There are so many online communities out there already, but I was curious when Mixx debuted their “Communities”.
Figured I would create a community just for Flex. I don’t know if there is enough value in a mini Digg-like community just for Flex developers and designers, but I guess we can find out … introducing:
It is open registration for members, so if you think it might be cool, join up!
Just got done spending my afternoon tracking this one down. Had a Flash app on one domain, calling some web services from another.
The crossdomain.xml policy file worked perfectly fine up until 9.0.124.0 (Which BTW gets automatically installed with the Mac OS 10.5.3 update), then stopped working.
Started getting the:
Request for resource at (url) by requestor from (url) is denied due to lack of policy file permissions.
Set up the policy logging, and found out the WSDLs were being loaded just fine, but everything failed when it came to actually calling a service.
Pored over the security article on Adobe’s site. Couldn’t find anything.
Finally ended up stumbling on this TechNote, which solved the problem for me.
After finding the problem, also saw the section in the Flash Player 9 Security PDF.
What was needed?
allow-http-request-headers-from
Needed to allow the SOAP headers.
Hopefully this might help someone else.
Here we go again. Via MacRumors, Apple has filed a patent application that seems to cover some of the rumored features for the next 3G iPhone on the 2.0 software.
The interesting bit is what the application says about our very own beloved Flash Player:
“In some embodiments, the content can be played with a QuickTime, Windows Media, or Flash plugin”
So will this be in the distant future, or on Monday? 
Nice, via Read Write Web, Google has released a Flash API for Google Maps in ActionScript 3! Nice to be skipping right over some of those annoying LocalConnection hassles with these APIs when using Flex/AS3.
Speaking of Google, LocalConnection, and APIs, has anyone wrapped up a LocalConnection lib to use the YouTube Chromeless Player APIs yet? I know there is some rough sample code in their forum, but is there a project that puts this all in one spot to use as a library?
What do fried cheese curds, spotted cows, and developing simulations, games, and educational applications in Flex have in common? Madison, WI baby!
If you are interested in working with the educational and academic community in Madison for the University of Wisconsin, and have strong skills and background with client-side development with a focus on Flex and ActionScript, then apply right now!
The Adobe Task Force will collaborate with Adobe on all of the company’s products that output code or content to the Web, and will continue to advocate compliance with Web Standards and accessibility guidelines by those who use Adobe’s products to design and build Web sites and applications.
Both Tiger users and Leopard users will be automatically getting Flash Player 9 Update 3 along with the latest Security Updates via Mac OS X’s Software Update.
Nice to get Flash Player updates this way, they have come this way before. This should happen for every release really.
Google’s new Android mobile platform chose Java for it’s application development language. But what’s lacking in developing a Java GUI app? Oh, but of course, something that Mozilla and Adobe have implemented already as part of their platforms, an XML based user interface language!
I made up the name of course, since I couldn’t find a name for it: AXUL.
The format looks a little like SWIXML without the Swing.
This reinforces the whole strategy of using a markup language to layout interfaces and custom widgets, taking advantage of a nice box layout mechanism. But one thing I don’t see is the ability to create new AXUL components by simply composing other AXUL components. (without a hosting Java class)
But why didn’t they choose HTML 5? Ha.
Just read the NYTimes write-up on Prism.
Interesting comments by Mark Finkle:
if the Web can’t do it, Prism can’t do it
and
We’re not asking Web apps to change at all.
So thats the big thing really. It’s an incremental nicety to classic web browsing. This is really not in competition to Adobe AIR at all.
It’s more in line with something like Mac OS X’s new Safari Web Clips. Yank an app out of the browser and run it by itself.
As a real-world example, imagine Google Analytics without browser chrome, and then look at the Google Analytics AIR app. Designing an experience more with the user in mind, than browser limitations. And this is using Open Internet protocols and APIs. Maybe that’s not as good as the Open Web though, not sure?
Wow, a lot of writing and discussion over Prism lately! And to think, all from a new name, logo, and a Labs post. (And I guess some weight from being an officially sanctioned experiment too.)
Of course, I’ll follow suit. Partly because I am interested in the technology, and partly because I am interested in how this relates to Adobe AIR, and Mozilla’s own technologies, like XUL. How is it integrated? How can some important features and functionality be integrated with HTML/JavaScript only?
I thought I would start by comparing the installation story with Adobe AIR. A lot has been made of how easy it is (or will be?) to make a web app into a desktop app. (A simple menu command from Firefox, and voila!) But that’s not the whole story. How does Prism get installed in the first place?
With Adobe AIR (which runs web apps as well on the desktop, built with HTML/CSS and JavaScript), there is a really cool installation story. You can create a special badge that a user can install your app (with permission of course) from a web page. The cool part though, is if they don’t have the Adobe AIR runtime, it will be installed auto-magically (with permission of course) along with your app! No need to direct them to a different website, instruct them to download something, then come back and get your app.
So how will Prism get installed? Sure, after it’s installed it’s somewhat smooth sailing. But getting software installed is a hurdle which should not be ignored. Adobe has excellent experience with this. Heck, installs of Firefox are dwarfed by Flash Player. So what’s Prism’s installation story?
