Archive for the ‘Web’ Category
Flash Player 10 released
Posted by Will | Filed under Adobe Flash, Web
With Adobe Flash CS4 about to be released any day now it’s no surprise that Flash Player 10 has been officially released, surpassing Flash Player 9.
Flash Player 10 is sure to bring a new wave of cool and interesting interactions to the web as developers begin to come to gribs with it’s powerful new features such as 3D, Inverse Kinematics and custom filter effects using Pixel Bender.
Get it now from Adobe’s site.
Google Calculator
Posted by Will | Filed under Web
Did you know that Google search can return the results of complex equations? What’s great about it is you can often write equations in plain English.
I would safely say that I use Google for calculation more often than I use the Windows calculator for the simple reason that my web browser is always open. I’m also willing to bet Google would return the result faster than the time it would take me to open my desktop calculator application.
Below are some of the different types of math queries you can enter directly into Google’s search field:
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How to communicate between multiple Flash files with LocalConnection
Posted by Will | Filed under Adobe Flash, Advertising, Banners, Tutorials, Web
Have you ever come across a website containing banner ads of the same creative which appear to be in sync? Here I’m going to demonstrate how this is done by giving an example of how to use the LocalConnection class in Actionscript 3.0.
What is a local connection?
A local connection is used to communicate between two or more currently running SWF files. These can be either opened in Flash Player or, more commonly, embedded in a web page. A local connection object can be used to facilitate the communication between SWFs by enabling one SWF to call a function in another SWF.
A common place local connections are used is in banner advertising. An advertiser will buy out multiple ad positions on the same web page and create an advertisement that will utilize both spaces for greater impact and viewer retention.
A good use of this was the recent ‘Mac vs PC’ ads that did the rounds late last year. This ad featured our befuddled PC character attempting to light up a sign promoting Windows Vista featured in the above banner.
Digg CellPaint
Posted by Will | Filed under Cell Paint, Web
Just a quick one to say that I have submitted CellPaint to Digg. I would love it if you could digg it up to help get it more attention. Click here to digg.
