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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 [...]

Adobe AIR Cookbook Available in Beta

June 18th, 2008 at 10:38 am by Ahmet Gyger

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Posted in AIR, Adobe, Books



Just a quick note to relay the information, Adobe’s great idea of offering online community driven cookbook is now extended to AIR.
Access AIR Cookbook

Adobe User Group Geneva: June 10 meeting at 6:30 pm

June 4th, 2008 at 9:22 am by Ahmet Gyger

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Posted in Adobe, General, Usability



Comme convenu lors de notre dernière rencontre, la date pour la prochaine AUGG à été fixé au mardi 10 juin 2008 à 18:30 chez nos amis des Nomades.
Le programme sortira un peu de l’ordinaire avec une présentation de Florian Egger (PhD in Human-Computer Interaction), qui est Usability & User Experience Consultant, créateur de Telono.com. Il [...]

I am even a bigger A**

May 30th, 2008 at 1:41 pm by Ahmet Gyger

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Good news for me, I just passed the Adobe Certified Expert in Dreamweaver CS3 exam and achieve a not so good score of 80% in 30 minutes. After my certification in Flash CS3 two weeks ago, it is now the time for the next one :)
I wanted to thanks the folks at Adobe who [...]

What I love in DW CS4

May 27th, 2008 at 11:55 am by Ahmet Gyger

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Posted in Adobe, Web Design



I had the hand on Dreamweaver CS4 for more than one month now, I’ll share with you what really helped me in my everyday life. To shorten, for people afraid of my English: if you didn’t make the move to DW CS3 du to the lack of improvement you will be happy with DW CS4!
It [...]

I’m officially an A**

May 16th, 2008 at 3:19 pm by Ahmet Gyger

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I just passed my exam of Adobe Flash CS3 Certified Expert (ACE) and achieve a not so bad score of 92%… in 15 minutes (from the 90 minutes available).
Exam wasn’t hard but there still was some tricky questions.
Well, now it is time for the next one :-)
Congratulations to Cédric who did as well pass [...]

Certification Exams Preparation Guides are Online

April 10th, 2008 at 11:29 am by Ahmet Gyger

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Posted in ActionScript3, Adobe, Flash



About a month ago, I checked the preparation guides page on Adobe.com for the ACE (Adobe Certified Expert) exam but none of the CS3 were online. Now this have changed and we can download all the preparation guides via Adobe.com.
That a good news as I have scheduled a test for the ‘Adobe Flash CS3 [...]

Confirmed: Flash Lite apps coming to iPhone

March 19th, 2008 at 3:54 pm by Ahmet Gyger

Posted in Adobe, Flash Lite, Mobile



[via Scott Janousek's Blog]
[...]Adobe Systems CEO Shantanu Narayen said the company intends to bring its Flash Player to Apple’s iPhone.[...]
Whether and how Flash applications would run on Apple’s iPhone has been an open question since the device’s launch. Narayen’s comments indicate that Adobe will be able to create a version of Flash Lite for the [...]

Flex 3: Now Free to All Students

March 10th, 2008 at 12:25 pm by Ahmet Gyger

Posted in AIR, Adobe, Flex, RIA



That is a big news! The Flex Builder 3 Professional is now free for all students and edu customer:
Adobe Flex Builder 3 Pro is available for free to all education customers. This includes all students, faculty and staff of eligible education institutions.
www.flexregistration.com
Wondering why you finished your study so early?
:)
Ahmet