Tag: FLEX

digg_url = 'http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2009/11/23/wordoid-helps-you-make-nonsense-names-with-good-domains/'; "Wordoids", which are words that are made-up, but sound right. They follow the rules of phonetics, and if done properly, roll off the tongue. The need to have an online presence has increased the need for unique product and company names and has led to these wordoids. Yet, even ...

Adobe is reaching out to students and faculty by offering them Flex Builder 2 for free. Adobe Flex Builder is an application for developing rich internet applications using the Flex framework. With this, developers can build intuitive interactive apps quickly. Why would Adobe be doing this? To try and gain some interest from new developers of course. Taking the lead from some fast food joints out ...

Two weeks ago at NAB, Microsoft announced their Flash competitor, Silverlight. At that time, I was like 'blah' about it, thinking it was just another reaction from Microsoft to Adobe. But when Microsoft elaborated more about their future web development strategy at MIX07 two days ago, I was stunned just like most Microsoft developers. CoreCLR, cross-platform .Net Framework, DLR, Silverlight, ...

Over at Micro Persuasion, Steve Rubel writes about NoteTag, an app Adobe is working on that "allows users to capture notes during meetings and assign tasks within those notes to individuals." That sounds pretty boring by itself, but NoteTag also allows you to post those notes to a blog or bookmark them with del.icio.us. Judging from the Kiwi Project blog, it sounds like NoteTag is a ...

Adobe has released a beta version of Flex 2.0, its "complete solution for building cross-platform Rich Internet Applications within the enterprise and across the web." What the heck does that mean? Basically it's a development environment for creating Flash apps. While I'm rather skeptical of the idea of creating enterprise apps that run in Flash Player (yes, that Flash Player), I admit ...