MouseControl AS2 class update - added Mac mouse wheel and scrolling area support

In my previous release of this class MouseControl class - easy adding of mouse scroll wheel capability to Flash (AS2.0)
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This release is bringing some nice additions,
like possibility of adding a Rectangle area that if mousewheel is used there trigger an assigned function…
example:
mouseControl.addScrollArea(”rect”, new Rectangle(100, 100, 100, 200), Delegate.create($class, traceRect));
where “rect” is id of scrollArea - used for removing a scroll area
second is rectangle parametar for scroll area
third is a function to call on mouse wheel

whole class is now relying on MacMouseWheel class from pixelbreaker

Download the source
Try the example

Lee Brimelow Interview with Justin Everett-Church, Senior Product Manager for Flash Player

Very nice interview by Lee Brimelow with Justin Everett-Church, who is the Senior Product Manager for Flash Player, about some of the most frequently asked questions regarding Flash Player 10 and our new search technology.
I somehow missed this one, and I am very happy to watched it now. I like the non-hype realistic talk Justin presented.

Watch the interview at TheFlashBlog by Lee Brimelow

One note more is that Lee Brimelow will be presenting at The Actionscript Conference in Singapore… Great news.

Wakeup Later : The Evolution of Websites: How 10 Popular Websites Have (And Have Not) Changed

Wakeup Later brings very interesting article about changes in popular websites through years. Few pictures to describe the change and simple comment makes it intersting to take a look…

Adobe eSeminar - Integrating Flex with PDF and Acrobat 9

I’ve today attended eSeminar from Adobe Australia and New Zealand titled - Integrating Flex with PDF and Acrobat 9.
Adobe perfectly hits the spot in PDF creation and fill the important place in its well known PDF file format. It is obvious now that Flash is far more then a plugin, and in last few years it completly transformed itself into platform which surely now fits great into PDF documents and Acrobat workflow.

Incorporating Flash inside PDF document is very easy, in few steps you insert it into document and later easily access it through Javascript integration… Only thing that doesn’t seem natural is not naming a SWF file you import so you don’t access your flash by name but by number which seems little odd… This should be more likely to HTML page where you name your Flash file and then access it by name.

Great side is easy integration of Acrobat code inside Flex or Flash application, you can pass code from Flex/Flash you want Acrobat to execute, that is easy and important for all dialogs, scrolling and so on. Integration with web is natural, and works perfectly within document.

Adobe also introduces in Acrobat new feature PDF Portfolio which lets you create interactive document using a built in Flex application (this depicts Flash as a platform), throught the series of wizards and tools.

eSeminar was hosted by FlexDaddy -aka- Andrew Spaulding. It was a pleasure and I am eagerly waiting for next eSeminar…

Seminar on demand video will appear here…
List of eSeminars Adobe Australia and New Zealand

Flashforward Festival voting is on …

http://www.flashforwardconference.com/finalists

I will surely have an overview of categories like last time…
http://mrsteel.wordpress.com/?s=flashforward

I see some of very cool stuff there, and list seem better then last time but some choices are discutable…

All this worlds are yours, use them together, use them in peace [pic]

THE CONTENT > THE CONTAINER -
SOUL > BODY -
WEBPAGE CONTENT > WEB DESIGN

.me domains open registration started

.me domains are in open registration from yestarday, very desirable domain surely raise big interest over interent…

list of registrars can be found here…

Flex 4 - Gumbo first release is out

Gumbo

The next version of Flex, code name Gumbo, is now in active development. It is has 3 primary themes:

• Design in Mind: provide a framework meant for continuous collaboration between designer and developer.
• Developer Productivity: improve compiler performance and add productivity enhancements to language features like data binding
• Framework Evolution: take advantage of new Flash Player capabilities and add features required by common use-cases

Download and read more at Adobe Opensource site

What a Hands Can Do : A LED Hat [video]

somebody made a LED hat, if you want to build one head to the noodle factory…

Rob Ford - Best Flash Sites Ever for .net magazine

Rob Ford publishes a list of best Flash sites ever. It is mostly composed of years FWA winners from recent FWA project. Take a look at full list at .net magazine.