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Facebook Connect

Facebook Connect

Dec 10, 2009

Almost every website has a goal of increasing participation and creating connections. Well that is what Facebook is all about. Facebook Connect lets users bring their identity and connections from Facebook to your website. Once they connect with our sites through Facebook Connect we can then bring in their name, photos, events, friends, connections, activity,...

Flash iPhone Apps

Flash iPhone Apps

Dec 10, 2009

Flash Professional CS5 will enable you to build applications for iPhone and iPod touch using ActionScript 3. These applications can be delivered to iPhone and iPod touch users through the Apple App Store.* A public beta of Flash Professional CS5 with prerelease support for building applications for iPhone is planned for later this year. Here are some videos that...

Multitouch Support In Flash

Multitouch Support In Flash

Dec 10, 2009

Adobe AIR 2 provides end users with exceptional application experiences while giving developers the easiest and most powerful way to develop desktop applications across multiple platforms (Mac, Windows, and Linux). AIR 2 builds on the success of AIR 1 by giving developers new capabilities, and even tighter integration with the desktop. Some new features of AIR 2...

Sound Visualization in Flash

Sound Visualization in Flash

Aug 21, 2009

So I wanted to make a website for a electronic music group I love called JUSTICE. I offered them a free website with all the bells and whistles because their music has inspired me and helped me through many late nights. Sadly, their record label turned me down for their MySpace page. So I thought I would release the source code for my project to everyone, so...

AS3 Video Coverflow

AS3 Video Coverflow

Jun 6, 2009

So everyone likes the coverflow effect and everyone is using video these days. I wanted to do this effect in AS3 and thought it would be nice to release it to everyone. Its not polished or paticularly stunning (in fact its pretty plain), but its just an example of how to do it and some good code to get you started in the right direction. I don’t recommend...

Flash iTunes Cover Flow – Version 2

Flash iTunes Cover Flow – Version 2

Sep 25, 2007

So, people have been commenting a lot on the iTunes Cover Flow. Mostly they are good comments, but there were a few suggestions. I made one suggestion that seemed to make sense and was very easy to implement. New Feature: -Link based on XML for the Artist and the Album. If no link is given then the button is disabled. -Link is placed on the actual text of the...