NOTE: I have several posts in draft that I’ll eventually get around to
publishing, but this couldn’t wait for me to finish.
Adobe’s recent announcement regarding the Flash Player plug-in for
“mobile browsers” has caused quite a stir. Unfortunately, the intent of
the communication was not clear enough for most people. Including most of us
in the community. Adobe can only blame themselves for this.
What was lost in the message is that, although they will not be actively
adding new features to the mobile browser Flash Player, they are continuing
to support the mobile plug-in.
So what does this mean? Nothing.
Flash Player is already NOT on iOS devices. That is not changing that we know
of. Flash Player is already on Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry and others.
So again, what has changed? Nothing.
What made Flash Player dominate the desktop was its ubiquity. You could co... (more)
Having built/architected/developed/consulted many Adobe Flex applications and
being one of the first certified Flex instructors in the world, I’ve seen a
lot of Flex applications. Some good, some bad.
But no matter how many applications or who I’m talking to, I always stress
the importance of securing proprietary information. By securing, I mean
don’t put it in your application. Unless your are encrypting your
application and decrypting at runtime, you are subject to a decompiler
exposing your secrets.
There are Flash decompilers that will take any SWF and give you the source:
Tr... (more)
Flash Player is open and SWF is documented
The core of Flash Player is the Tamarin Virtual Machine, which is an open
source project under Mozilla. While the SWF file format is not fully open, it
is documented by the community on osflash.org. Additionally, there are
numerous open source products that read and write SWF files.
The Flash Player’s product direction has traditionally been heavily
influenced by the community and their needs. The core language for Flash
Player is an implementation of ECMAScript 262, which is the same
specification for JavaScript. Flex also uses CSS for s... (more)
First, yes, screen readers can read Flex applications. And yes, its fairly
easy. But, I’ll discuss how in a future post.
But, if you’d rather send people to your old HTML version of your site when
using a read, there is good news. Flash Player has the ability to detect if a
screen reader is running on the client machine, even if JavaScript is
disabled and/or the Flex application is not compiled as an “accessible
swf”. This is possible with the Accessibility class.
It is important to note that if the Flex application is compiled as an
“accessible swf”, the screen reader will also ... (more)
The event is Flex Training for ColdFusion Developers
A free full-day, hands-on training session, where attendees can learn how to
build their first Flex application using the latest Flash Builder 4 beta
software. This training is designed to help experienced ColdFusion developers
get started in understanding how to add rich UI to existing and new
ColdFusion applications.
Date / Time
November 16, 2009
Event: 9am – 4pm
Registration: 8:30am
Main Website / Registration
http://www.adobe.com/go/flextrainingforcfdevelopers
Monday, November 16
The Curtis Hotel, 1405 Curtis Street, Denver, C... (more)
Rob Rusher is an Adobe Certified Expert (ACE), Community Expert, and Certified Instructor (ACI). In his role as Principle Consultant for On3, he leads an Adobe software enablement practice to help his clients build rich Internet applications and to rapidly increase their knowledge and skills to better support their organization's goals. He has taught and mentored the technical teams at Standard and Poor’s, eBay, IBM Global Services, the Social Security Administration, and other Government and Fortune 100 organizations.
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