Flash (and then Flex) has always been the first choice technology for streaming audio content. I had the chance to work on a very cool mobile application for Radio X-Track. In this article, I’ll showcase this mobile app and share with you some tips on developping this type of application. As I was developing the [...]
Continue ReadingNarcissus, segment your followers
UPDATE: Twitter modified its API in the night. The desktop version has been updated (1.0.2). I’m still waiting for Apple to review my update 1.0.2. I’ve been working on a Flex mobile application called Narcissus, and I finally found the time to finalize and publish it on the App Store. Narcissus is a free application, [...]
Continue ReadingTablet devices and Enterprise apps
My talk at Adobe MAX was about the future role of tablet devices in large organizations, and the impact of this new generation of devices on IT services. Tablets will rapidly become a tremendous business opportunity for Flex developers. I was happily surprised by the number of sessions about tablets at MAX. A lot of [...]
Continue ReadingFlash Player 11, 3D and Aerys
For the second episode of “The Flash Accent”, I wanted to interview Jean-Marc Le Roux, CEO of Aerys. His company based in Paris is developing Minko, an open-source 3D framework on top of the Stage 3D API (aka. ‘MoleHill’). The Stage3D APIs are a set of low-level GPU-accelerated APIs enabling advanced 3D capabilities across multiple [...]
Continue ReadingMobile Challenge in Europe
I’m happy to announce the official launch of a contest for EU residents: The Adobe Mobile Challenge. Adobe are challenging you to build a great AIR app and publish it into the Apple Store, the Android Marketplace and the BlackBerry App World for a chance to win a trip to Adobe MAX in Los Angeles, California [...]
Continue ReadingAdaptive UI: mobile vs tablet
The screen size of a tablet device is much bigger than a smartphone one. It’s very close to a desktop one. If you plan to develop a mobile application and run it on smarphones and tablets, you need to adapt the UI (your views) for several reasons: user experience, performance and usability. Usually, you carry [...]
Continue ReadingFlash Builder 4.5.1 rocks
The mysterious “June update” is out ! It’s Flash Builder 4.5.1. I’m a Flex developer and I AM SUPER EXCITED. For many years, I have been able to build first-class web applications and even desktop apps thanks to the AIR runtime. This morning I woke up, and I discovered a new skill: I’m now a [...]
Continue ReadingPull down to refresh
[Code updated at the end of the article] I visited a Flex developer last week who’s developing an amazing Flex 4.5 application for tablet devices. We were talking about the classic mobile gestures on lists and the “pull down to refresh” behavior came up in the discussion. If you use the Twitter client on Android [...]
Continue ReadingWho am I ?
I'm Michaël CHAIZE, Adobe Flash Platform Evangelist based in Paris. I'm a big fan of Rich Internet Applications and I promote the Flash Platform in the Enterprise world.You can follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/mchaize
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