the pack by owning a healthy portion of your industry's marketshare in the media. Jun. 16, 2009 08:15 AM EDT Reads: 332 |
 If you still can not adopt reading books from your computer screen, or do not like to waste your laptop battery charge for just reading a book, then I think Amazon Kindle is the best solution for you. I myself still can't give up reading from paper books as it is much comfortable for e...Jun. 14, 2009 10:30 AM EDT Reads: 1,081 |
By Ned Smith
June 11, 2009
Netbooks, the mighty-mites of mobile computing, are becoming the sales colossus of the computer industry. Though margins are thin for manufacturers (hardware and software alike), these smaller, less-expensive siblings of the ubiquitous notebooks carried by m... Jun. 11, 2009 10:34 AM EDT Reads: 195 |
 Information Week has published an interview with GM’s CIO discussing the impact of the bankruptcy on the two-billion-IT operations of this huge corporation. After reading this article, I’m pretty sure that GM’s IT is doomed. The chances are slim that they will turn themselves into lea...Jun. 10, 2009 11:40 AM EDT Reads: 1,800 |
 ZapThink just produced a good report on the state of Web 2.0 tools entitled "Evolution of the Rich Internet Applcation Market." In the report, Jason Bloomberg and Ron Schmelzer of Zapthink highlight a critical gap in most RIA solutions: the inability to access data from within the UI. ...Jun. 8, 2009 07:22 AM EDT Reads: 3,224 |
 I'm finishing writing a book for O'Reilly "Enterprise Development with Flex". It's my 6th one. Yesterday, I got an email from a person asking if I'd like to write a new book on software. Here's what came to my mindJun. 7, 2009 05:15 AM EDT Reads: 737 |
I got this Flex question from one of our Flex clients at On3:
“Aside from what I read here on image caching… http://userflex.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/image-caching/ do I have other options for improving performance of image rendering for flex? (Ex. I have to render 50+ low res i... Jun. 5, 2009 01:06 AM EDT Reads: 289 |
Night Moves, LLC branding and Pre-Flight Parking announce exclusive partnership to light the night at 9 U.S. airports http://bit.ly/pi61y #
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MD D... Jun. 3, 2009 06:03 PM EDT Reads: 264 |
 Adobe has planned three free online seminars next week that will walk through the new features of Flash Builder 4 and Flash Catalyst. (thanks to Mike Potter for the news) Here's the schedule of the events: Jun. 3, 2009 05:39 PM EDT Reads: 899 |
Its day 2 at JavaOne 2009. I had the chance to attend some of the sessions and talk with exhibiting vendors as well as attendees. One of the most interesting topics for me was the - let’s call it - “Empowering of the Browser”.
The Browser is more and more becoming the... Jun. 3, 2009 01:02 PM EDT Reads: 672 |
 New entrants, however, have a great opportunity to leverage UI and user experience to make their management apps more sticky and to appeal to a broader market. For example, the Bluebear guys have built a snazzy, intuitive multi-hypervisor virtualization management tool written in Adob...Jun. 1, 2009 10:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,137 |
The importance and meaning of Corporate Social Responsibility and questions you should ask before selecting the partner charity for your company. Jun. 1, 2009 08:15 AM EDT Reads: 227 |
This is great news. The most valuable new feature for enterprise developers are data-centric code generator and network monitor. Flash I'm glad that Adobe picks up the best ideas from third-party libraries and components and implements them in Fl Jun. 1, 2009 07:42 AM EDT Reads: 273 |
 Yesterday, my colleague and I received notifications from MAX 2009 (the main Adobe annual conference) organizers that started with words “We regret to inform you…we were forced to make difficult decisions, which topics wouldMay. 30, 2009 08:06 AM EDT Reads: 1,222 |
One thing I have to say is that the Adobe community is alive with collaboration and events. There are tons of people sharing their work and their ideas on better development with the Adobe products. One more example, the local Rocky Mountain Adobe User Group is hosting a very inexpensi... May. 30, 2009 12:40 AM EDT Reads: 147 |
 I've just discovered (don't know how old it is) this new presentation web tool released by Adobe on Acrobat.com Labs. Acrobat Presentation is a Flex application that adds to Adobe's online collaborative offerings (with Buzzword). Presentation allows you to create slides using the Power...May. 28, 2009 04:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,309 |
 This advanced Flex workshop has been very well received in New York City and Boston. The next destinations are Toronto (July) and London (September). These are some of the topics covered during these two days of immersion into the Flex and AIRMay. 28, 2009 01:14 PM EDT Reads: 604 |
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