PROGRAMMINGI know I should be doing ‘proper’ work but right now I am having way too much fun playing with the Flash CS5 iOS packager. Two days ago I started porting my Just Letters game (yes, that old chestnut) to iPad and I was pleasantly surprised how easy it was, even after deciding to rewrite the game in plain AS3 (plus a few graphical assets which I packaged into a .swc file). In total it must have taken me only 4 – 6 hours before the game was running on the iPad, and this included the logic for the NetConnection and ShareObject syncs.
But the point of this post isn’t about the game, it’s about how much fun Flash suddenly is again. The combination of AS3, RTMP and a tablet form factor is magical just great, and I’ve already got a few ideas for some further, more useful applications.
By Stefan Richter
October 29, 2010
PROGRAMMINGAdobe announced that the Adobe AIR 2 runtime is now available for download (Windows, Mac, and Linux). It can be found here. Features include: Native Process API Open documents with the user’s default application Microphone data access Mass storage device detection Updated, faster WebKit with enhanced support for HTML5 and CSS3 Multi-touch and gestures TLS/SSL
By Chris Crum
June 11, 2010
PROGRAMMINGAdobe has set up a new site designed to let users help the company improve Adobe AIR. The site is called Adobe Ideas. The site allows users to submit ideas on how to improve AIR as well as vote and comment on existing ideas from others. “Though we only launched this new website just a
By Chris Crum
March 25, 2010
PROGRAMMINGCES 2010 is all about nifty gadgets, and Cideko’s Air Keyboard was one displayed at the conference. WebProNews was able to check out the Air Keyboard, and obtain some information relating to it. The device is an 80 key mini keyboard including function keys which generally come standard on most keyboards. The mouse device is
By admin
February 15, 2010
PROGRAMMINGOver the weekend at Mobile World Congress, Adobe unveiled AIR for mobile devices and announced that a beta of Flash Player 10.1 was made available to0 content providers and developers around the world. “These technologies, combined with Flash CS5, will revolutionize how developers create mobile applications,” Adobe says on the Flash Blog. It will be
By Chris Crum
February 15, 2010
