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    Flash Player Explosion

    July 24th, 2008

    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.


    AIR Export Bug?

    July 24th, 2008



    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).

    1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    2. <mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
    3.     layout="absolute"
    4.     title="AIR Export Bug?">
    5.     <mx:Image source="@Embed('icons/AIRApp_128.png')"
    6.         horizontalCenter="0" verticalCenter="0"/>
    7. </mx:WindowedApplication>

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    Silverlight: The good, the bad and the ugly

    July 18th, 2008

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

    Read his review here


    MAX Award Submissions

    July 17th, 2008

    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.


    My MAX Session - Introduction to Adobe AIR

    July 16th, 2008



    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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