redirection

I do not want to close this just yet.
Not till I know all the effects of this vs. that

Till that time though...

I have migrated to Wordpress.

visit: http://codescapeshaurya.wordpress.com/

please update your favorites.

cheers!

:):):)

Flash Player 10 - bad install for Firefox - Solution.

Flash Player 10 had been giving me a lot of grief when it came to working with Firefox.
I finally figured out a solution, am still unclear what the trouble was!
Wonder is my solution is correct - it seems to work for now tho.

Issue:
I was using Flash CS3 with player 9 installed. The ActiveX and .dll files worked well on IE and Firefox. Then I upgraded to Flash CS4 and Flash Player 10. Things worked well for IE, but did not work well for Firefox 3. I used the flash player uninstaller and still - nogo...

Solution:
It seems the following files:

1. NPSWF32.dll
2. NPSWF32_FlashUtil.exe

were present in two locations:

1. C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash
2. C:\WINDOWS\system32

and although the installer did update folder #1, it did not bother with the files in folder #2. Thus in my case folder #1 had flash player 10 files (which worked for IE) but folder #2 still had flash player 9 files (which did not work for firefox)...

So I manually copied the files from C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash to C:\WINDOWS\system32 (replacing those old flash player 9 files)

I restarted Firefox and things seem to be working fine now!

Still I wonder if I'll have to do this each time there is a new flash player release...

#tweetcoding - a notable mention YAY!!!!

post #twex I got really interesting in another experiment...

#tweetcoding was a kick ass code contest by Grant Skinner (@gskinner)

gskinner.awsum(thx);

prtcipnts hd 2 code sth. cool in ls thn 140 chrs!

140's too less you say? go check out the awesome stuff people did for 140!

@machine501 setup an online compiler to showcase all the #tweetcoding going on.

machine501.awsum(thx);

.
.
.
and now the results are out!!!

The Winners :
diagonal snake by @tomee6
Tunnel of Stripes by @piXelero (a personal favorite!)

winners.sendMsg("Congratulations!!!");

The Runners-ups :
the drummer by @vectorcinco
Ghost Marquee by @dickwolf

runnerups.sendMsg("Congratulations!!!");


and there were some entries that got a Notable mention ...and My entry was amongst them:
The time-sketch by @shauryashaurya
happy happy - Wooohooo!!!!

judges.tweetcoding.sendMsg("this is really encouraging!!!");
judges.tweetcoding.awsum(thx);

take a look at the #tweetcoding winners page.

1. Check out all of the #tweetcoding (compiled) entries online
2. the #tweetcoding rules
3. link to @gskinner's blog post on #tweetcoding
4. @gskinner says here that the next round should be in around next month: am eargely waiting!!!
   

S.


P.S. #twex analysis is still pending (my apologies!!! - sum dum projkts @ wrk I need to fin firs.) but results should be out next month! stay tuned :)


for those interested, the entry asked for 140 chars of code that, if embedded in some already given "me code" (from @gskinner) should do something "cool". Here is the source code of my entry (turn strict mode off in Publish setting>action script 3 setting):


// @gskinner's me code 1
g=graphics;
mt=g.moveTo;
lt=g.lineTo;
ls=g.lineStyle;
m=Math;
r=m.random;
s=m.sin;
i=0;
o={};
function f(e) {
// 140 chars of my code
if (i<1)>
j=o.x;
k=o.y;
z=j=k=200;
mt(j,k);
g.beginFill(0,.5);
}
i+=.05;
p=m.PI/2-i;
c=m.pow;
j+=i*c(s(2*p),3);
k+=i*c(s(3*p),3);
ls(k*.01,10,1);
lt(j,k);
}
// @gskinner's me code 2
addEventListener("enterFrame",f);


cheers!

S.

:):):)

A total tweet of an experiment...

http://blog.learningmate.com/wordpress/?p=21

I started a total tweet of an experiment at work.

lotsa people show lotsa interest. Key is keeping it alive. I hope it all works out.

big thanks to Atul for making it possible.


if(makes_a_difference("it") == true)
{ I->love("it");}
else
{throw not_interested_exception(null);}



:) :) :)

CS4 ships...finally!

It turns out that the last time I saw CS4 it was not shipping. Only buzz-buzz-ing that it is about to ship. So finally on October 15th Adobe put up prices and all... so looks like CS4 is finally shipping...

• Adobe CS4 Launch Broadcast: http://tv.adobe.com/#vi+f1556v1715
• Creative Suite 4 : Suite Selector : http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/suiteselector/
  

...CS4!!!

On September 23, Adobe released the long-awaited Creative Suite 4, this also included Flash CS4 and Photoshop CS4.

Check out the wicked new features in Flash CS4 here. Although it looks like Flash CS4 uses Flash Player 9 update 3(press release). Meaning there should be a Flash CS4 update for Flash Player 10 sometime soon.
Niiiice :)

And they have just added more bang to 3D in Photoshop CS4!!! The top new features here. Hey if you were wondering about the sexy resize... it's there in all it's glory... YAY!!!

to re-iterate...

NNIIIIIIICEEE!!!

Interaction Design Patterns

I have been trying to start a Interaction Design/HCI blog for some time now, but time has not really been permitting... :)

So till the time I get time's permission, I'll post my interaction interests here...

This one is about Interaction Design Patterns.
Now, even though the world is divided on the pros and cons of Design Patterns, I like them a lot cause they help me communicate complex ideas simply, and that traslates to production lubrication in more ways than one.

Design patterns when we consider them in the context of IxD/HCI become "Interaction Design Patterns"
User Interface components, layouts, tasks, goals all can be classified into these, and at the end of it all, defining your strategy in terms of these patterns makes for a far more comprehensive approach, than actually drilling down to UI specifics from the start.

Here are a few resources.

• Interaction Design Patterns on Wikipedia.
• Pattern Catalogue on Welie.
• On Interaction-Design.org
• Tom Erickson's Interaction Design Patterns Page.
• Interaction Design Pattern Library for Games.
• Visualization Design Patterns.
• Yahoo! Design Pattern Library on the Yahoo Developer Network.

More pattern goodness coming up!...

Cheers

:) :) :)

Nice Design Process Article.

http://www.stopdesign.com/articles/design_process/

Color Schemes

Seen http://www.colr.org/

Pretty wild stuff...

create color schemes based on images that you upload, or those that appear at random.
Download .ACO files for sharing the scheme.

What I like here is the ability to select many many colors, unlike Adobe's Kuler, where you can select at most 5.

Looks like this was done in Python. One of my favorite languages.

:) :) :)

Image searches on the web.

1. picishare : a flickr search engine.
2. flickr search on rollyo.
   
3. CompFight.
4. flickrleech : one that I frequently use.
   
5. labs.ideeinc.com : Idée Inc is doing some pretty wild stuff in image search...
6. PictureSandbox : search across multiple stock photo collections at the same time.
7. Multi Colr Search Lab : Search Images from Flickr based on Color!!! from Idée Inc
8. Visual Search Lab : Search Images based on the visual content of other images!!! from Idée Inc
9. BYO Image Search Lab : : Search Images based on the visual content of other images!!! from Idée Inc

Flash Player 10 on Flex 4? ummm.... yea.... maybe... probably...could be...true?

This is what Matt Chotin wrote on one of the forum posts on Adobe:

"I'm going to try to have a presentation in a few weeks that goes into a lot of our plans in more detail, but yes, it's looking like given the timeframe of Flex 4 and the timeframe of when Player 10 comes out that we will be able to target Player 10 due to it having high enough penetration. "

This could be good!

The post is dated Jun 1, let's find out what happened next...

:)

Suggested Projects (Open Source on Adobe)

Suggested Projects

Kevin Goldsmith on Pixel Bender

Kevin Goldsmith's Blog

open source Flex project list

open source Flex project list

ActionScript 3:resources:apis:libraries

More for my reference than yours... :)

http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ActionScript_3:resources:apis:libraries

PaperVision 3D resources

Here are a bunch of code/experiment resources on Papervision3D

• UNITZEROONE: http://www.unitzeroone.com/blog/
• mr. doob's blog: http://mrdoob.com/blog/
• Papervision 2 : http://papervision2.com/
• ActionScript Architect: http://www.actionscriptarchitect.com/
• Zupko.info : http://blog.zupko.info/

posting here more for my reference than yours hehe...


:) :) :)

Singularity

I think I am getting excited about it too... especially after looking at their list of speakers.

http://singularity08.com/1


Here is a verbatim from the Singularity home page...

Singularity is the first large-scale online web conference in the world.

On October 24-26, join 100 of the world’s top web visionaries, developers, designers, thought leaders, and celebrities for three days of talks at this seminal web event.

Attend from home or from a real-world local conference hub near you. Catch up with old friends (you can find them from your existing social networks) and meet new ones. And you don’t even have to take time off work.

To find out more about the conference, read the About page.

To see how you can help, take a look at the Badges and Sponsors pages.

To get updates, subscribe to the Singularity RSS feed.

discussing open source licences.

another important discussion on open source licenses.

another kickass presentation from gskinner

50 reasons why AS3 ROCKS!!!

take a look at:

http://gskinner.com/talks/50reasonsAS3/

gskinner also posted other presentations here

neat!!!

:) :) :)

hot grunt grudge innovate sweat smile repeat :)

DOOD! WIP-iy POST THIS IS... NO LOOKY TIL THIS DONE.

Adobe Advances Rich Media Search on the Web

The press release.

Flash is going to be more searchable...