Flash | Retrospective

A friend of mine was having problem with some ActionScript code on a frame and couldn't figure out why part of it was working and then it just stopped working. I took a quick look at this code and immediately saw a "return" statement where it shoudn't be. It was outside of a [...]

I just happened to swing by the Dx3 conference page and saw this:
Due to unforseen circumstances, D×3 has been cancelled.
For further inquiries, please contact: registration@dx3conference.com
Wow! I had just gotten approval at work to attend this conference too. Maybe we'll find out more in the next few days. I hope they re-schedule because the [...]

Get it while its hot. Apollo is now out in the wild.
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/apollo/
Guess I know where my time will be spent tomorrow at work.

A buddy of mine had asked me how to make Flash scale an image to fit the entire background, but keeping the image aspect ratio. I knew it wouldn't be hard to figure out, but I also hadn't really done it before. I'm posting it here for his benefit and just in case I [...]

Flex2 Builder 2 for Mac is on labs. Get it while its hot! http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flexbuilder2/
And it appears to be a universal app too.

When AMFPHP 1.0 was released, I used it to create a simple Flash calendar for my blog.  In the last two weeks, I've had two people email me about it.  So I've decided to produce a little tutorial on it this week.  Stay tuned.

The MGM Grand Las Vegas revamped site went live yesterday.

It was designed by Diesel in Canada. Diesel does a lot (maybe, all?) of the Cirque Du Soleil materials (print, web, etc). They did a really nice job on the MGM Grand site and made good use of Flash 8 and FLV video.
It still has [...]

Why is it after all this time that we still run into pages that fail to check flash versions properly on mainstream browsers? Better yet, why not include a link to the content page just in case your flash checking script fails for one reason or another. I went to check out the [...]

I first saw this on MacCentral of all places.  Sony released firmware 2.70 for the US market today.  This brings Flash 6 playback.  I did a quick couple of tests this morning, but unfortunately, I only had sites with Flash 7 in my bookmark list. I'll do some more tests tonight. I was really hoping [...]

Flash playback is coming to the Sony PSP, but not sure why only Flash 6? With Flash 8 and FlashLite 2.0 out, I figured we would at least get Flash 7 capabilities... maybe Sony will fix this or maybe we can count on the PSP community.
I don't own a PSP yet, but I have [...]