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Ever wonder how the things that happen now in the Flash community will be like in another 5 years?

Originally posted by <a href=”http://flash.granato.org/”>Granato</a>, <a href=”http://www.theory7.com/”>Theory 7</a> has just opened up a new store for Flash developers.

Now, some hate the RIA term, others love it. Regardless of your bent (gross) this is a great example, to me, of what an RIA can be. One page that acts as a store with a lot of great user feedback as to what’s going on. The cons are that it goes fullscreen without asking for permission, fonts are small as shiote, and there doesn’t appear to be a cookie-trail or any easy way to bookmark a section. Still, these types of sites make Flash developers look yummy to the industry. Spread the word.

Finished working on my new article for <a href=”http://www.communitymx.com”>Community MX</a>. I had modified some loops for use in the article, so figured I’d update the one I have currently here as well as add the new one. They’re off to the left under Downloads on the “Custom Classes” header.

Process uses a custom class thrown on _global that uses setInterval to emulate for loops so you can write more efficient Flash apps. The Safe Process is a component that does much the same thing, except it uses onEnterFrame to give you almost 100% protection from that bloody “Script is running too slow” error.

Both have examples in the comments of their respective files. Process.as can work via <code>#include “Process.as”</code> on the main timeline while SafeProcess.as needs to be put into a movie clip with a linkageID of “SafeProcessSymbol”.

<a href=”http://psychlonex.dyndns.org/”>John Robinson</a> made a good point last night while talking over email during my breaks from writing. He said that it seems most Flash developers prefer using #include in their code to dropping custom component classes in their library (usually ActionScript that does stuff with little or no visual content). I almost never use #includes. Is this true for you?