http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/ AIR Application Developer en Copyright 2009 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:53:15 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.38 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss PixelWindow (was PixelPerfect) was one of the first AIR applications I wrote, and has turned out to be one of the most useful. It now has its own site, and several new features. http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2009/06/new_version_of_1.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2009/06/new_version_of_1.html Apollo Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:53:15 -0800 Here's a simple function for turning ActionScript Date objects into time time interval strings like "2 hours ago," or "3 days ago." http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2009/06/actionscript_fu.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2009/06/actionscript_fu.html ActionScript Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:42:07 -0800 I just wanted to let everyone know that we had a little problem the other day with Adobe Feeds and ended up losing some data. Most of the post data has been recovered, but we lost some site submissions. If you submitted your blog after 2/12/09, it's likely that it was lost and you will need to resubmit it. http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2009/05/adobe_feeds_dat.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2009/05/adobe_feeds_dat.html Weblogs Fri, 01 May 2009 07:42:46 -0800 JavaScript to make the mouse wheel work in Flash in OS X... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2009/03/make_the_mouse.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2009/03/make_the_mouse.html Flash Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:04:51 -0800 Apprise Reader is now ShareFire. And it has new features. http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2009/01/sharefire_a_new.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2009/01/sharefire_a_new.html Apollo Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:44:20 -0800 I'm starting to do some research into geolocation APIs, and I need some feedback. If you have any background in geolocation APIs, or even an opinion on their usefulness, you can help me out. http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2009/01/geolocation_api.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2009/01/geolocation_api.html Technology Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:28:19 -0800 I believe the day is finally near when I might actually be able to switch back to Linux. Ubuntu, AIR, Flex Builder, Firefox, Pidgin, Gmail. What else do you need? http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2008/11/revisiting_linu.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2008/11/revisiting_linu.html Apollo Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:25:14 -0800 Here's something all ActionScript 3 developers should know about extending classes and how parent constructors are called... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2008/09/be_careful_how.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2008/09/be_careful_how.html ActionScript Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:41:01 -0800 We just released Apprise 1.1 with several new features... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2008/09/apprise_11_more.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2008/09/apprise_11_more.html Apollo Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:14:24 -0800 We're working Apprise 1.1, and we'd like some feedback. Apprise 1.0 allows you to share articles via AIM and Twitter, and for 1.1, we're adding the ability to share via email, as well. We're also adding... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2008/08/how_do_you_want.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2008/08/how_do_you_want.html Apollo Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:40:02 -0800 Apprise now lets you share stories through AIM and Twitter right from your RSS reader. Oh, and we finally added folders, too. http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2008/07/share_stories_r.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2008/07/share_stories_r.html Apollo Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:04:42 -0800 Here's a little snippet of code I sometimes use in AIR applications to make sure all windows close when the main application window closes. http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2008/07/closing_all_you.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2008/07/closing_all_you.html Apollo Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:28:49 -0800 With the release of AIR 1.1 comes a new version of Apprise, a feed aggregator written for AIR. Apprise is a work in progress with lots of additional features to come, but here's what we have so far... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2008/06/air_11_and_appr.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2008/06/air_11_and_appr.html Apollo Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:38:20 -0800 Just a quick note to let you know that I fixed the Adobe Feeds web services. http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2008/05/adobe_feeds_upd_1.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2008/05/adobe_feeds_upd_1.html Tue, 13 May 2008 11:30:52 -0800 http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2008/05/adobe_feeds_upd.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2008/05/adobe_feeds_upd.html Adobe Thu, 08 May 2008 09:33:44 -0800