New unified versions system and Alternativa3D update

08/29/2008 02:56 pm by Alternativa Platform blog in Flash

As far as you probably remember, Alternativa3D first public launch was a complete crunch. We didn’t pay a lot of attention to our software versions’ system. It is neseccary to create build servers with clear libraries’ links at the moment. Thereby, all platform libraries (more that twenty) are being unified to the following format: X.Y.Z X — generation. New generation means serious changes in architecture, up to all-new code. Back compatibility is not guaranteed. Y — feature-version. Added new functions, refactoring. Classes and classes renaming is possible, with adding information to changelog. Z — fix-version. Fixed bugs, optimizations. API is the same and all fix-versions are compatible in current feature-version. How Alternativa3D versions are changed in this new format: 5.0.1 -> 5.1.0 5.0.2 -> 5.2.0 5.0.3 -> 5.3.0 5.0.4 -> 5.4.0 5.1.0 -> 6.0.0 We’re sorry for inconvenience, but it is much better to make these changes now. We were preparing source code of Bunker and Temple. As it happens sometimes, we generated new ideas during this work. So, here is 5.4.0: Added View getFaceUnderPoint and getFacesUnderPoint methods, which let to get faces under set point Added WalkController and FlyController classes, which let to manage walk and fly modes Added EllipsoidCollider class, which implements ellipsoid-to-geometry collision detection Added Scene3D planeOffsetThreshold parameter — an offset for defining distances between point and splitter planes Added Set.createFromArray method, which creates set from array Added Matrix3D.axisAngleToMatrix method, which forms rotation matrix from axis-angle representation Added Matrix3D getRotations method, which gets rotation angles values Bug fixed in OBJLoader, which showed up during uploading model with textures but without UV-mapping Bug fixed in Mesh cloning, which showed up if surface has no material You can get fresh version from our website (registration needed).

Emmy Huang on Flash Player Download Numbers

08/28/2008 11:19 pm by Ben Forta's Blog in Flash

Flash Player Product Manager Emmy Huang has weighed in on Flash Player download numbers and more. This one is a very interesting read.

No Flash? Sorry, that’s not the REAL Internet.

08/27/2008 06:43 pm in Flash

At least that’s what the UK’s Advertising Standards Agency says. They pulled an iPhone ad because it claimed to give you “all parts of the Internet”. But the omission of Flash and Java was enough for the agency to call BS on that claim. Read here: http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/uks-advertising-standards-authority-yanks-iphone-ad-for-being-m/ And I’m not Adobe, but yeah, I’m feeling pretty smug.

Thanks to M$ for Spreading the Flash Player

08/27/2008 06:31 pm by EverythingFlex in Flash Player

Not sure if this is new information to anyone but I stumbled across this little gem when I did a Google search for “get flash player” today. I was surprised to see that the 2nd link was a Microsoft URL (go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=6457) which nicely redirects to the Adobe Flash Player download page. [...]

An ActionScript Compiler Written In ActionScript

08/27/2008 03:46 pm in Flash

It’s enough to warm the cockles of one’s heart. ActionScript nerds around the globe can celebrate their graduation to “real programmer” status (whatever that means). I’d seen reference to this around the time of Tamarin announcement, but its nice to be reminded and see a link to the source. The big question is what’s going [...]

Jacobian and IK

08/27/2008 02:40 pm in Flash

Tamarin, ActionScript And ECMAScript: Where To Now?

08/27/2008 08:43 am in Flash

I’ve tried not to get too riled up over the demise of the ECMAScript 4 draft spec and the political accusations that have been chucked back and forth. You know, the whole MS, Yahoo, Apple vs Adobe, Mozilla, Google soap opera. Anyway, I’ve read quite a bit of the inflammatory stuff over the last couple [...]

Club Penguin Scores Penner

08/26/2008 06:49 pm in Flash

Adobe Photoshop.com goes on mobile,a Flash Lite application for Windows Mobile devices

08/26/2008 09:28 am by Marco Casario | RIAvolutionize the web in FlashLite

Adobe has announced the mobile version for Photoshop.com . Photoshop mobile will allow users to upload, view, and share photos online from your mobile devices with Windows Mobile system. It seems that Symbian Flash Lite devices will be supported :( It's a shame that the first consumer-oriented mobile application developed by Adobe won't support Nokia (Symbian) Flash Lite enabled mobile devices but only Palm devices. I don't want to buy a Palm :)

Audiotool wins at FlashForward

08/25/2008 09:26 am by blog.joa-ebert.com - Blog of Joa Ebert in Flash

Last friday was an awesome day. It was my birthday, Microsoft released Photosynth which is a product I have been watching since two years and we won the FlashForward Award in the category Sound with our Audiotool. The Audiotool development became a very interesting topic. We implemented so many things to keep stuff optimized not only [...]

Big Ass Bitmaps in Flash 10

08/25/2008 03:52 am in Flash

I remember reading, I think possibly on Tinic’s blog, a while back that BitmapData maximum sizes would be increasing. Then I heard Jim Corbett mention it at FiTC this year, along with some details. I know I could probably find the specs in writing somewhere, but I decided to test it out myself. And then [...]

Making Headway on Flash Player for 64-bit Linux

08/22/2008 01:21 pm in Flash Player

It appears the Flash Player engineering team is making progress on 64-bit Linux support. There are no details yet on when this will ship. But I’m sure they could still use your help.

Flash Player 10 = Platform Ubiquity?

08/22/2008 07:40 am in Flash

Just saw the news about Flash Player 10 64bit Linux, 64bit FreeBSD and 32bit FreeBSD come across the wire. At this point it looks like Tinic is actually not a human. Can we get him on the iPhone player pronto? Loan him out Apple or something…tell him he can’t do it or threaten to make [...]

Poor Planning - The Bane Of Software Development

08/22/2008 05:35 am in Flash

Dear Rands, you are an asshole. You’re too funny and keep stealing all of my most private thoughts and posting them on twitter. ;-) Seriously, I get so tired of all of the agile consulting gurus peddling their snake oil. Nothing makes up for having a game plan, knowing your market and customers and having refined [...]

Information Technology Toolbox On Flex Versus Silverlight

08/22/2008 03:54 am by Ben Forta's Blog in Flash

Mike Kavis, Chief Architect at Information Technology Toolbox, has written a comprehensive and balanced analysis of Flex/Flash versus Silverlight entitled The Battle for the RIA Throne: Flex vs. Silverlight.

Lee Brimelow On Why AS3

08/19/2008 02:53 am by Ben Forta's Blog in Flash

Fellow Adobe Platform Evangelist Lee Brimelow has written an article for Adobe Developer Connection entitled Six reasons to use ActionScript 3.0. This one is a quick and useful read (the links at the bottom are very useful, too).

gTween: A New Tweening Engine for AS3 Developers

08/18/2008 08:07 pm by gBlog in Flash

gTween is a new programmatic tweening engine built for ActionScript 3 developers from the ground up: instance-oriented, standard event model, multiple timing modes, proxy interface, interruptible, sequencing, resource managed, global and per instance pausing, and a whole lot more.

Flash Player 10 Debug is Out

08/18/2008 11:44 am in Flash Player

Flash Player 10 (”Astro”) Debug version is out. You can find it here: http://opensource.adobe.com/svn/opensource/flex/sdk/branches/3.0.x/in/player/10/. I the a previous article I explained how you can build a Flash Player 10 application using Flex SDK and here it is: http://www.flexer.info/2008/05/21/how-to-build-flash-player-10-applications-using-flex-sdk/. From now on we are looking for new Flash Player 10 applications…

Want to come and work with us?

08/17/2008 02:46 pm by Seb Lee-Delisle in Flash

We’re looking for an AS3 coder to come and work with us on a short term project here in sunny Brighton. It’s a great chance to get to know us all at Plug-in Media, and it could turn into a permanent job, if it all works out well. We’re building a flashy micro-site for a [...]

microsoft: Did they have a hand in it? I’ll say…probably.

08/15/2008 12:09 am by RockOnFlash \m/ :: John Grden in Flash

I was just heading over to Hank’s article on the situation with EcmaScript 4.0. The short of it is: it’s been drop kicked for good, leaving Adobe with decisions to make. As you read, Adobe had put alot into being standards compliant with AS3 and for obvious good reasons. The speculation [...]

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