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What Annoys Me About Flash

May 9th, 2008
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Earlier this week, I asked readers what they disliked about Flash. The post spearheaded a large and helpful discussion on the various issues where Flash needs improvement. Many issues brought up were well know and expected, while others were things I had yet to consider. While I tried to respond to each person’s thoughts, I felt it may be interesting for me to lay out what does not excite me about the Flash technology as a whole. Let me preface this by stating, once again, that I make a living in Flash and there are many, many things that I like about it. I have spent time defending it - however, until some of these issues are addressed, I will continue to have my doubts.
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This Week’s Weekly Links of the Week - Week 80

April 4th, 2008

I am certainly amazed, but I seemed to have continued to write at a steady pace throughout the entire crazy timeline. Things are starting to slow down again and I am making life-decisions to ensure that they continue to be that way. I have a couple other cool posts that will be coming down the pipe soon - make sure to drop by to check them out.

Enjoy the links.

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More Layout Organizers Developed

February 5th, 2008

I am putting more work into my Layout Organizers project for various reasons. First, this code has already been quite helpful on a couple projects. Second, it is going to be worked in to a really cool open source Flex library. There are still a ton of features that need to be added and issues that need to be resolved, but progress is definitely being made. I spent time working on more primitive layout organizers that will be more helpful on everyday projects. The four new organizers are not anything fancy, but they will most likely be the most used out of all the ones I write.

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Why Silverlight Should Fail

June 25th, 2007

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Silverlight has been quite the buzz around the internet lately. Microsoft’s new product explicitly takes aim at Flash as they try to take on the rich media arena. Up to this point, Flash has basically stood alone at the top as the rich media standard for the browser. I will explain why, from my point of view, I do not see Silverlight changing that reality any time in the near (or far) future.

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Flash 9 Hits Over 83% Penetration

May 23rd, 2007

Wow, that did not take much time at all… Adobe reports over 83% penetration for Flash Player 9 in mature markets and 84% even in the US. Of course, Flash 9 penetration is significantly more important than prior releases as the latest release is the only player that is compatible with apps built in Actionscript 3. I have briefly glossed over a couple of the important features Actionscript 3 brings to users which could open up completely new doors for interaction. I knew Flash 9 would be adopted quickly, I just had no idea it would be this fast.

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