Category: Flash

Via <a href=”http://www.markme.com/jd/archives/003842.cfm”>JD</a>.

I believe there is a silver lining to everything. The coolest thing in life, for me, is to spit in the face of evil utilizing positivity when things are quite dire indeed.

<a href=”http://www.marketingsherpa.com/sample.cfm?contentID=2524″>The survey that JD refers to</a>, (<a href=”http://www.marketingsherpa.com/sample.cfm?contentID=2529″>and the revelations that transpire afterwards</a>)although I question it’s validity, can still be utilized for good use. Rather than disect why it is wrong or right, questioning how to convince the rest of the world that Flash does not mean site intro’s and that there is a lot more to it (like, it’s no longer “Flash” for instance [Central, Flash Light, Flash Paper, FlashCast, Flashcom, Flash Remoting]), we should instead just breathe a big sigh of, “Duh… of course Website A blows.” Navigation… what’s that? An enter button not actually working… good idea for a site…

For real, although I personally would take anyone’s money willingly if they so chose to offer me a contract job making a site intro, if you, however, have the manic desire to save the Flash developer world’s reputation, then by all means, here is your main weapon beyond a <a href=”http://useit.mondosearch.com/cgi-bin/MsmGo.exe?grab_id=5&EXTRA_ARG=&host_id=42&page_id=11141120&query=flash&hiword=flash+FLASHBASED+FLASHED+FLASHING+FLASHS+FLASHY+”>10 billion year-old (in tech years) useit.com article</a>… although, it certainly compliments it well.

I once heard that the general rule for current time zone goes like so:
– developer/designer = 2005
– current technology = 2003
– users = 2001

Which makes us geeks 4 years ahead of our users (or 3 if your into that ratio thang). Being in a larger company now, I’ve seen the disconnect even between departments in recognizing potential; technology changes so fast, and choosing to learn what’s actually applicable to my position at work is a question anyone has a hardcore right to ask. Naturally, they’ll still inevitbly miss the cool stuff, which allows people like me, “<a href=”http://starling.rinet.ru/music/temp/a.html”>loudmouth braggarts from the future</a>”, to co-slap the 411 (educate) on my fellow employee or client on the “current” state of things of what we can do. We’ll never get marketing to our future, but the least we can do is educate them to yesterday. Remember, old news is history, which leaves you with a lot of teaching to do, everyday.

Just don’t start with, “Alright you primitive screwheads, listen up!”. …dude, I’m finding some weird parallels to lack of Flash Knowledge and <a href=”http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Classroom/5923/”>Army of Darkness</a>… maybe it’s just late…

…At any rate, you got my point: Dragon Ball Z that link <a href=”http://www.myfavoritegames.com/dbz/AttackGuide.htm”><b>Kame Hame Ha</b></a> style on any client who wants a Flash Intro for a site that doesn’t need one, assuming you’ve already got bread (your not broke and starving), at which point ignore this post, and I’m sorry for wasting your time, have a great day, thank you, drive through please.

Holy $4|T!!!

<a href=”http://www.peldi.com/blog/000048.html”>http://www.peldi.com/blog/000048.html</a>

Quotes of note:

“The main piece of news I want to share is that we’re opening up Breeze and Breeze Live to flash developers. What I mean is that we’re planning to publish an API for building custom Pods, and have exposed all of the Breeze Platform (the Web App, as I affectionaly call it) through Web Services.”

“If instead you are a freelance FlashCom or a Flash+WebServices developer or a small Flash shop…well…here’s a whole new way to market yourself, as a “Breeze Pods builder” or “Breeze Customizer”. It could be a small but profitable niche, considering that Breeze clients are usually pretty large corporations.”

Ok, since this was a pain to make complicated and I got it working simply, I figured I’d share so you only have to go through pain doing more than I did. …not that I want you to go through pain, but it certainly makes the pleasure more worth it. At any rate, check this sample. I made a custom cell renderer for the DataGrid so I could have it render HTML hyperlinks. I tried using the TextArea to no avail, but a TextField works just fine!

Cell Renderer – <a href=”https://www.jessewarden.com/cell_renderer/”>HTML</a> | <a href=”https://www.jessewarden.com/downloads/cell_renderer.zip”>ZIP</a>

Update: Jared, you may be able to use getCellIndex to get the itemIndex, and if it’s odd or even, change the display of the renderer to an alternate color. Hope that helps!

Not sure if I’m doing this right, or if the interface is already in the framework, but here’s what I garnered from trying to make a cell renderer for the DataGrid:

<code>interface CellRenderer
{
// Returns the preferred height of a cell
function getPreferredHeight(Void):Number;

// Returns the preferred width of a cell
function getPreferredWidth(Void):Number;

// Sets the width and height of a cell
function setSize(width:Number, height:Number):Void;

// Sets the content to be displayed in the cell
function setValue(suggested, item, selected:Boolean):Void;
}</code>

I think if you throw that in an as file, and then #include it, you can then do:
<code>class YourClass implements CellRenderer{}</code>

At any rate, I’m using it that way, and if it breaks, or doesn’t compile, I’ll let you all know.