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Adobe AIR 2.0 & Flash Player 10.1 beta prerelease now available

At the recent MAX conference Adobe announced that it was working on new versions of both Flash Player & Adobe AIR. These new updates are now available in prerelease format to allow developers to download and test the new enhancements.
Flash Player 10.1 is the first consistent browser runtime release of the Open Screen Project that [...]


Experiences Across Multiple Screens at Adobe MAX

This year at Adobe MAX I’m presenting on “Experiences Across Multiple Screens”. But just what is that exactly? Experiences Across Multiple Screens Wednesday October 7 at 09:30AM Learn how the Adobe Flash Platform enables multiscreen delivery of applications, from the biggest screen to the smallest device. In this session, you’ll find out how to leverage [...]

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Get some Air (No. 50)

Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR). See some fantastic examples of Adobe Air applications created by the Airey Fairy himself Mr. Paul Burnett. Then find the free public beta of Fireworks and create your very first Adobe Air Application. Its the wind beneath our wings. Let your creativity soar and get excited after all Air is free. [...]


Building desktop applications with HTML and JavaScript

This session at Adobe AIR Camp introduced traditional HTML and JavaScript developers to the AIR SDK and how to use the the various binaries (ADL and ADT) to develop, test, and package desktop applications. The session included a basic introduction to the AIRAliases.js file and it’s importance when coding against the AIR runtime with JS. [...]

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Build your first AIR application with Adobe Flex

Adobe Flex really is the development tool and platform of choice for developing desktop experiences on Adobe AIR. This slide deck was presented as part of a series of topics covered at Adobe AIR Camps throughout Australia and New Zealand. Take a look, download it, and share it! If anyone is interested in the demo [...]

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AIR Camp keynote slides

Below are the keynote slides from the recent Adobe AIR Camps throughout Australia and New Zealand. Thanks to everyone who attended, and a special thanks to both Mark Blair and Matt Voerman who presented at the events as well, and to Mike Downey for presenting the keynote in Sydney while on his visit to WebDU [...]

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Begun, the code wars have

The inaugural Australia / New Zealand Code War is set to begin at WebDU Day 0 on June 11 2008. I’ve been invited by Mark Mandel and Toby Tremayne to join their team the “KILLER CODING NINJA MONKEYS OF DOOM!” Be afraid, be very afraid, as you dare to face the team from Melbourne as [...]

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Adobe removes all restrictions on SWF and FLV specs

Adobe has announced the Open Screen Project http://www.openscreenproject.org/, an initiative dedicated to driving consistent experiences across all devices including mobile phones, personal computers, consumer devices and more
Specifically, this work will include:

Removing restrictions on use of the SWF and FLV/F4V specifications
Publishing the device porting layer APIs for Adobe Flash Player
Publishing the Adobe Flash® Cast™ protocol [...]

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Raising money for charity with Adobe AIR!

Visit www.visionair.info
I hope you can help me out and also help a good cause.
We are having a competition to raise the most $$$ for the “Fred Hollows Foundation� which gives the gift of sight to those in the developing world who could not otherwise afford a simple cataract operation.
It only takes $25 to bring the [...]

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Slides and demos from my presentations

Slowly but surely I’ll release a series of posts covering content from presentations I’ve given online and at Adobe events during the past few months.
Some of the content includes:

Using Flex with PHP
Branded applications with AIR
Showcasing local industry applications (customer presentations)
Using ColdFusion messaging gateways with Flex
Integrating MS Exchange with ColdFusion and Flex

We’ve also just finished a [...]