Re: [Flashcoders] Touch event question

2012-02-23 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
Well here is a tutorial to get you started: http://www.gotoandlearn.com/play.php?id=119 John R. Sweeney Jr. Senior Interactive Multimedia Developer OnDemand Interactive Inc Hoffman Estates, IL 60169 On Feb 23, 2012, at 2:47 PM, Cor wrote: > Thank you! > But I really have to get into i

Re: [Flashcoders] MVC style Correction

2012-02-23 Thread Mattheis, Erik (MIN-WSW)
"Ross Sclafani" wrote: It is very easy to locate any code in one of my projects by ascertaining the domain of the code in question and looking in the appropriate branch. Does it store data? It's in the model. Does it interpret and display data? Try your views. Does it manipulate data? Look in th

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Platform roadmap released - time to start learning HTML 5 unless you make games.

2012-02-23 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
+1 On Feb 23, 2012, at 10:49 AM, Kevin Newman wrote: There is this idea that was articulated by an old timer - an ex-bank CEO - on Bill Moyer's show a few weeks ago, that companies and running companies used to be about product and solving customers' problems - great loan products if you a

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Platform roadmap released - time to start learning HTML 5 unless you make games.

2012-02-23 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Right!! :) **sigh** Karl On Feb 23, 2012, at 10:03 AM, Merrill, Jason wrote: Karl DeSaulniers skriver: If I had anything to say about the future of flash, it would be, sell it back to Macromedia if you can't fill the position. Adobe didn't buy Flash. They bought Macromedia. And they

RE: [Flashcoders] Touch event question

2012-02-23 Thread Cor
Thank you! But I really have to get into it myself. There has to be a lot more interaction in the end. And I want to learn how to do it. Best regards, Cor -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of J

Re: [Flashcoders] Touch event question

2012-02-23 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
If you don't have the time or the knowledge to roll-your-own, this offers a lot of flexibility using gestures. http://gestureworks.com/legacy-tutorials/move-rotate-scale/ Good luck John R. Sweeney Jr. Senior Interactive Multimedia Developer OnDemand Interactive Inc Hoffman Estates, IL 60169

[Flashcoders] Touch event question

2012-02-23 Thread Cor
I am trying to create a touch screen app in Flash CS5.5 / AS30 for the first time. I want to show a map on a 42 inch touch screen. Users (kids and adults) should be able to zoom in when dragging an area with two fingers. So in fact a rectangle (top-left to bottom-right) Can anyone give me some hi

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Platform roadmap released - time to start learning HTML 5 unless you make games.

2012-02-23 Thread Kevin Newman
Well from most of the numbers I've seen, IE6 has a higher use percentage than IE7 - but even the global IE6 usage share numbers represent an inflated average pulled up by users in China. In the USA IE6 usage is already not even in the single digit percentage points anymore: http://ie6countdown.

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Platform roadmap released - time to start learning HTML 5 unless you make games.

2012-02-23 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
> I do think it'll get easier, I sincerely HOPE, so since it takes 3 - 4 times longer now to do what I can currently do with Flash. > Well, you have a point - but once the basics are covered (video, audio, DOM, > CSS3, and Canvas), and reasonably compatibly implemented between all the > brows

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Platform roadmap released - time to start learning HTML 5 unless you make games.

2012-02-23 Thread Kevin Newman
True - but the new focus of Flash being a sort of a slimmer cross platform abstraction layer also means that's what Flash is for. ;-) Kevin N. On 2/23/12 11:50 AM, Sidney de Koning | Funky Monkey Studio wrote: Why don't you write a ANE for it?:) That's what they are for:) _

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Platform roadmap released - time to start learning HTML 5 unless you make games.

2012-02-23 Thread Kevin Newman
Well, you have a point - but once the basics are covered (video, audio, DOM, CSS3, and Canvas), and reasonably compatibly implemented between all the browsers (and the old browser finally having died off), I do think it'll get easier, because we'll spend less time patching browser inconsistenci

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Platform roadmap released - time to start learning HTML 5 unless you make games.

2012-02-23 Thread Sidney de Koning | Funky Monkey Studio
Why don't you write a ANE for it? :) That's what they are for :) -- Sidney de Koning | Funky Monkey Studio Who am I and what do I do? http://about.me/sidneydekoning Read my blog: http://www.funky-monkey.nl (http://www.funky-monkey.nl/blog/) On Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 5:37 PM, Kevin Newma

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Platform roadmap released - time to start learning HTML 5 unless you make games.

2012-02-23 Thread Kevin Newman
There is this idea that was articulated by an old timer - an ex-bank CEO - on Bill Moyer's show a few weeks ago, that companies and running companies used to be about product and solving customers' problems - great loan products if you are are a banker, or Flash and great tools if you run Adobe

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Platform roadmap released - time to start learning HTML 5 unless you make games.

2012-02-23 Thread Kerry Thompson
Kevin Newman wrote: > That's the most important point IMO. You can at least technically do high > quality Flash like work with HTML5. It can still be challenging, but it'll > only get easier over time. Will it get easier? I think yes and no. As with any tool, it will get easier as we get more com

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Platform roadmap released - time to start learning HTML 5 unless you make games.

2012-02-23 Thread Kevin Newman
Oh! That's right, I would totally love game controller support! I wonder if it has something to do with a lack of system APIs on certain systems, to put an abstraction around (OSX, iOS, Android, etc.). Kevin N. On 2/22/12 3:50 PM, Henrik Andersson wrote: Oh and, there is a curious lack of s

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Platform roadmap released - time to start learning HTML 5 unless you make games.

2012-02-23 Thread Kevin Newman
That one is useful for iOS where framescripts aren't necessarily evil - but totally unsupported (because of Apple) in loaded swfs. Kevin N. On 2/22/12 3:37 PM, Henrik Andersson wrote: * Frame label events: Because framescripts are evil (they are not)

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Platform roadmap released - time to start learning HTML 5 unless you make games.

2012-02-23 Thread Kevin Newman
That's the most important point IMO. You can at least technically do high quality Flash like work with HTML5. It can still be challenging, but it'll only get easier over time. That Nike site BTW, doesn't run well even on the newest iMac we have in the office (less than 2 months old), and it obl

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Platform roadmap released - time to start learning HTML 5 unless you make games.

2012-02-23 Thread Merrill, Jason
>> Karl DeSaulniers skriver: >> If I had anything to say about the future of flash, it would be, sell >> it back to Macromedia if you can't fill the position. >Adobe didn't buy Flash. They bought Macromedia. And they bought Macromedia because Macromedia had Flash. :) Jason Merrill Instructi

[Flashcoders] FP 11.1 and above rendering issue

2012-02-23 Thread Creighton, Gerry
Sorry if this issue had been discussed but it just came to my attention that a Flash widget I created is now having graphic rendering issues in FP 11.1 and above. I did search for a fix or for anything related to this and found bug reports but no solution. Some recommend updating Video drivers b

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Platform roadmap released - time to start learning HTML 5 unless you make games.

2012-02-23 Thread David Hunter
I have pretty much given up on Flash for websites or web applications. I have two kinds of clients: small clients who want a portfolio website or something similar scale, and then the agency clients where my work is all marketing work. Marketing people are o b s e s s e d with iphones / ipads and

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Platform roadmap released - time to start learning HTML 5 unless you make games.

2012-02-23 Thread Tom Gooding
Essence being "Flash isn't for websites any more but still well suited to gaming products"? Seems a reasonable strategy / direction to me.. On 22 Feb 2012, at 18:50, James Merrill wrote: > http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplatform/whitepapers/roadmap.html > > A new version of AS3 will be nic