Oh yes.. I meant the “!!!!!!!!” thing! Can you believe that you can play Quake I on Flash? That’s what you’ll see on this video.
Peter Elst has uploaded video sneak peek of Adobe MAX 2007 Chicago. Scott Peterson’s C/C++ conversion to AS3 tool is truly amazing. He converts the whole Quake game which was written in C++ into AS3 and played the game in flash player.
Peter Elst posted few sneak peek videos of MAX Chicago 2007. He is in process uploading all sessions he attended on that conference.
Ever wondered what to do when your PHP script takes long time to execute? Especially when users value time and won’t wait long to open a web page. There is a solution for that by running part of your PHP code in the background as SiteCrafting Blogposted. It’s simple as this article shows the command needed to execute a PHP scripts in the background without interfering with the page loading. It only works in Linux servers.
That code will execute the image_resize.php in the background. The PHP file that uses this command will be loaded normally without waiting for exec() to be done.
Two big releases today! Adobe released Flex 3 Beta 2 and Flash Lite 3. Adobe has been releasing Flex 3 Beta for testing and now releasing the new version of the beta.
Flash Lite is the flash player version for mobile devices. The new release supports FLV flash videos that might do a great impact in the mobile world. This will allow even low resource small mobile phones to play FLV video like the one youtube uses.
Adobe acquires the RIA firm Virtual Ubiquity, which is developing the unique online word processor using Flash. The software called Buzzword and has been in closed beta for few months now. “Because it was built with Adobe Flexâ„¢ software and runs in the Adobe Flashâ„¢ Player, Buzzword enables greater document quality, outstanding typography, page layout controls, and robust support for integrated graphics, regardless of the browser or device. The application also will run on Adobe® AIRâ„¢, offering users a hybrid online/offline experience and the ability to work with both hosted and local documents. The powerful collaboration capabilities in Buzzword enable multiple authors to edit and comment on documents from anywhere, at anytime; while document creators can set permissions that virtually eliminate version control chaos. For more information on the acquisition and access to Buzzword beta software, please visit http://www.adobe.com/go/buzzwordfaq.”
Adobe Developer Center is now called Adobe Developer Connection (ADC). The enhanced website looks more attractive with enhanced interface for more connectivity. I haven’t time to check it well enough, but I can say it is easier to find what I’m looking for. It seems Adobe is trying to get more involved with developers community. In addition, Flex cookbook is now easier to access including many other sections unlike before where the link were scattered between pages.
To read more details about the new design, read this article.
Thinking to start doing Silverlight? This LONG article by Jesse Randall explains his first impressions on using Silverlight and what he thinks about Silverlight. It is so long that I couldn’t read it all with my given free time. He also shows the difference between Silverlight 1.0 and 1.1 and their relation with .NET technology.
