David Wallin - July 21st, 2010 | Category: Flash, Technology
David Wallin
There has been lots of talk lately about HTML5 and CSS3 replacing the need for a Flash plugin someday. Flash of course is the dominant technology behind most online advertising today and thus one of the main vehicles by which websites are able to make money and sustain themselves. In...

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David Wallin - June 22nd, 2010 | Category: Flash, iPhone
David Wallin
As mobile devices become more prevalent and Apple sticks to their Flashless ideaology, there is a need to start investigating and developing alternatives to Flash for delivering rich content such as ads and animations. CSS3 is what most people will be using to accomplish this. CSS3 will be an open...

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Lee Mikles - May 4th, 2010 | Category: Behind the Scenes, Flash, Recent News
Lee Mikles
In the web award world, the Webby is pretty much top of the food chain and right up there with the Golden Pencil in my opinion. The winners are pretty much the sites that you use daily (Mint.com, Mashable.com) or have passed around to friends for being uber-cool (Ted.com, WeChooseTheMoon.org)....

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David Wallin - April 29th, 2010 | Category: Development, Flash, iPhone
David Wallin
Steve Jobs has made a lengthy news release summing up his position on Adobe, and clearly he isn't pulling any punches. Let me first say that I am a Flash Developer, and I am an iPhone developer.  I don't really care about having Flash on the iPhone. I agree that...

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Steve High - February 23rd, 2010 | Category: Behind the Scenes, Development, Flash
Steve High
I've been semi-covertly developing an Adobe AIR app that interfaces with Harvest.  At Archer, we use Harvest pretty extensively. Like most software platforms, Harvest offers a public (RESTful) API that tinkerers can tap into at will.  This allows for the independent creation of client-side widgets of all shapes and sizes, and...

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David Wallin - February 2nd, 2010 | Category: Flash, iPhone
David Wallin
Lately everyone seems to be chiming in on the Flash debate now that Steve Jobs has announced that the iPad does not support flash and probably never will, as long as they don't have access to the Flash runtime. Apple's reasoning behind the Flash ban has been that it is...

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David Wallin - January 11th, 2010 | Category: Flash
David Wallin
Something that is really missing from Flash is any sort of layout control. Most Flash pieces tend to be a fixed size with fixed ui elements, so an automatic layout is not always missed. However, if you are making something like a gallery, a list control, or a dynamic form or interface, then flash developers...

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