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Google Native Client: A Game Changer or an Also-Ran?

Richard Monson-Haefel
December 15, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (6)

Friday Google announced a new RIA platform called Google Native Client (NaCl). NaCl provides a browser plug-in that allows your browser to run C/C++ applications directly on your x86 processor.

Is Flash only suitable for Cartoons?

Richard Monson-Haefel
November 14, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (12)

Redmond Developer News posted an interview with Brad Becker formally the Lead Designer for Adobe FlexBuilder and now Director of Rich Client Platforms for Microsoft. In the interview Becker frequently refers to Flash as a wonderful platform for creating cartoons but not much else.

Is client-side Java losing ground to Flex?

Richard Monson-Haefel
November 8, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (6)

Are Java developers going to ignore JavaFX in favor of Flex?

tags:
flex
java
javafx

Silverlight 3: The Next Fit Client?

Richard Monson-Haefel
November 4, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (48)

Microsoft's next major version of Silverlight will probably provide out-of-the-browser runtime allowing .NET developer to create Silverlight desktop applications for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Why didn’t you choose Curl?

Richard Monson-Haefel
October 7, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (27)

What can Curl do to be a better platform?

tags:
curl

Microsoft and Nokia back jQuery

Richard Monson-Haefel
October 1, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (2)

jQuery has been quickly gaining ground over the course of the bast couple of years and with the announcement by Microsoft and Nokia, jQuery it could come to dominate the Ajax market.

Curl Blogging Contest: Win an iPhone 3G

Richard Monson-Haefel
September 26, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (10)

Write a blog entry about Curl and enter to win an iPhone 3G

Fun comparisons of Flex and Silverlight

Richard Monson-Haefel
September 23, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (18)

A gallery of applications comparing Flash and Silverlight is both fun and enlightening! See Flash and Silverlight applications doing the same animations side-by-side and see the source code as well!

Adobe Flash Clipboard Hack

Richard Monson-Haefel
September 22, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (10)

Adobe Flash players are make it possible hijack the system clipboard. It's really spooky. While writing this blog I clicked on the above demo and when I tried to past in a URL for the demo it posted in the hijacked value (http://www.evil.com) instead. And the clipboard is hijacked across all applications - not just your browser.

Babies blogging in the womb!

Richard Monson-Haefel
September 19, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (2)

A funny video about Bubble 2.0

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Using Flash Remoting for Authentication to your AFCS/Facebook AIR Application
Russ Ferguson

If you have had an opportunity to look at the Adobe Flash Collaboration Service (AFCS) you could see that there is a huge opportunity to do interesting multi-user applications without needing to write all of the server side code. However... Continue Reading
Decorator Design Pattern
Sean Moore

Overview Purpose of this article The goal of this article is to help you gain a better understanding of the Decorator design pattern. The Decorator pattern is used to attach additional responsibilities to an object at run time dynamically. Decorators... Continue Reading
Flash to iPhone
Veronique Brossier

The proliferation of cellular phones has revolutionized the way we communicate with one another and is the foundation for a more mobile lifestyle. Adobe, a long time player in rich internet applications, wanted to, once again, be an active participant.... Continue Reading
AIR 2 Enhancements Complete Overview
Elad Elrom

Adobe just released public information about AIR 2.0 and added new capabilities that better tie with the operation systems which gives your application more control while increasing performance. The new version will be deployed on Flash player 10 using Flex... Continue Reading

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Recently by Richard Monson-Haefel

Google Native Client: A Game Changer or an Also-Ran?

Is Flash only suitable for Cartoons?

Is client-side Java losing ground to Flex?

Silverlight 3: The Next Fit Client?

Why didn’t you choose Curl?

Microsoft and Nokia back jQuery

Curl Blogging Contest: Win an iPhone 3G

Fun comparisons of Flex and Silverlight

Adobe Flash Clipboard Hack

Babies blogging in the womb!

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