Hemlock is a new web development framework, focused on allowing easy development of real-time, many-to-many apps. Hemlock follows the inspiration of Ruby web frameworks like Rails and Merb.
Great car experiences never die. Since my childhood I like playing with toy cars, when I go to an amusement park it’s a must to have a ride or even when I go to a supermarket I spend a couple of minutes in front of the toy cars shelf.
Since it’s release with Flash MX 2004, ActionScript 2.0 had a great impact among both developer and designer community. Many of us still code with it nowadays because it’s easy, you get use to it or maybe we don’t want to jump up to his newer release ActionScript 3.0.
Couple of days ago Adobe announced that the new smartphone Android from HTC Hero is the first phone to ship with support for Flash Player. With Hero you will be able to navigate rich Internet sites, play Flash games and watch videos. Watch the video demo from Adobe for other features and for those who are interested read the press release here.
Websites build with Flash always will be subject of discussion. People who enjoy them and appreciate the effort that designers and developers do to create such amazing things and on the other hand persons that really hate them from the start. I’m glad that I’m in the first category and hope that you too as well.
Adobe Flash Catalyst beta is now available and you can download from Adobe Labs. It helps designers to create interfaces and interactive content, Rich Internet Applications without writing a single line of code. Transforms your work build in Photoshop or/and Illustrator into a functional user interface. The finished project can be outputed as a Flash SWF file ready to deliver to developer who uses Flash Builder 4 (also beta) to integrate with servers and services. Check the available tutorials and resources to familiarize with the product: Adobe Labs – Flash Catalyst Tutorials and Resources Lynda.com – Flash Catalyst Beta Preview [...]
There are some Flash limitations to be aware of before any Flash project implementation. I have listed below just few of these things while others will be added or removed from the list as long as Flash Player evolves to an upper version. One of the well known limits is the bitmap size being restricted at 2,880 x 2,880 px in Flash 8/9 while in Flash 10 increased to 4,095 x 4,095 pixels.
It seems that Google don’t waste time and just releases a preview of his new communication service, “Google Wave”. According to them a “wave” is equal parts conversation and document, where people can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more. It will be available later this year. Enjoy the preview.