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10/1/2007

A place to store our stuff

Filed under: by VeryVito at 10:04 am — [Tag on del.icio.us]


Now that we have context-sensitive help files, a sporty new look and the ability to communicate with the Flash IDE, I figure it's time to start keeping track of all the goodies we're adding to our new ActionScript editor.

Thus, I've added a permanent page to Turdhead.com to provide direct links to the growing list of enhancements we've been making to jEdit lately (otherwise, these entries are likely to just disappear into the archives and remain pretty hard to find later). The "Make jEdit yours" logo at left provides the link from anywhere on Turdhead.com.

Thanks again for all the kind comments and emails, and please let us know if you've discovered something you think is worth sharing. Thanks!

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9/29/2007

Today’s sneak preview of the REAL “Flash Killer”

Filed under: by VeryVito at 3:15 pm — [Tag on del.icio.us]

As one who makes a living creating Flash content and supporting Adobe's Flash platform, I awoke to something this morning that definitely made me pucker a bit: I witnessed the one thing that could surely put an end to Flash's dominance and its acceptance as a viable Web solution.

No, it's not a new tool like Silverlight or OpenLaszlo, and it's not a new technology like Ajax or Velobrox: It's the misuse of ActionScript (or at least the perception of a misuse of ActionScript) by Web advertisers

who don't seem to care whether a user sees anything else other than their ad.

This morning, IndieClick began running a SWF-based ad for Cartoon Network channel-sharer Adult Swim (which also relies on Flash heavily for its site), and frankly, they #@$%^@ed it up.
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9/17/2007

I’ve got the Touch… Now what?

Filed under: by VeryVito at 9:38 pm — [Tag on del.icio.us]

Thanks to great timing (my trusty iPod mini gave up the ghost and Apple introduced its sixth-generation iPods just in time for my recent birthday), my wife treated me to a new iPod Touch today. It's slick, it's shiny, and it plays all my music just like the old one did. And it also surfs the Web — although, thanks to its absurd lack of support for Adobe Flash (Again, what the hell, Steve?), it doesn't actually reach most of the Web I use daily.

Still, its touch-screen is impressive, and it offers most of the same features as the much-cherished iPhone, without that pesky burning sensation one usually gets after a night with AT&T.

I think I like it so far, but I can't help but feel it's been hobbled at the factory: Its Calendar app doesn't actually do much more than show you a calendar (You wouldn't want to mess up that pretty calendar with any sort of input!), it doesn't allow direct access to its drive contents, and it doesn't have… well… anything on it, really. None of the mapping, stock-tracking or other application/widgets that the iPhone includes. And no games. Dang it, even the iPod 1 had Brickout.

I hear rumors that third-party apps should be coming soon, and to be fair, many people weren't even aware the stores had the iPod Touch yet, so I'm not giving up on it just yet. I'll wait to see what the community can put together for it before I really start complaining.

Meanwhile, time to migrate some music over…

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9/13/2007

In search of the perfect cell phone

Filed under: by VeryVito at 2:53 pm — [Tag on del.icio.us]

In the next few weeks, I'm planning to upgrade my trusty Verizon LG-8100, and I figured I'd ask if anyone here has any recommendations for a good Flash-enabled cell phone. My requirements don't seem too demanding, but unfortunately, finding a good fit hasn't been easy in the past. Here's what I need:

  1. Must be supported by Verizon (So no iPhone. Sorry AT&T, but, um… I still haven't forgiven you for last time).
  2. Must support Flash Lite (Again, no iPhone. What the heck, Apple?) I'm really ready to sink my teeth into Web app development now, but without a phone that supports Flash, it's

hard to get motivated. And now the kicker…

  • Must be fully integrated with Apple's iSync utility (I'm tired of third-party "fixes" that aren't quite what I need, which is full integration with Address Book, iCal etc.) I switched back to Mac again recently, and this time I plan to stay.

    • I'm leaning toward the Motola RAZR line, but I'm open to suggestions, and searching the usual sources online has just left me more confused. Finding one phone that supports SOME of the above needs is easy; finding the magic device that meets all three, on the other hand…

    Any recommendations?

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    8/22/2007

    Putting the B back in “Beta”

    Filed under: by VeryVito at 11:14 pm — [Tag on del.icio.us]

    From the looks of comments on VersionTracker and elsewhere on the Web, some users are experiencing some pretty significant problems with the latest Flash Player 9 beta, version 9.0.60.184 (Really? We're using all FOUR sets of digits in publicly available version numbers?)

    Granted, this is still a Beta test version, but when it shows up on common download sites — especially without the big word "BETA" after the version number — people tend to download first and ask questions later (in this case, a lot of questions). And when it "crashes the internet," they

    tend to remember the product ("Flash") rather than the version number.

    So while I'm excited about the new video capabilities of the latest Flash player, I also hope we'll all remember to warn our clients that indeed, it IS still a beta version, and yes, their mileage may vary. (And for the overzealous and underwhelmed, an uninstaller is also available here.)

    And, ahem, perhaps Adobe might want to add the word "beta" to the evergrowing version number as well (and mention it on the installation splash screen, perhaps)? Apparently, there is a "ub" in the filename itself, but… as someone just asked me earlier tonight, "How was I supposed to get 'beta' out of that?!"

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