A while back now I needed to insert data from one xml file to another at runtime (in flash). After a failed search for something that would do it for me (in AS3 at least), I made this...
In the zip there's a FlashDevelop project set up with an example to get you started. There's no documentation at present, but it's fairly straight forward to use.
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Currently in Brighton at the 'fantastic' Flash on the Beach conference, yesterday at an Adobe Town Hall meeting session an exec. from Adobe confirmed that they are working on Flash for the iPhone, didn't give much away. Read more here...
I just came accross this very well executed Flash simulation of a spider. You can drag it around, change its size, etc. Click here to check it out.
I've recently been testing out some of the new features available in FlashPlayer 10, building with FlashDevelop+FlexSDK (FD beta8 makes it easy to build for FP10 - yay) and running swfs in the standalone FP10 debug player.
All was well, but I soon found myself maxing out the cpu with some simple audio operations...
After a coule of tests I found the currently available debug players will execute code a lot slower than non-debug players, even hanging or crashing in some cases.
So, use the FP10 release candidate plugin from adobe labs for faster code execution - but no debugging...
Came across this cool flash site for Panasonic. It's got a real nice Explorative feel to it, with cool use of Flash to access some pretty interesting/engaging content.
I stumbled upon a very interesting flash game called Coign of Vantage the other day. It makes very interesting use of 3D and perspective to creative quite an addictive game.
"...a whole new way to search. More fun, more entertaining, more interesting, more effective..."
With this lovely new search site/tool you can view combined results from multiple search engines (Google, Yahoo!, Flikr, and more...) in various visual layouts.
Each of the available 'views' is a real treat - spend some time with them and have fun searching.
Things move fast in the world of flash - so just in case you've been less than attentive, here's a few cool things from the recent to the nearly now...
SourceBinder - "...a node-based visual framework for easy prototyping and real-time tuning of Flash based visual applications." -
Liquid Components - a free, open source component set for Flash CS3.
Hobnox AudioTool - an impressive browser based audio synthesis/processing tools with a fair few retro synths and effects recreated for your delight.
Hobnox - AudioTool
