One of the new features included with ActionScript 3.0 is the Timer class. The new Timer class is essentially an encapsulated setInterval command with an intuitive stopwatch-like interface. Creating a new Timer object requires two parameters: delay and repeat count. Once instantiated, you assign one or more listeners to the Timer which listen for events. After assigning listeners, you use the Timer object by calling it’s start(), reset() and stop() methods.

My first thought when I saw the Timer class was “Sweet, I wish this was available in AS2.” Well, it didn’t take long for me to start thinking about how I could recreate this class in AS2. A short while later I had something similiar.

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With user experience expectations on the rise, developers more and more are looking for ways to bring the rich experience of a desktop application to the web. This is part three of the tutorial about developing dynamic graphical user interfaces (GUI) that intelligently mold themselves to an end-user’s expectation.

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With user experience expectations on the rise, developers more and more are looking for ways to bring the rich experience of a desktop application to the web. This is part two of the tutorial about developing dynamic graphical user interfaces (GUI) that intelligently mold themselves to an end-user’s expectation.

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With user experience expectations on the rise, developers more and more are looking for ways to bring the rich experience of a desktop application to the web. This tutorial is about developing dynamic graphical user interfaces (GUI) that intelligently mold themselves to an end-user’s expectation.

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I just got back from Pearson VUE where I took the Certified Flash Professional 8 Exam (9A0-311). To take the test I was placed at a private workstation in an empty room after having my cell phone confiscated. The same room coincidentally, that I took the Macromedia Certified Web Developer Exam in just a few years back.

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Alessandro Crugnola posted on his blog a Firefox extension he created called FlashTracer that adds a sidebar panel to Firefox that will output all trace statements in your SWF. It requires the debug version of Flash Player 9. I’ve tested the plug-in out and it seems to run very nicely.

Moderating all these freaking spam comments pointing to useless splogs are a pain. I’ve tried a few of the plugins for Wordpress but I haven’t gotten any of them to install properly. The one that comes pre-installed, Aksimet, hasn’t stopped any comments at all! Aksimet is now working properly. Thanks Renaum So, I figured out some minimal php and came up with my own filtration system that will at least limit the amount of comments needing moderation.

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I enjoyed the Flex seminar at Roosevelt Hotel in NYC this past August 14th. For those of you who weren’t able to attend, you can still see it! All of the sessions have been recorded and are available on-line.

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I’m looking forward to next week’s FlashForward conference in Austin, TX. There are so many good session choices I had a hard making my schedule. I’ve decided I want to get the most out of Flex 2 so that kind of influenced most of my picking.

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When I think of classic cartoons one of the first things to come to mind are the cheesy animation that seem to loop ad nauseam. If only they harnessed the power of prime numbers they could have had beautifully seamless loops with very little effort.

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