Comments for Yeah, But Is It Flash? http://www.yeahbutisitflash.com Random musings about all things Flash related Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:06:56 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on HP Windows 7 Slate by Christopher http://www.yeahbutisitflash.com/?p=1653&cpage=1#comment-512 Christopher Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:06:56 +0000 http://www.yeahbutisitflash.com/?p=1653#comment-512 Yeah I know. Only 8 models! That's never enough choice ;-) Yeah I know. Only 8 models! That’s never enough choice ;-)

]]> Comment on Flash Mobile Competitions by Christopher http://www.yeahbutisitflash.com/?p=1641&cpage=1#comment-511 Christopher Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:41:23 +0000 http://www.yeahbutisitflash.com/?p=1641#comment-511 >> I usually come up with simple ideas and in about 10 minutes they grow, after 20 minutes they involve a server farm and a new 3D library Keeping it small really is the hard part. One of my 'small' ideas took me three years to complete :-) >> I usually come up with simple ideas and in about 10 minutes they grow, after 20 minutes they involve a server farm and a new 3D library

Keeping it small really is the hard part. One of my ‘small’ ideas took me three years to complete :-)

]]> Comment on Flash Mobile Competitions by Christopher http://www.yeahbutisitflash.com/?p=1641&cpage=1#comment-510 Christopher Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:38:46 +0000 http://www.yeahbutisitflash.com/?p=1641#comment-510 Dave, have you convinced Stuart to take part yet? I tried but he knows how bad you are at actually finishing what you started ;-) Dave, have you convinced Stuart to take part yet? I tried but he knows how bad you are at actually finishing what you started ;-)

]]> Comment on Flash Mobile Competitions by vizio360 http://www.yeahbutisitflash.com/?p=1641&cpage=1#comment-502 vizio360 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:23:51 +0000 http://www.yeahbutisitflash.com/?p=1641#comment-502 it's having the right idea the problem :) but also the time. I usually come up with simple ideas and in about 10 minutes they grow, after 20 minutes they involve a server farm and a new 3D library, in about an hour they are used by at least 500 million users and I'm relaxing next to my swimming pool in my multi million house......then I come back to reality, trying to remember that in AS3 if you want to know when an external file is loaded you need to attach a listener to the contentLoaderInfo dispatcher and not the Loader object itself, doh!!! Btw Chris you have won before so I expect you'll come up with something :) it’s having the right idea the problem :) but also the time.

I usually come up with simple ideas and in about 10 minutes they grow, after 20 minutes they involve a server farm and a new 3D library, in about an hour they are used by at least 500 million users and I’m relaxing next to my swimming pool in my multi million house……then I come back to reality, trying to remember that in AS3 if you want to know when an external file is loaded you need to attach a listener to the contentLoaderInfo dispatcher and not the Loader object itself, doh!!!

Btw Chris you have won before so I expect you’ll come up with something :)

]]> Comment on Flash Mobile Competitions by mnem http://www.yeahbutisitflash.com/?p=1641&cpage=1#comment-499 mnem Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:01:32 +0000 http://www.yeahbutisitflash.com/?p=1641#comment-499 So, are you actually going to participate in The Experiment now? So, are you actually going to participate in The Experiment now?

]]> Comment on HP Windows 7 Slate by mnem http://www.yeahbutisitflash.com/?p=1653&cpage=1#comment-498 mnem Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:00:50 +0000 http://www.yeahbutisitflash.com/?p=1653#comment-498 8 versions of it? Why are PC hardware manufacturers so silly? 8 versions of it? Why are PC hardware manufacturers so silly?

]]> Comment on My “Write Once, Run Anywhere” Experiment by Christopher http://www.yeahbutisitflash.com/?p=1625&cpage=1#comment-463 Christopher Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:35:34 +0000 http://www.yeahbutisitflash.com/?p=1625#comment-463 Not quite free to start our little experiment yet. In the meantime I'll leave it to you to convince Stuart to take part ;-) Not quite free to start our little experiment yet. In the meantime I’ll leave it to you to convince Stuart to take part ;-)

]]> Comment on My “Write Once, Run Anywhere” Experiment by mnem http://www.yeahbutisitflash.com/?p=1625&cpage=1#comment-459 mnem Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:30:41 +0000 http://www.yeahbutisitflash.com/?p=1625#comment-459 Also, don't you end up with a SWF per device? Or am I missing something about how the layout and graphics are bundled? It's a good post incidentally, I'm just not certain "Write Once, Run Anywhere" is any more within the grasp of Flash than it is for, say, Java, .Net or JavaScript. At least, not for things with a user interface. It's one of those developer silver bullet phrases like "there will be cake". There seem to be 298 devices listed by Nokia: http://www.forum.nokia.com/Devices/Device_specifications/matrix_all_1.html. However, given that Nokia are going to fade into obscurity in a couple of years, it doesn't matter all that much ;) Running on Android is the important one. More importantly, however, does this mean your free for our little experiment now? ;) And congrats on your first vocal starring role! Also, don’t you end up with a SWF per device? Or am I missing something about how the layout and graphics are bundled?

It’s a good post incidentally, I’m just not certain “Write Once, Run Anywhere” is any more within the grasp of Flash than it is for, say, Java, .Net or JavaScript. At least, not for things with a user interface. It’s one of those developer silver bullet phrases like “there will be cake”.

There seem to be 298 devices listed by Nokia: http://www.forum.nokia.com/Devices/Device_specifications/matrix_all_1.html. However, given that Nokia are going to fade into obscurity in a couple of years, it doesn’t matter all that much ;) Running on Android is the important one.

More importantly, however, does this mean your free for our little experiment now? ;) And congrats on your first vocal starring role!

]]> Comment on My “Write Once, Run Anywhere” Experiment by Christopher http://www.yeahbutisitflash.com/?p=1625&cpage=1#comment-458 Christopher Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:44:18 +0000 http://www.yeahbutisitflash.com/?p=1625#comment-458 The iPhone and Android versions are as good as identical to the web version's code - just had to re-factor the layout code a little and change the URL for retrieving the WeeMees. So let's call it "Write x2.1, Run On Lots of Devices" ;-) The iPhone and Android versions are as good as identical to the web version’s code – just had to re-factor the layout code a little and change the URL for retrieving the WeeMees. So let’s call it “Write x2.1, Run On Lots of Devices” ;-)

]]> Comment on My “Write Once, Run Anywhere” Experiment by mnem http://www.yeahbutisitflash.com/?p=1625&cpage=1#comment-457 mnem Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:37:32 +0000 http://www.yeahbutisitflash.com/?p=1625#comment-457 Didn't you have to write it 3 times though? Web plus the two main phone versions? Didn’t you have to write it 3 times though? Web plus the two main phone versions?

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