Congratulations Rob and team on the book! We have pre-ordered two copies. Eager for them to arrive.
And thank you again for all your excellent work on the Away3D engine. Ralph On Feb 3, 6:32 am, Rob Bateman <[email protected]> wrote: > Good morning A-List! > > Hopefully you are still reading my posts - i admit there has been a lot of > catching up to do! > > This has mostly been due to time taken up with writing our very first Away3D > book, due for publication by Friends of Ed in the near future > > http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Guide-3D-Flash/dp/1430225416/ref=sr_1... > > We also have an update on the way for the materials in the Flash 10 branch, > plus a lot of fixes and updates that will be made official in our next major > releases of the 2.5 and 3.5 versions of the main engine > > Sadly, the 2.5 version of Away3D will be the last major release for Flash 9. > After that, we will be continuing the development of the Flash 10 version of > the main branch, as well as Away3D Lite of course. The Flash 9 branch will > still have maintenance updates, but with Flash 10 now adopted by the > majority of developers, concentrating on some cool new features in this area > seems like the best use of the limited 24 hours in a day ;) > > There are also a few new items on the horizon relating to Flash Mobile, > which we should be able to reveal more details on soon. > > Going back to the subject of books, I'd like to make a call out to any > authors in the area who may be interested in helping out with a follow-up > book to our first. Drop us a line off list if you want to know more - anyone > going through the team would obviously get full review support to help with > code checks, integrating with updates etc. > > Finally, if anyone is going to be at the upcoming FITC conference in > Amsterdam, there is a small group of us attending and we'd be very happy to > arrange a meetup with fellow Away3D'ers - just let us know! > > atb > > The Away3D Team > > -- > Rob Bateman > Flash Development & Consultancy > > [email protected]
