Posts Tagged ‘Flash’
HTML5 Video Player – Video.js
HTML5 Video Player | Video.js. Quite an impressive open source implementation of HTML5′s video. It aims for a cross-browser, consistent implementation of a modern video player. It’s fully featured and includes a lightweight Flash fallback (yes, that’s still both applicable and important). Additionally, you can piggyback the CDN-hosted version, or go ahead and do it [...]
Adiós Flash, Hola Edge
ADC Presents – Preview of the “Edge Prototype” tool for HTML5 | Adobe TV. Edge is touted as “A tool for doing HTML5 animations” but personally I’m guessing this is how Adobe plans to handle the whole “Flash” situation as time goes on. A number of things struck me as I watched the video: Layer [...]
Thoughts on Flash
Today Mr. Steve Jobs published a lengthy piece titled Thoughts on Flash throughout which he explains Apple’s position on Flash and the reasons behind its absence on the best devices ever invented. I wanted to jot down some of our thoughts on Adobe’s Flash products so that customers and critics may better understand why we [...]
Building Functional Alt Sites using SWFAddress
When developing a full Flash website, it is very important to provide an effective alternate site for viewing. SWFAddress helps extensively with exactly that.
Essential ActionScript 3.0 Book Review
Essential ActionScript 3.0 by Colin Moock is an in depth resource for learning AS3. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone looking to really learn the ins and outs of AS3.
Current Events: Google’s Improved Flash Indexing
Google recently updated their indexing algorithm to include textual Flash content. Is that a good or bad thing?
A Quick Update Regarding the (End of My) Break
After taking a few weeks off, I’ll be returning to our regularly scheduled publications starting next week: June 23, 2008
Regarding Unrest in the Web Standards Community
Some designers, developers, and those devoted to the Web have become frustrated with the rate at which the some agencies and organizations operate, as well as the true goals of said organizations. In this article I offer my opinion on the issue and ask for yours.
Typography in Headings: sIFR? Image Replacement?
While sIFR has garnered quite a bit of attention and support, I have yet to see it implemented all that often. Is CSS based image replacement preferred?
Making the Best of Video Using Flash
Including any form of multimedia within a website has an ugly history behind it. Browser inconsistencies, required third party plugins, and the need for a proper codec made including multimedia a true problem. Even worse, it made it very difficult for any potential readers to successfully view your media. By far the most difficult piece [...]
