http://enefekt.com/sansbrowser Merging the best of the web and desktop Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:25:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm working on a tool based on XULRunner that generates some content. (HTML content, images, etc.) It produces a directory to put the content into, and then offers the user the option of viewing that content right away. The problem lies in leaving that content open in a another application like ... http://enefekt.com/sansbrowser/2009/01/12/xulrunner-file-remove-bug-and-work-around/ All taken from Safari trying to view samples. http://enefekt.com/sansbrowser/2008/12/04/javafx-my-experience/ I've been trying to at the very least write one post a month, so I'm going to sneak my September in here. I always thought the Tamarin project was a nice example of an open-source move by Adobe. The JS-Harmony project definitely threw some cold water on some idealistic visions. This Reg ... http://enefekt.com/sansbrowser/2008/09/30/the-bitter-taste-of-tamarin-or-launch-of-the-javascript-wars/ I'm not trying to maximize or minimize any specific roles in this first release of Mozilla's new JavaScript engine, but it's cool to see the shout out on Brendan's post: "I'm also grateful to Ed Smith and the Tamarin Tracing team at Adobe for the TT Nanojit, which was a huge ... http://enefekt.com/sansbrowser/2008/08/25/mozilla-tracemonkey-adobe-open-source-fruit/ Since Xcode 3 has come out I've been tinkering with different ways to keep development with Flex and ActionScript 3 working decent for my day-to-day work. In order to keep this stuff updated better and available for others to use, and hopefully help improve, I've created a Google Code project named ... http://enefekt.com/sansbrowser/2008/07/28/core-swf-flexas3-for-xcode/ 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 ... http://enefekt.com/sansbrowser/2008/06/26/flex-on-mixx/ 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 ... http://enefekt.com/sansbrowser/2008/06/05/updated-flash-player-901240-security-gotcha/ 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 ... http://enefekt.com/sansbrowser/2008/06/05/flash-player-on-3g-iphone/ 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 ... http://enefekt.com/sansbrowser/2008/05/14/google-maps-actionscript-3-api/ 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 ... http://enefekt.com/sansbrowser/2008/04/23/flexactionscript-developer-wanted-uw-madison/