Tag Archives: flash
Adobe is in danger of losing the developer community, if they haven’t already
Sometimes I wonder if we’ve got Adobe all wrong. Take a look at their products. Yes, people complain about their design products, Photoshop, Fireworks, InDesign, etc, but they’re pretty much the industry standard. All the designers I work with laugh … Continue reading
On the Web, everything is dying…or it’s not
When I first entered the web development world, I began looking for something beyond HTML and CSS to work with, so I started to check out all the different programming languages out. I knew some PHP from school, but I’d … Continue reading
The less loops the better
If you’ve ever built a game, whether it’s a Flash game, a game for iOS or a game built using HTML5 canvas, you’ll know that the thing that makes the game run is loops. When I built my first Flash … Continue reading
Why I think Flash Developers get so defensive
A couple of days ago I came across this tweet by Keith Peters, who runs the great bit-101 blog. I think there are two reasons that some Flash developers reacted badly to him talking about JavaScript. First, Keith is well … Continue reading
How the hell did I become a JavaScript fan?
If you had told me a year ago, or even six months ago, that I’d spend an entire day working with JavaScript and I’d enjoy it, I would have called you completely insane. Until recently, I was not a fan … Continue reading
If you do something cool with HTML/CSS/JS, remember a right-click means everyone else can do it
In the last couple of days, I came across two web pages that do something cool, not entirely useful, but fun and eye catching. The first one was a simple Flash page, chrismckenzie.com. It doesn’t do much, just a block … Continue reading
Do you block annoying Flash ads? Have fun trying that when HTML5 takes over
I’m one of those weird people that watches TV and plays video games at the same type. And I do my best work on the computer when I have a movie running in the background. I’ve also never felt the … Continue reading
Was HTML5 overhyped or just made into something it wasn’t?
Back in April, when Steve Jobs said Flash wasn’t going to be on the iPhone and iPad, the anti-Flash people came out in force and had everyone believe technologies the used plug-ins, like Flash and Silverlight would be gone from … Continue reading
Every front-end developer needs to know JavaScript now
When I was in school all I took away from the JavaScript class was how to make pop-ups, find the date and swap out images. JavaScript had a bad rap and the teachers attitude towards it was that you needed … Continue reading
When should you use Flash?
Some people would say that the answer is never but I’m going to have to disagree with them. For the past maybe 8 years or so, Flash has been the only way to do a lot of the more dynamic … Continue reading