Infinitely Scrolling Lists in Flex Applications

Have you noticed when using twitter, google plus, or certain areas of facebook that when you scroll the page, it automatically loads more data?  You don’t have to continually hit “next” to go through page after page of data. Instead, the content just “appears” as you need it. In this post we will explore a […]

“Almost Native” – iOS Apps Powered By iAd.js and PhoneGap

One of the benefits of using a cross-platform development technology that I mentioned in my last post is that cross-platform development technologies can be solution accelerator platforms.  I mean “solution accelerator” because it can be easier and faster to develop an application using cross-platform technologies (web development skills) rather than native development, even if you […]

Why Cross Platform Mobile Development?

Perhaps you have heard of the topic “cross platform development”, but aren’t really sure what it is, or you aren’t sure why you would want to use cross-platform technologies. If this is the case, then this post is especially for you. I’ll try to shed some light onto what it is, and why you would […]

Adobe at BlackBerry DevCon 2011

BlackBerry DevCon 2011 kicked off earlier this week, and surrounding it were some exciting announcements around Adobe tools and BlackBerry platforms. These announcements include Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 features available on the PlayBook – including Stage3D (among many other great features). Also announced was AIR support for the new BlackBerry BBX operating system, […]

Scrolling Large Blocks of Text with Flex for Mobile

I was recently asked by a friend and former colleague about the best way to get text within a s:Label to behave and scroll properly, especially in the Flex mobile SDK. In particular, having a large block of text wrap correctly and scroll only in the vertical direction. By default if you don’t set a […]

MAX 2011 Presentations

The recordings of my presentations don’t seem to be available yet on Adobe TV, but here is the content, as promised. I spoke at MAX this year on “Multi Device Best Practices using Flex & AIR for Mobile”, and “Create beautiful, immersive content and applications with HTML5 and CSS3”, and the content from these presentations […]

Flash/Flex/AIR Platform Roadmap 2011

Although there were no official announcements around Flex, Flash & AIR (other than the release of FP11 & AIR3), don’t think that the platform is going away or becoming stale… In fact, it is quite the opposite. The Flash Platform will continue to thrive and innovate, providing outstanding solutions that set the pace for other […]

Adobe MAX 2011 Recap

Wednesday concluded another great Adobe MAX event. It was a great chance to interact with the design & development communities, as well as check out Adobe’s latest and greatest. I’ll try to summarize as much of the content and announcements as possible here. First, let’s start with the keynotes: MAX Day 1 Keynote Day one […]