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Actionscript 3.0 Video Tutorial #9: Auto Update AIR Application

July 31st, 2008 at 3:36 pm by Ahmet Gyger

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Posted in Point of View



It tooks me more than six month to create a fresh new tutorial, but finally here it is!
This tutorial shows how to automatically update an AIR application when a more recent AIR file is on Internet.
I hope it is easy to follow and clear :)
You can watch it here.
You can see all my AS3 video [...]

How To Delete of an Outdated AIR Application? Uninstall AIR …

July 25th, 2008 at 4:36 pm by Ahmet Gyger

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Posted in AIR, Tutorials



While cleaning my PC, I noticed several old AIR applications I installed only on testing purpose. As they were installed with a old version of AIR, I was asked to upgrade my AIR application to be able to delete it…
Deleting the AIR plugin solved the problem :)
Ahmet

My First Last Day :)

July 25th, 2008 at 10:51 am by Ahmet Gyger

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Posted in Point of View



Today is my last day in the first 100% (non freelance) job I had. It’s funny to see how man can be attached to a team and to an environment.
It was a great experience for me, they recruited me even before I finished my MS, 1 and 1/2 year ago. I learned a lot, realized [...]

iPhone 2.0 : 6+ cool Tips

July 17th, 2008 at 2:47 pm by Ahmet Gyger

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Posted in Mobile



#1 Taking a screenshot: Hold the ‘home’ button then hit the ‘power/sleep’ button
#2 Saving an image from Safari: Tap on an image and hold, a pop up will display

#3 More domain name extension: hold the ‘.com’ if you are in Safari or the ‘.’ button in mail composer, and you will be proposed more 3 [...]

Thinking in Flex

July 10th, 2008 at 11:42 am by Ahmet Gyger

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Posted in Books, Flex



That may be a great news for all the newbie in Flex, accordign to Michaël Chaize, Bruce Eckel (the author from Thinking in Java) and James Ward are preparing a book for developers willing to learn Flex.
Ahmet

My tips for web development and web design

July 3rd, 2008 at 5:37 pm by Ahmet Gyger

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Posted in Marketing, Usability, Web Design



After nearly ten years creating web sites and web applications I have learned some lessons. Below are some points I chatted about with friends wondering about going into web development or web design and who asked me for some advice…
1) Be organized
Like any project, you need to be prepared before starting coding or designing anything. For [...]

Microsoft Acquire Powerset – How does it work?

July 2nd, 2008 at 2:12 pm by Ahmet Gyger

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Posted in Google, Intelligence



Microsoft in its fight for search market share has finally acquire Powerset (a natural language processing system). The system is really impressive and could be a real value for users. For example if you type in ‘How tall is the Eiffel Tower’ you will have the answer: 300.65 Meters
According to an interview in TechCrunch the [...]

AIR bundled in Acrobat Reader 9

July 2nd, 2008 at 11:57 am by Ahmet Gyger

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Posted in AIR, Adobe, RIA



A very good news for all AIR developer or for all people hesitating to use AIR for future applications. AIR is bundled in Acrobat Reader 9 (released yesterday), as Acrobat Reader is still one of the most downloaded software of Adobe [it is my assumption, I couldn't find any stats :(] it will certainly help [...]

Adobe offers to Google and Yahoo! Flash Player Technology – Is It Really A Good News?

July 1st, 2008 at 9:38 am by Ahmet Gyger

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Posted in Adobe, Flash, Flex, Marketing, Point of View, Web Design



I’ve just read via the AXNA that Adobe, Google and Yahoo! worked together to allow SWF searchability. My first thought was ‘finally they made it’ :)
But while reading the FAQ I’ve been a little disappointed by how this indexation seems to happen:
[...]The Flash Player technology, optimized for search spiders, runs a SWF file similarly [...]