Monthly Archives: November 2009

Silverlight 4 (Beta) unrolling!

By Trond. November 30, 2009

silverlightMicrosoft has really put an effort into the newest version of Silverlight (v4), making it into a fully usable platform for RIA development. I suspect the release of Windows7 has freed up some more resources for the Silverlight team. Microsoft has addressed much of the critique of the previous versions of Silverlight. A lot of new controls, support for data-binding, MP4-video and a lot of development-tools makes Silverlight 4 a platform worth checking out for your next RIA-project. I have scratced a bit on the surface of this upcoming release, and here are some of the reasons why I am looking forward to start with Silverlight 4.

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Watch out for wmode

By Sven. November 30, 2009

wmodeThe Flash Player has supported the wmode parameter since version 3. The default value for wmode is “window”, which causes the SWF movie to run in its own invisible window above all content in the browser window.
<param value="window">

This causes problems when using DHTML menus and the like. The solution for this is to set the wmode parameter to “opague” which makes the Flash Player render its content directly onto the browser’s window.

Setting the wmode to anything other than “window” (opague or transparent) solves the DHTML menu issue and other issues, but at the same time it creates a bunch of other problems to be aware of!

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Full 1080p HD on the web

By Helge. November 17, 2009

1080pLast week Youtube announced they are adding support for viewing 1080p HD videos. (tips: add &fmt=37 to end of the links)

Today Adobe released Flash Player 10.1 beta that use the GPU for hardware decoding of H.264 video. Let’s hope this gets as good as it sounds.

1080p HD comes to Youtube

About Flash Player 10.1

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New Physics Engine in Flash CS5

By Torbjørn. November 4, 2009


Adobe is steadily letting out more details on new features in Flash CS5. In addition to the ability to publish native iPhone applications from Flash, Flash CS5 will also include a new physics engine. In the video above, you can see how they use a single panel to let designers easily add weight and other properties to their objects. Properties from this panel will be used to “pre-record” the movements on the timeline before the movie is published.

I’m eagerly awaiting to see if the ActionScript part of this engine will provide a full-feautured set of physics tools, or if we still have to use 3rd party tools like Box2DFlashAS3 (which is great btw.) for advanced runtime physics.

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How to link phone numbers

By Helge. November 4, 2009

phone

This is the markup for making calls directly from a link when browsing from a mobile:
<a href=””tel:+4792800913””>Call (+47) 928 00 913 from your phone</a>

To send a SMS:
<a href=””sms:+4792800913””>Send a SMS</a>

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