I really wish that Steve Jobs would quit misinforming the public. It amazes me that Apple and Adobe’s childish feud is even news worthy. I’ve had a number of people tell me that I should start looking for a new profession because HTML5 is the future and Flash is dead (link). All of them iPhone […]
Fix Disappearing Fonts Caused by SWC’s
Have you ever had that feeling that something is very wrong in your project? Maybe that some paranormal force is working against you? Well, when embedded text starts disappearing after adding a SWC to a project, that’s the feeling I used to get. Problem: Let me start by saying SWC’s are great. I’ve been using […]
Compress Transparent PNGs with Flash
Do you use transparent PNGs in Flash, Flex or AIR? Want to cut your application file size in half? Problem: Embedding transparent PNGs dramatically increases the size of your Flash, Flex and AIR applications. Photoshop and Fireworks dot not have any compression available for transparent PNGs (that I am aware of). Solution: Import your PNGs […]
Skinning Flex Components – Part 1: CSS
This will be a three part series on skinning Flex components. For part one I have chosen to desolve the myth that Flex 3 can’t truly cascade styles. This three part series will start simple and get more complex with each post. You can use this code to mimic descendant selectors, dimensioning and multiple class […]