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Java Applets "Dead Man Walking?" Is a Comeback Impossible?

This evening I read a provocative piece on a blog by FunkyCodeMonkey, the thinking monkey. (I can't tell you how  amazed I am that a monkey can actually write...

26 replies - 4043 views - 04/08/08 by Rick Ross in News

Flex Powered Adobe Photoshop Express

Today, Adobe Systems released the beta version of Photoshop Express. Photoshop Express is a web based version of the popular Flagship Image Editing product and...

2 replies - 781 views - 03/27/08 by Dan Wilson in Articles

What Does it Take to Be a Good RIA Platform?

Yesterday, I had a very interesting blog debate with a guy named Martin Beeby. He was arguing that Silverlight would eventually crush Flex because Adobe is...

1 replies - 980 views - 03/15/08 by Sebastien Arbogast in News

RIA on your Phone?

I love Apple. I confess I'm a pure fanboy, writing this post on a Macbook Pro I'm very proud of, and I really admire what Steve Jobs has managed to do with...

0 replies - 142 views - 03/07/08 by Sebastien Arbogast in News

The Man Who Set Twitter Free

DZone sits down with Aaron West, the man who set Twitter free of the browser. Aaron is a long time ColdFusion, Flash and Flex developer who created twitterAIR,...

0 replies - 1615 views - 03/07/08 by Dan Wilson in Articles

360|Flex Atlanta - Big Success

The 360|Flex Conference, Atlanta version, is drawing to a close and it is now time to take home the fancy conference schwag and tons of new information. I'll...

0 replies - 310 views - 02/27/08 by Dan Wilson in Uncategorized

Adobe Fires a Shot Across The Bow

For those new to Rich Internet Applications, there is a War of the Platforms taking place right now. Users are demanding more intuitive applications, increased...

0 replies - 1265 views - 02/25/08 by Dan Wilson in Uncategorized

Wrong bet: Flex 3 and AIR have been released... today!

One month ago, I tried to guess a release date for Flex 3 based on some hints by Serge Jespers. As a matter of fact, I was a little bit too optimistic with my...

0 replies - 125 views - 02/25/08 by Sebastien Arbogast in News

Flex is in the Air

Reading about it in the new edition of the German Typo3 Magazine TN3 I had a look at hype! for AIR news. I found a post about a Firebug-like tool available for...

0 replies - 1613 views - 02/24/08 by Rainer Eschen in News

CSS3: A solution for applications, or are we the boiling frogs?

The old saying goes, if you throw a frog into boiling water, he will jump out quickly. If you put the frog in a pot of water and slowly increase the...

2 replies - 1318 views - 02/21/08 by Dan Wilson in Uncategorized

OK, So Can Ajax Do This?

Ajax, Flex and Silverlight are pretty much the top of the foodchain when talking about RIAs. Sure there are some other technologies, but none have quite the...

2 replies - 2034 views - 02/07/08 by Dan Wilson in Uncategorized

The Flex Office Suite is (almost) Complete

Today, I’ve discovered yet another great Flex app that completes my online Flex Office basic suite. It’s called BList and once again, the ease of use of...

1 replies - 244 views - 02/06/08 by Sebastien Arbogast in News

Creating Flex Applications with IntelliJ IDEA

We’ve got great news for those who were waiting for an easier way to create rich Internet applications with Adobe Flex using IntelliJ IDEA.Many advanced...

4 replies - 930 views - 02/06/08 by Ann Oreshnikova in News

A first step towards official Flex Maven support

One of the things I will miss the most in the coming Flex release is official Maven2 support. There are a few contributed alternatives out there, like Israfil...

1 replies - 446 views - 02/01/08 by Sebastien Arbogast in News

GDS Ships FOSS Alternative to Adobe LiveCycle DS

Granite Data Services (GDS) is a free, open source (LGPL'd), alternative to Adobe® LiveCycle® (Flex™ 2+) Data Services for J2EE application servers. It is...

0 replies - 1331 views - 01/31/08 by Franck Wolff in News