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FlexNativeMenu Tutorial & Issues
February 5th, 2008
So you want to have cool menus when you right-click an object in your flex app. First, create the FlexNativeMenu: […]
AS3 and Runtime Sharing
January 25th, 2008
Runtime Sharing has been quite a puzzle for me for some time now. Here are a few problems that I solved: Exporting an imported asset When in AS3 you want to import an asset from a swf, you get it by its linkage name. What if this asset needs to be imported from another swf? […]
Working with types in AS3
January 24th, 2008
ActionScript 3 is strong-typed, which is great to detect possible errors at compile-time. Here are a few tips for working with types. […]
Great icons from iconaholic.com
November 16th, 2007
I would like to draw your attention to a great icon artist previously known as FOOOD. I discovered his icons about 3 years ago. They are simply great. If you do not find what you need, you can at least get some inspiration from these joyful and colorful icons. http://www.iconaholic.com
AI: Manipulating images in a whole new way
September 7th, 2007
We are used to cropping and proportional resizing of our images to make them fit. We also spend hours carefully erasing unwanted elements from them. New technology allows content-aware image resizing. Totally genius! Also download the publication by Shai Avidan and Ariel Shamir: Seam Carving for Content-Aware Image Resizing We might soon see this technology […]
Refresh form but do not resubmit (PHP)
September 3rd, 2007
This question has been asked so many times that most of you don’t want to hear it again. Unfortunately, the solutions that people are proposing are less than ideal. For those who are new to the concept, a quick explanation is in order. You have a form that you display, validate and act upon (send […]
Do we have to do it all in a text editor?
August 24th, 2007
Many programmers believe that what makes them good is the ability to start working from a blank sheet in a text editor. I was one of those once. There are just so many tools that help us write less code. For instance, MXML is written quickly in FlexBuilder and is translated into ActionScript without sacrificing […]
Kuler by Adobe
June 11th, 2007
It has sometimes been hard for me to get ideas for color combinations to use in my designs. I tried using kuler, a mini-community for swatches by Adobe. It’s just combinations of up to 5 colors that people post and rate. The idea is great, the interface is quite friendly, but it lacks the practicality […]
3D Stock on TurboSquid
June 7th, 2007
I was looking for some 3D models for one of my projects. I came across a great site named TurboSquid, a vast repository of 3D-related resources such as models and materials. It took some time to find the quality I was looking for, since there seem to be no acceptance criteria on this site. It’s […]
CSS Incompatibilities
June 6th, 2007
We all know that different browsers display our CSS differently. What are the major differences? Here is what I found from my own experience (often the hard way): IE doesn’t support table, table-cell, etc. for the display property; IE includes the padding in its width (width:50px & padding:3px will total 50px in IE and 56px […]