2.0 | Rich Internet Experience

NabAIR v0.1: Update to AIR 1.0

Niels — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:04:24 +0000

I updated the NabAIR desktop program to AIR 1.0. Not much new stuff, just an update, so everybody can keep using it. I changed the header to standard chrome, because of bugs in my custom class. The icon is also working again. Some problems with the download page should be solved. Happy Nabaztagging!

GET ADOBE AIR 1.0

GET NABAIR

Rotating arround 3D object in Away3D

Niels — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:11:59 +0000

Here’s a nice alternative to all the Flex 3.0 and AIR 1.0 posts today. Today I was experimenting with the HoverCamera3D class from Away3D. With the HoverCamera3D you can “hover” the camera arround the target object. This is much easier than when you do it with the standard Camera3D. Of course I made an example so you can try this out for yourself.

EXAMPLE

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Away3D explorer for Flex

Niels — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:56:16 +0000

Tonight I made some adjustments to the example in my previous blogpost. From now on calling it Away3D explorer. It is just really helpful for me to give a better feeling about 3D. So, go play with it, then download Away3D and start building something in 3D. More additions comming soon…first…get some sleep.

VIEW AWAY3D EXPLORER

Exploring Away3D in Flex

Niels — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:21:04 +0000

After seeing some cool Away3D stuff from Fabrice Clossier, and now seeing some cool Flex 3D stuff going on at Maikel and Arno (thanks for the help!), I also made a sample with Away3D and Flex. If you’ve get a hang of it, it is very easy to do!

VIEW EXAMPLE

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10 Great articles about RIA (Flex) usability

Niels — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:39:28 +0000

Here you go. 10 articles about RIA usability. Read them, and use them wisely…

User Interface Design Principles for Web Applications (Aral Balkan, 2006)

Usability Heuristics for Rich Internet Applications (Jess McMullin & Grant Skinner, 2003)

RIA Usability is KEY [Part 1] [Part 2] (Karl Johnson [Cynergy], 2007)

Usability for Rich Internet Applications (Donna Maurer [Digital Web Magazine], 2006)

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The Flex community have closed their eyes for quality and perfection

Niels — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:09:28 +0000

I had some time tonight, so I thought: “let’s spit trough my 1000+ Google Reader items. After some reading i’m starting to read all the Flex related MXNA posts starting from a couple of days ago. Because I don’t have the time to read them all, I read mostly the topics mentioned more than once. I saw some blog posts about Firebrand comming into my path more than once, so let’s read what it is! (as curious as I am).

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Login tutorial Ruby on Rails -> WebORB -> Flex 2 basic communication, now translated in English

Niels — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:39:39 +0000

Arno Manders has translated the Login tutorial Ruby on Rails - > WebORB -> Flex 2 basic communication in English. It was a much asked question on this blog, but I didn’t have the time for it. He did, and has done a great job, so give him the credit that he deserves! You can visit his blog, or check the translation on the CMD wiki (you’ve got a bit more overview there).Hmm, maybe it’s time to deepen myself in and WebORB again…Some old cool posts about Flexible Rails / Ruby on Rails / WebORB:

NabAIR v0.05: Update to AIR 1.0 beta 3

Niels — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:13:06 +0000

For all the people who got a Nabaztag for christmas and the die hard users, here’s an update for NabAIR. With the Adobe Integrated Runtime allready in the last phase (beta 3), it was time to update the application. No extra features (didn’t have time for that), but now everybody should be able to install NabAIR again.

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Noorderslag.nl: Flex is not application only

Niels — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:47:16 +0000

Noorderslag went live today. A great website totally build in Flex, the backend is AMFPHP. It shows that Flex is also a great tool for building very nice websites instaid of applications only. The website is not feature complete, but there’s more to come. As Maikel is saying on his blog: “And more to come such as: Your own agenda, a program view and map-view of the festival/seminar”.Maikel and Ids have done a great job, and off course the rest of team. , where I do my graduating, shows that it’s capable of building great Flex Websites. Great stuff being made there. Also visit the blogs from the other members of the team. You can view them at my homepage, in my blogroll.

Adobe Thermo, the "one more thing” from Adobe

Niels — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:45:28 +0000

Finally it’s there. The first Rich Internet Designer tool, called “Thermo”. I wish I was at Adobe Max 2007, but that’s not affordable for a student like me :). But Aral Balkan is a very nice guy, and he shot some movies from the sneak preview of “Thermo”.Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

You can see, I has some nice features. Import PSD files. Converting these bitmaps to components, without losing the styles. A real nice way to convert items in the design to dummy data. And also a really nice way to connect components to each other (see last video).Adobe does promote this tool for designers, but I think developers will be happy too. I also think this could be a great tool for Rapid Prototyping. Customers could already play with the application, without you having to code something. With this tool, design can be interactive without much effort.All this, becomes with a downside. Rich Tretola (EverythingFlex) is pointing this out correctly with his post “Why Thermo scares me”. As you can see. Everything is becoming one giant MXML. You can see all the embedded images, for each graphic container. This does no good for the size of your SWF file. Also it generates code, but what about your Flex (MVC) framework? Does it fit in? We just have to wait and see.Although “Thermo” is just in starting blocks of development, it promises to be a great product for future Flex Development. Can’t wait to see more!You can also find more information about thermo on Adobe Labs.

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