Tuesday, July 02, 2002

New Flash Player Beta We have released a new Flash Player beta, codenamed Airwolf. This is a developer only beta, and we are making it available it order to get any feedback or issues from the developer community. There is only a small turn time on this tech beta so your feedback in a quick and timely manner is much appreciated. Update : The beta is now closed and the new player has been released. You can find information about it here. New features / fixes include: Masking Device Fonts Accessing ID3 properties in MP3 files with the Airwolf Player Flash scriptability (XPCom/LiveConnect) support for Netscape Text fields are now more efficient and consume less memory Intel P4 optimizations 5:26:29 PM    comment []  Google It!

New Mobile Development Center at Macromedia.com This week we are premiering the Mobile Development Center at the Macromedia Designer and Developer Center. That means there is tons of new content and resources at macromedia.com. Mobile Development Center Designer and Developer Tips Library Flash Extreme : The Pitter Patter of little Patterns : Branden Hall JD's Forum : Why you should care about devices : John Dowdell Logged In : The Future of Flash on Devices : Top Developers Selling Macromedia Flash Device Content to Clients : Phillip Torrone Flash Enabled : Flash Design and Development for Devices Chapter 5 : Understanding the Flash Application Development Workflow Macromedia MX Featured Community Site : PocketPCFlash.net Nokia Communicator, a Silver Brick of Gold : Glenn Thomas Developing for the Nokia 9200 Communicator : Chris Pelsor Creating Full-featured Macromedia Flash Apps for Pocket PC : Anthony Armenta Getting Started with Macromedia Flash on Pocket PC : Bill Perry Creating Apps for "Sometimes-connected" Devices : Mike Krisher 9:27:32 AM    comment []  Google It!