Flash Player Explosion
July 24th, 2008Wow, the Flash player is being downloaded at an unbelievable pace. Within 6 months the 9.0.115 player is already over 80% worldwide and over 83% in the U.S./Canada.

Wow, the Flash player is being downloaded at an unbelievable pace. Within 6 months the 9.0.115 player is already over 80% worldwide and over 83% in the U.S./Canada.

Here is the setup:
You have a simple air application that embeds a single png in an Image component from an icons folder (see Flex Builder navigator view below).

Be sure to check out Serge Jespers (Adobe platform evangelist) review of his Silverlight training course.

The Sixth Annual MAX Awards will take place at MAX 2008 North America in San Francisco. This customer recognition program highlights some of the most engaging experiences built with Adobe technology over the past year. Don’t miss this chance to showcase your work!
The top three finalists in each of the six categories will have their work displayed via the Finalist Gallery on our website. Visitors will be invited to view and vote online for the coveted People’s Choice Award. At the conference, the winner of each category and People’s Choice will be announced.
Submit your project now at https://www.Adobemaxsubmission.com/submission.The deadline for all submissions is September 5th, 2008. Don’t delay.
When creating your schedule for MAX 2008 in San Francisco, please be sure to select my session titled Introduction to Adobe AIR: Building Your First Application. It will be on Tuesday November 18 at 1:30pm. Here is a brief outline of what you can expect, I will post a copy of the application that we will be building together during this session as soon as it is ready:
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