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Internet Explorer 7 really don’t like Swf

March 28th, 2006 at 4:11 pm by Ahmet Gyger

Posted in Flash, Google, Usability



Update:(July 26 2007)To avoid this behavior you need to load your Flash via Javascript. For this you can use the SWFObject, I made an extension for Dreamweaver to ease the use of it.

In IE7 there is one more thing that they add that I find completely useless and unusable.
There is now a little info box [...]

Internet Explorer 7 don’t like Swf

March 28th, 2006 at 3:44 pm by Ahmet Gyger

Posted in Flash, Google, Usability



Update:(July 26 2007)To avoid this behavior you need to load your Flash via Javascript. For this you can use the SWFObject, I made an extension for Dreamweaver to ease the use of it.

I just wanted to make a quick test of my website with IE7 beta 2, thinking that all would work normally but I [...]

Getting Things Done

March 27th, 2006 at 10:42 pm by Ahmet Gyger

Posted in General



I’ve read (in Make vol 05) about the GTDTiddlyWiki (Getting things done wiki), I have used it a bit and I must say that it’s a really nice and useful application. It’s a sort of notebook very usable. It’s not serverside but all take place in your browser (so you can use it offline). It’s [...]

Quaero by the end of 2006 ?

March 26th, 2006 at 11:14 pm by Ahmet Gyger

Posted in General, Google



The European multimedia search engine Quaero (the european google in short) is predicted to be launch by the end of 2006. More and more it become a “high-tech reality”. It will introduce the ability to search by a “query image” and by a query sound”.
From www.upi.com :

Although current search engines can be used to [...]

Flex 2.0 beta Videos Tutorials

March 23rd, 2006 at 1:10 pm by Ahmet Gyger

Posted in Flex



On the macromedia labs I just discover some Flex videos,
Flex Data Services
Flex Framework
Flex Builder

New coding features and shortcuts.

New productivity features in Flex Builder 2.0 Code and Design views

Create and compile an application with Flex Builder

Create a constraint based layout with Flex Builder

Building a Flex application in 15 minutes

Nearly make me wonder about putting [...]

Spring 2006, an early alpha build of Blaze (Flash 9) shall come

March 23rd, 2006 at 6:35 am by Ahmet Gyger

Posted in Flash



As Mike Downey blog it a few month ago, the new Flash 9 alpha shall be available soon. Now that we had a look at AS3, we are ready to Flash with it! ! I can’t wait to use all the new features and I hope that all sample made with Flex will be exportable [...]

First online video in the “Great Minds in Development” series

March 21st, 2006 at 10:42 pm by Ahmet Gyger

Posted in Usability



Microsoft (DevSource), had put online a nice vidéos series “Great Minds in Development”. The First is with Jakob Nielsen, he talks about :
Recognise that developer are not average people.
Developer thinks what they do is simple to use, but it’s simple for them.
Importance of prototyping, or you’ll loose time.
User testing can be cheap. Just sit with [...]

Video tutorial for ActionScript beginner (en Français)

March 16th, 2006 at 11:51 pm by Ahmet Gyger

Posted in Flash, Tutorials



Un tutorial vidéo pour les débutants en ActionScript que je viens de mettre en place. Au début je testais seulement le logiciel (IshowU) et le tout a fini en petit tutorial ;)
Vous verrez comment faire pour manipuler un objet graphique directement avec AS.
Le tutorial dure environ 5 min.
Visionner la vidéo
Télécharger la source
Voir l’exemple

Video tutorial [...]

Mobile TV for you and me

March 16th, 2006 at 10:43 am by Ahmet Gyger

Posted in Flash Lite, General, Videos



From Cnn :
Television viewing on mobile phones will reach the masses by 2008, the world’s largest cell phone maker Nokia said on Thursday.
I hope (and think) that Flash Lite will take this market.

Macromedia Flash Player, Technology Breakdown

March 15th, 2006 at 1:46 am by Ahmet Gyger

Posted in Flash, Stats



Flash Player is the number one of Internet enabled PCs according a NPD Online survey published in December 2005.
Flash Player would be enabled in 97.7% of PCs

Acrobat Reader in 89.4%

Java in 86.2%

Media Player in 85.6%

Flash Player versions less than 5 are no longer measured. The sampling error for the NPD study is +/- 2% at [...]