Barber’s Pole

You probably never notice the large number that appears in tiny type at the bottom of the Google home page. It’s a measure of how many pages Google have in there index and gives an indication of how broadly they search to find the information you’re looking for. Today that number nearly doubled to more […]

There is quite an interesting article which is worth a read on Macomedia Developers Center. It details some of the product “sneak peaks” revealed in a session at the MAX conference. Also, for more information on audience reaction to these sneak peeks, visit www.maxbloggers.com.

Mozilla Foundation has finally released version 1.0 of Firefox to the world today and I must say that i have moved from IE to Firefox for good now. With this release there is some great Firefox promotional material available for you to check out. It is all here for you to see.

Macromedia have posted up an article called “The Maelstrom in Your Future” recently. The article explains what to expect from the new Flash Player in the near future. You can read the article here.

I just finishing watching the MAX 2004 coverage that Josh Dura captured. You get to see the Flash 8 authoring tool codenamed 8ball in action and a few more other exciting things. Do yourself a favour and download it from here.

Being a Halo 2 and Half Life 2 fan i thought i would add a count down for each game. I really can’t wait until both the games come out. I have pre-ordered both of them, so not to long to go now.

Christophe Coenraets has updated a graphical mortgage calculator using the new features of Flex 1.5. You can view the sample application and source here.

A free download trial version of Macromedia Flex is now available. The free Flex trial download converts into a non-expiring developer edition after 60 days. Depending on your interest in Flex, the trial/developer version may meet your needs. The trial/developer version is available at http://www.macromedia.com/software/flex/trial/.