I just thought I would do a quick post to let everyone know I have been confirmed to speak at cf.Objective() 2009. I will be presenting on building AIR applications with HTML and Javascript. Thats right folks, you can build full blown AIR applications with just HTML and Javascript the way we have [...]
I thought this was great news and wanted to share. Over on Surfin Safari, they reported thats webkit has Full Pass of Acid3.
Why do I think that is cool? Because with Safari, Google Chrome, and AIR all using WebKit as the html rendering engine it means we are one step closer to having [...]
The RIA War Is Brewing. I saw this article and was again disappointed that people continue to compare these platforms.
Curl and Siverlight? competitors. AIR? not so much its a desktop environment. Compare it to the Flash Platform and move on.
Prism? Its kinda like a half cocked attempt at building AIR applications. The [...]
In working with new technologies I am always concerned about how a user will need to update the third party software that makes them work. Adobe AIR is no different. Although we have badge installs that make getting the runtime on the computer very easy and near seemless for the users, I was [...]
I posted about one of the new restrictions of Flash Player 9.0.115 over here on my blog. http://blog.simb.net/2008/01/17/urlrequestheader-in-as3-can-not-use-authorization-header/
In that post, I explain how the sky is falling and that we are no longer able to use the Authorization header with the URLRequestHeader object. In the post I incorrectly state that the problem [...]
I started this morning thinking I would write my fourth rant post this week. But I decided to tone this back a bit and see if I could bring some useful discussion and clarity to a problem.
So to throw a little bit of background into this for the uninitiated, Adobe AIR applications come in [...]
Ok, so I had my first WTF moment last night in trying to be more AS3 and flash happy. I started the FreshBooks API AS3 Library, and I tested it in Flex 3 and AIR. It worked great. Just so that the FreshBooks folks would know I started the project, I hit [...]
Ok, well that didnt take long :) Do to overwhelming response to the event, we have had to find a new location to accommodate everyone. So thanks to the CubeSpace folks for working with us to get the location worked out.
We will now be meeting at CubeSpace downtown.
CubeSpace | 622 SE [...]
Now that I am letting folks download AIR files from my server, I realized apache didnt know how to serve those file. So because it didnt know the mime-type for air, it just spit out the binary to your browser instead of helping the browser know to tell you to download it.
Fixing that was [...]
Ok, last night I updated MoTwitAir again. This time we added some UI enhancement, some keyboard shortcuts, and some more settings.
Check it out over on the MoTwitAir page.
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