Mike Chambers has posted an entry entitled Rich Runtime Install Sizes Matrix in which he compares the download size of RIA runtimes Flash 10, Silverlight 2, Silverlight 3 beta, and JavaFX.
Tour de Flex has been an absolute hit since we released it back at MAX in San Francisco. The AIR based app downloaded numbers are staggering. But, some have wanted a Web version, and so, here it is , nearly 200 running Flex examples complete with code for your viewing and learning pleasure.
A user asked me to provide an example of related ColdFusion powered Ajax data grids, where a selection made in one grid would update the contents in a second grid. So, here is a simple example which uses the sample databases that are included with ColdFusion 8. One lists the artists in the...
Adobe partner Universal Mind has announced the private beta of SpatialKey , a next generation information visualization, analysis and reporting system, designed to help organizations quickly assess location based information critical to their organizational goals, decision making processes and...
Foundeo has announced the release of Web Application Firewall for ColdFusion , a high performance, customizable engine that blocks many types of attacks on ColdFusion applications. The application comes with filters that help block XSS, SQL injection, session hijacking, password dictionary attacks,...
Paul Kukiel wrote to tell me that his TweetTrail app is in beta. TweetTrail is a Twitter client which lets you enter a search term to find the top 20 Tweeters on that topic. TweetTrail is powered by ColdFusion and jQuery.
The Center for Consumer Freedom is a nonprofit organization devoted to promoting personal responsibility and protecting consumer choices. The organization believes that only you know what's best for you, and objects when activists try to force you to live according to their vision of society. The...
At MAX 2008 in San Francisco, we announced the date and venue for MAX 2009 . Lots of you have been asking about plans for Europe this year, and we were unable to respond while we went over the numbers to try and make things work. Unfortunately, MAX Europe 2009 has fallen victim to the economic...
Adobe is looking for ColdFusion users with minimal Flex experience to take part in a research study. You'll need to be available for 2 hours on April 2nd in our San Francisco office, and you'll get paid $150 for the session. If interested, please fill in this survey .
SapphireSteel has announced the release of beta 4 of Amethyst, their Flex plug-in for Visual Studio .NET. New to this release are snippets for ActionScript and MXML plus a dedicated snippet editor, context-sensitive help on Flex classes and methods, and a slew of other improvements.