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Why doesn't Chrome or Firefox have a seamless video popout feature like most Chinese browsers? [closed]
Here's a youtube demo of Maxthon's video popout, compared to Chrome's top video popout addon
What would it take to bring this to Chrome or Firefox? Why don't they have it already? Is it a dangerous ...
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What is the best current Flash game development library? [closed]
I've tried playing around with Flixel this weekend and I'm impressed with the results and
what you can code. Old-school flash with Flash IDE and as3 feels like a bad joke compared
to what you can do ...
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What capabilities of Adobe Flash are not present in the WinRT API?
As from March 2013, Microsoft allows Adobe Flash content to play by default on its immersive Internet Explorer 10: http://redmondmag.com/articles/2013/03/11/new-ie-10-flash-policy.aspx
When asked ...
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combining (something like) Flash in a windows form application
I know this is a place where people ask advice for designing code.
I am at a bit strange side on my coding quest, on one side people send me design stuff.
Special graphics and ideas on how they should ...
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Is Adobe Flash still viable for developing CBT (Computer Based Training) software?
From everything I have read about Adobe Flash over the past couple of years, it seems like the platform has received a lot of stigma in the web space.
Regardless of that, is it still viable as a ...
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Is it correct that Java Applets can do hardware acceleration while Flash can't?
I hope you can confirm or disprove whether I understand this correctly. I know for certain that Java Applets can have hardware acceleration and I wonder if this is the only known way to have graphics ...
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What is the current status of Adobe AIR on Android? [closed]
Is it dead? The reason I ask is because I would like to make some sort of applications on the Android platform but don't have the time to learn Android, but would make some sort of application on the ...
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Is Flash disappearing? [closed]
http://w3techs.com/technologies/details/cp-flash/all/all
People don't use Flash anymore? Why?
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Flex SDK the right tool for this project [closed]
A client wants a site similar to this one (but different purpose): http://www.spokeo.com/search?q=Samantha+Dawes,+&s7=t30 where the user searches by name and a map is displayed with the count ...
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What are the basics (best practices, etc) of writing a good Flash application?
I've been tasked with writing a Flash application for facilitating a Fantasy Football draft pick. Normally, my choice would be to write this application in JavaScript. Unfortunately, it will require ...
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Using ActionScript without Flash [closed]
I'm wondering if it's possible to use ActionScript without having Flash. The reason I'm asking is I used to own Flash 8, but it's been a while and I've gone through a few computers and I no longer ...
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Are RIA plugins a thing of the past?
In the not-so-distant past our department was touting Silverlight as the de facto standard for corporate intranet applications. A robust framework that allowed us to implement SOA while leveraging our ...
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Help me understand how to stream video
I'm an experienced PHP web developer that is looking to understand the options available for streaming video.
What I have: a video processing system (this one) that can provide output to various ...
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In a legacy codebase, how do I quickly find out what is being used and what isn't?
I've been asked to evaluate what appears to be a substantial legacy codebase, as a precursor to taking a contract maintaining that codebase.
This isn't the first time I've been in this situation. In ...
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open source flash environments
I have been looking for a really good open source flash development environment with no success. The best I could find would help in the development of pretty much everything, but I still needed to ...
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How does a script download a Youtube Video?
Knowing that Youtube uses Adobe Flash which is compiled server side to deliver its video content, I am wondering how its possible to find a video's file name & location on the server?
This is a ...
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Ideal Programmer for Client-Side HTML5 Game Development
Our next game will be built on Javascript/HTML5 Canvas rather than ActionScript/Flash.
Clearly there are not enough experienced HTML5 Developers in the market (yet), so we'll need to be creative in ...
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Where to go after Adobe Flex? [closed]
After this post http://blogs.adobe.com/flex/2011/11/your-questions-about-flex.html and especially this paragraph:
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Does Adobe recommend we use Flex or HTML5 for our enterprise
application ...
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What to use for simple cross-platform games instead of Flash?
In short, for simple games:
Is Flash still a good option for browser-based PC clients? It still has 90%+ penetration.
What is a good alternative for mobile devices? Is HTML5 + JavaScript the choice ...
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The perfect crossfade
I find it hard to describe this problem in words, which is why I made a video (45 seconds) to illustrate it. Here's a preview of the questions, please have a look at it on Vimeo: ...
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Alternatives to Java Applet for interactive Websites
In short I am searching for an alternative to Java applets for making some interactive parts like minigames etc. on my website
Facts:
I´m developing an e-learning website for children.
This site has ...
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Accurate/recommended approachs to tracking play length of a video
I'm working on a flash player that needs to track how long a user plays a video for. In addition, I need to know the user. I can easily do that with a request to the server. What I've thought of so ...
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The correct choice of tools for a new Deep Zoom application
I want to create a new application. It will basically be a Deep Zoom application that users can draw annotations on (that will save to a DB so other users can see those annotations.) At first it will ...
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is requiring a video player download acceptable
Our site currently is going to require our users to download a player to view videos they will want to view on our site. The videos get uploaded by users from various sources (smartphones in 3gp ...
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Flash development under Ubuntu
It's unfortunate, but I'm taking this course that would require me to work in Flash CS3 (specifically programming), which would make me use windows. I'm very used to development under Ubuntu, and ...
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Is the reason why everyone complains about flash app performance due to the fact that most flash apps are built with the flex framework?
Do you think flash performance is bad mainly due to the fact that most people build flash applications using the flex framework? As opposed to the problem having everything to do with the lower level ...
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Python GUI Toolkits
I've been wading through a lot of information, but I'm having a hard time finding what I need. I am looking into using Python, but my application demands a fairly complex GUI. I know there are a ...
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Is Flash an Appropriate Platform for Enterprise Level MLS Systems?
I am a Realtor in a large metro area. Our MLS provider is building the next generation of its MLS software on Flash. Many in the beta test group are against this, citing numerous reasons including ...
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How does enterprise level Flash development work?
I started working at a PHP shop and occasionally we have to go and tweak some legacy Flash and actionscript code. It's a small shop; we have about six developers. It seems almost every time we pull ...
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Code and intellectual property
Years ago I developed a website in Flash for one of my clients. I was in charge of code/animation and also maintaining Hosting and Domain.
I also have a basic contract with my client and in the ...
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Do sites like goanimate, xtranormal, and animoto use Flash + ActionScript, OpenGL, or other technology?
What technology is used by sites like goanimate, xtranormal, and animoto? Especially the video compilation engine in the backend of animoto? Could HTML5 be used to do everything that's there?
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Is it better to have C developers learn Flash, than hire Flash guys?
Last year, my department developed web based gaming, and needed Flash. It was difficult to manage. The Flash guys didn't fit in regardless of skill or popularity in the office. Maybe it's prejudice ...
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Why learn Flash Builder 4 (Flex) when I can just use Flash Professional?
I want to learn Flash Builder 4 (Flex) because I see so many jobs requesting experience with it. I also just like knowing stuff. I am also very interested in focusing on RIA development now.
BUT... ...
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Why did SVG lose to Flash?
There's alot of buzz going around that HTML5/Canvas will eventually be a flash killer.
But upon some research I'm learning that HTML5/Canvas is just bitmap graphics. The real competitor with Flash is ...
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How difficult would it be to interact with a Facebook poker game?
There is an online facebook flash poker game. This game is constantly sending and receiving information to the player's browser about all the things going on in the game. How hard would it be for a ...
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Is Flash really superior to Java applets? [closed]
I'm still a student, without much real life experience in programming. I've never written anything bigger than ~5k lines of code. I've written code in both Flash and Java, and I just can't understand ...
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How to talk a client out of a Flash website?
I have recently been doing a bunch of web side projects through word of mouth recommendations only. Although I am much more a of a programmer than a designer by any means, my design skills are not ...
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Do we need to adopt a black-box asset our project is inheriting from its predecessor?
Our client has an eCommerce site which was developed by an in-house team, and is now showing its age. I work for a firm brought in as external contractors to build a replacement. Part of the current ...
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Is HTML 5 good enough for developers to switch from Flash?
Just curious, because many developers use Flash to do many things that HTML 4 (correct me if I'm wrong) or below cannot or had a hard time doing, like for example the rounded corners (Canvass) and ...
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Where did Java go wrong on the client?
Not talking about the recent Java/Oracle debacle here, but something I've been wondering recently.
When I first started programming, Java was the big thing client-side, however these days you hardly ...
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Flash Player for IPTV
We have to design a flash player for three video sources of IPTV.
Educational videos on the system that can be played on demand. (VOD or Video on Demand local)
Streaming videos available on ...
