FlashDen – Download Stock Flash, Audio, Video and Pixel Fonts for as little as 50 Cents

The iStockPhoto of Flash?
FlashDen – Download Stock Flash, Audio, Video and Pixel Fonts for as little as 50 Cents

Person13 – Books, CD-ROMs, etc.

Good refresher articles… and in multiple languages, too! Of note is the primer for those coming from AS 1.0 to AS 2.0. Also some info on making components.
Person13 – Actionscript Primer

ActionScript 2.0 Primer

Library.py 0.1: XML generation script for swfmill at Dynamic Flash

Just had a reason to use swftools today and was looking around for a way of combining items with a swf file (before trying swfcombine) and found this. I haven’t used swfmill much but… wow…
Library.py 0.1: XML generation script for swfmill at Dynamic Flash:

I?ve created a Python script that will output ?simple? swfmill XML, allowing [...]

Flash Forever – BitmapCache

This does in fact seem to solve the dreaded “always reloading” image flash of the cell renderer. Bravo!
Flash Forever – BitmapCache:

A normal typical quick implementation of a CellRenderer that loads its associated image in it’s instance is illustrated on the left. On the right is an example of an implementation using the BitmapCache. Since the [...]

Accessibility: In search of… a perfect plugin technique

Again with the Flash embedding… some references
Accessibility: In search of… a perfect plugin technique:

Bob and I frequently field questions and read posts on lists related to the ?right? way to include Flash content in a web page. Several developers have made efforts to find a technique to do so that doesn’t break page validation, including [...]

How to correctly insert a Flash into XHTML ?La Trine

Always looking for a way to embed Flash without causing trouble… Not always easy. This is interesting because it doesn’t require Javascript, validates, and allows for alternate content.
How to correctly insert a Flash into XHTML – La Trine:

Final Solution The complete code will then look like this (example + validator):
<!–[if !IE]> –><object type=”application/x-shockwave-flash”data=”movie.swf” width=”300″ height=”135″><!– [...]

HOW-TO: Adobe Photoshop CS2 on Ubuntu – 8 steps!

Cool. Very cool. :-p
HOW-TO: Adobe Photoshop CS2 on Ubuntu – 8 steps! at PublicidadPixelada”:

This HOW-TO covers up the whole process of installing Adobe Photoshop CS2 on a Ubuntu box in a few simple steps. This method has been tested only on Ubuntu, but it should work on any other linux flavor.

Original Signal – Transmitting Web 2.0

Quick overview on lots of news.
Original Signal – Transmitting Web 2.0

Aptana – Dreamweaver Killer?

The Eclipse of web design software?
Aptana – Dreamweaver Killer? (mike):

I have only used Aptana for a couple of hours, but it is the best IDE that I have never heard of. It has the most intelligent code indenting I have ever seen. It “understands” the formentioned languages. I get popups telling me which browsers support [...]

ae.hugeobject.com ?ASForms

Whoa… talk about lightweight!
ae.hugeobject.com ?ASForms:

ASForms are lightweight and snappy Flash forms (components). They are designed for people who don?t need a full component framework, but rather need quick and easy flash forms they can drop into an application without too much trouble or size increase. Forms included so far are: Radio buttons, checkboxes, text input, [...]

ae.hugeobject.com Blog Archive Open Source Flash RIA development – case study

There is more in the original post which is an interesting read. Next is to check out some of the lighter skinnable components mentioned…
ae.hugeobject.com ?Blog Archive ?Open Source Flash RIA development – case study:

After swapping to an open Source flash solution for a RIA, the following advantages were achieved:

saved over 110 working hours in compile [...]

Flash Actionscript String Replace Theo’s Blog

Flash Actionscript String Replace ?Theo?s Blog:

Actionscript 2.0 has serious shortcomings with regard to String functions. Luckily I?ve not been the only-one frustrated by this, and lot?s of people have already done lot?s of work to overcome Macromedia?s shortcomings. Earlier I found this String Functions Macromedia forgot, and posted about how I made it in to [...]

Experience with ActionScript 2.0 Theo’s Blog

A useful class for extra string functions in AS 2.0.
Experience with ActionScript 2.0 ?Theo?s Blog:

However there are a few problems I had with ActionScript. For example I find the lack of support for basic String operation shocking. I had to put a simple String Toolkit together for my usage. It?s build from piece of code [...]

quikmaps.com – maps for the masses

Cute yet useful. You can draw on your map and then post it up. It uses the Google Mapping API but since the host is quikmaps, you don’t need your own API key. Nice indeed.
quikmaps.com – maps for the masses:

Draw pictures and label things on a google map using simple clicks and drags. [...]

Useful Utilities..cookies, key combination,etc – ActionScript.org Forums

A useful set of classes and ideas for AS2 development by Michael at Creatage
Useful Utilities..cookies, key combination,etc – ActionScript.org Forums:

I am in the process of putting together a Dev Kit of some classes that I use, and I’m working on classes that I will be using in the near future. I can’t distribute source code [...]

Undo/Redo Architecture – ActionScript.org Forums

Implementing undo/redo in an app. This could be done with an MVC-Command pattern as well. I haven’t dug into the code to see if this is similar to that. Interesting nonetheless.
Undo/Redo Architecture – ActionScript.org Forums:

Anyway… this is going to be for you advanced users, I put together an architecture for state/history managament in an application. [...]

ActionScript.org Forums – View Single Post – UrlQuery

I haven’t tested this yet, but this is a class that allows a developer, through ExternalInterface, to get the URL of the page a swf is on without embedding JS into the HTML itself. The only catch is that for it to work cross-browser, the swf needs to be embedded dynamically, i.e. with SWFObject. However, [...]

sprintf : Downloads : Nate Cook

A class that brings sprintf functionality to Actionscript 2.0.
sprintf : Downloads : Nate Cook:

Formatted strings are a real convenience?one that is sorely missing from the Flash Actionscript library. This adds in the sprintf functionality,

GrannySmith ?Blog Archive ?Tooltip

And this particular tooltip is used in Xray and Red5. Nice implementation!
GrannySmith ?Blog Archive ?Tooltip:

A tooltip can be very helpful for the user interface of applications, development tools, websites, multimedia, interactive maps, and games. It?s a great way to keep your interface free of clutter, and still supply information at a glance about any one [...]

5 1/2 blog ?AS2 to AS3 converter: createTextField, getURL handling

Oooooh… a converter from AS2 to AS3… still in the works but mighty cool nonetheless… transitioning to Flex might be a little less of a headache later…
5 1/2 blog ?AS2 to AS3 converter: createTextField, getURL handling

5 1/2 blog ?Loading Circle component

You’d be surprised at how useful something like this can be…
5 1/2 blog ?Loading Circle component:

On Macromedia Exchange , when you get from one section to another, instead of getting a loading bar, you get a indeterminate loading circle that looks quite good. This Loading Circle component gives you a loading circle just like the [...]

A Flex 2 Closeable Tab Navigator Component

This is quite neat, too. Close icons on the tabs.
A Flex 2 Closeable Tab Navigator Component (darron):

I just finished up a new Flex 2 component that allows you to add close icons to tabs that when clicked will remove them from a TabNavigator.

A Flex 2 Checked Tree Control / Component

When Flash Player 9 is all the rage (i.e. when Flash Player 10 is released) then maybe I can hit Flex dev again in earnest. This is a cool little mod on the tree component built into Flex. No code is available but there is a plug for a commercial version.
A Flex 2 Checked Tree [...]

no|wrap.de – Flare

Useful tool… scary tool. Most tools are!
no|wrap.de – Flare:

Flare processes an SWF and extracts all scripts from it. The output is written to a single text file. Only ActionScript is extracted, no text or images. Flare is freeware. Windows, Mac OS X and Linux versions are available. The main purpose of decompiler is to help [...]

Next-gen video

Good site with lots of good links on examples of innovative yet still useful Flash. For example a portable green screen “lab”… well, red screen in this case.
Next-gen video (JohnDowdell):

Next-gen video: Adobe Flash Player is more than a traditional video player. It treats video as a first-class media type in an interactive, programmable environment. Grant [...]