MXML-G - An XML abstraction of the Flash Player drawing API (and then some)

February 26, 2008

In Deepa’s talk @ 360 in Atlanta she also goes over MXML-G… which is really just a beautiful abstraction of Flash’s drawing API using XML.

It’s very cool. Very handy for rapid prototyping and skinning.

Thermo is essentially an eclipse plugin that heavily leverages MXML - G.

Update: I talked to Deepa… she mentioned that it actually includes “more” than the drawing API currently offers…

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Posted by Clint Modien

Flex for Mobile Announced @ 360Flex in Atlanta

February 26, 2008

This is a awesome news… !!

Today at 360 Flex Deepa Subramaniam announced that Adobe is working on a mobile version of Flex.  They are taking into account the ramifications of creating a mobile framework for Flex 4.  This does not mean that it will be released at the same time as Flex 4 but they are accounting for it in the planning as they are for Thermo which is scheduled to be released on the same timeline as the Flex 4 release.

The items that Deepa said they were going to implement were…

  •  Eclipse based
  • ActionScript MXML / AS3 Editor
  • Debugger
  • Profiler
  • Support for lower memory devices as well as higher memory devices

This is HUGE news for Flex developers to be able to create applications for Mobile Devices….

Next is AIR for Mobile??

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Posted by Clint Modien

3D Perspective Transforms for the next version of Flash Player “Astro” announced @ 360Flex in Atlanta

February 26, 2008

Deepa also just announced that the next version of the Flash Player will support 3d transformations.

Right now 3D frameworks such as Papervision, and Sandy “fake” perspective transformations using ActionScript3. This will give them the ability to run that type of logic in C in the flash player whith significant performance enhancements

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Posted by Clint Modien