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22 May 2002 |
Swiff Shrinker
Interesting app that compresses your Flash 2,3,4 and 5 files using a method similar to the compression in Flash MX. It also does some vector clean-up as well. Could be exceedingly useful, especially to all those banner makers who would kill for a few k here and there!
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Accessing XML feeds
Want to access XML feeds across domains but don't know how? Jarle Dahl Bergersen has a great article on his site which shows you how to use do it using redirects with versions for PHP, ASP, Perl, JSP and Python and also links to Mike Chambers method for doing the same in Server Side Actionscript. I think he's got most bases covered ;)
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ASBroadcaster Tutorial
Another great tutorial from Flashguru, this time covering the undocumented ASBroadcaster object on which the whole Flash MX event model is based. If you want a deeper understanding of events in MX, this is well worth a look.
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Nintendo Mix Cube
Very nice Flash MX sample sequencer from Nintendo Australia - well designed from a visual and interaction standpoint. [via Brett Errington]
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Flash MX Piracy
Interesting article on swfnews.com about MX cracks. It does make me wonder why people are surprised at the amount of surfers searching for MX cracks. The best you can do is make your software difficult to crack, it's never going to be impossible. Given this fact and the amount of people who want to use your software + really don't have the money to buy it + have oodles of free time on their hands (prime suspects : students - why would they buy educational versions when they could spend the money on beer!) you've got to expect priracy. If you don't then you must be living in the sixties - the software industry has alway known about this, it's not like we're the music industry and Napster just appeared!
Personally, the best way to combat piracy is disinformation. I was looking for Sheryl Crowe mp3's before her new album came out (just to see what it was like, I bought the album anyway) and someone, probably her record company, had put loads of fake files on WinMX/Morpheus etc. The files were the right length, with the right track titles, but had a continuous 30 second loop of the song for the duration. Talk about pro-active! No whining, just a great idea to make it more difficult to find. The hardcore will still find it for free, but 80% will give up and go to the shop...
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Last Updated :
17/07/2003; 16:38:18
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David Burrows
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