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Some of my fav tweets so far (#3)

Google is kicking Apple's nuts repeatedly.... #googleio #io2010
-oscartrelles (May 21, 2010)

Google I/O Keynote day 1 had 25,000 concurrent live viewers online. Flash just doesn't work, crashes browsers and kills kittens.
-stefanrichter (May 21, 2010)

Annnd there goes another 20 minutes of my life to Robot Unicorn Attack... though I did get up to 3 dolphins this time!
-waxpraxis (May 21, 2010)

Vic Gundotra at @googleio: “It turns out that on the Internet, people use Flash”
-ivanski (May 21, 2010)

Apparently VP8 is: not as good as h264, a patent minefield and a crappy codebase. http://bit.ly/bc1mcS
-elsassph (May 20, 2010)

If someone emphasizes "open" in something that is open already it means that this someone prepares for "closed", "locked" or "censored".
-quasimondo (May 20, 2010)

Just realized articles about "H.264 vs Flash" make me feel the same way "Silverlight vs AIR" did. Not quite "Bicycle vs Fish", but close. :(
-jdowdell (May 20, 2010)

grape juice flowing nicely. I think the grape juice has had it though, tastes a bit like wine.
-undefined (May 19, 2010)

It'd be great if wi-fi was open and standards-based. Then all those connectivity problems would go away. Oh, wait.
-parkerkrhoyt (May 19, 2010)

Google IO shows why Flash is important - to innovate features that later can be standardized and mainstream. All good.
-bryngfors (May 19, 2010)

I get it, #GoogleIO shows off all the tech that makes #Flash obsolete, then asks #Adobe to come on & talk about supporting the legacy crap!
-TheFlashBum (May 19, 2010)

If you spend more time planning code than coding, you may be happier in a foreign, remote location doing something boring.
-debreuil (May 18, 2010)

An API should only allow one way to do something, and that should be enough.
-debreuil (May 18, 2010)

RT@codinghorror I suspect some of you Mac users are not Thinking Different™ enough. Think DIFFERENTER, damn you!
eco_bach (May 17, 2010)

but notice that for all apple's slickness, it only ever got around 10% of the market. android has now surpassed iphone in numbers.
bit101 (May 17, 2010)

lots of android vs. iphone posts today. pc vs. mac all over again. make the hardware and control the software, it's easy to be consistent.
-bit101 (May 17, 2010)

I find it kind of funny that no one names Flash when celebrating YouTube's 5 years birthday. I think Flash was a big reason for its success.
-bryngfors (May 17, 2010)

for the first time in a few years i am glad i get payed in dollars and not in euros
-cwahlers (May 17, 2010)

I think auteur theory spills over into electronics, such as how the news makes it sound like Steve Jobs built the iPad himself. Yeah right.
-benheck (May 17, 2010)

...though Steve Jobs beat me for the "Most Influential Person in Flash" #FATC award - should have Kanye'd him. :)
-gskinner (May 16, 2010)

If you stick your head far enough up your ass can you blow yourself from the inside? Apparently yes.
-debreuil (May 16, 2010)

Woot! Just won my first Star Craft II game.
-mesh (May 16, 2010)

Having a 32GB CF card in my SLR is awesome. Never have to worry about running out of space!
-mdowney (May 16, 2010)

Just got word that Facebook has lifted the restriction on Feathers Visage (http://feathersvisage.com). Your apps should start working again.
-aral (May 15, 2010)

Apple, the company that got us excited about copy and paste. Now we can't wait for them to give us folders!
-bryngfors (May 15, 2010)

NEWSFLASH: Flash Player is no more secure than the browser it's running in. Flash content has *more* security restrictions than HTML/JS.
-troygilbert (May 15, 2010)

Some of my fav tweets so far (#2)

Java is going to the dogs. It nags more often than the Adobe updater and then it even tries to sneak in the Yahoo toolbar during updates.
-quasimondo (May 14, 2010)

Dear Facebook, you email me every time one of my friends scratches his bum, but you can't email me when you disable my iPhone app?
-aral (May 14, 2010)

Flash Player 10.1 Factoid : Flash Player 10.1 can support as many touch points as the underlying operating system supports.
-mesh (May 12, 2010)

Man, I am constantly amazed by how much people will ignore logic and reality in order to make things fit into their world view.
-mesh (May 12, 2010)

Html5 is meant to be a codec agnostic wrapper format, but in reality it's not.
-lisamarienyc (May 11, 2010)

How far off are we for html5? CBS: 'the idea is exciting'
-lisamarienyc (May 11, 2010)

If clients won't require users to upgrade to F10, they're certainly not going to ask them to change browsers. This HTML5 nonsense ends there
-stevensacks (May 11, 2010)

I think life would be better if all sentences using future tense would blink red.
-debreuil (May 11, 2010)

What HTML5 really needs is Javascript 2
-pauliusuza (May 10, 2010)

#Gianduia by #Apple: it's not a Flash killer, it's just another *proprietary* JS framework for Apple devices.
-pauliusuza (May 9, 2010)

you'd think that a room named the "business center" would have certain business related amenities. like, maybe, i don't know... electricity.
-bit101 (May 9, 2010)

"It is estimated [... that HTML5 will reach a W3C recommendation in the year 2022 or later." -- http://bit.ly/79cKe5 (via @tekool)
-peterelst (May 9, 2010)

@cwahlers the constant shortage of flash devs is due to the constant claim it is about to be replaced by some half baked xml based system
-debreuil (May 9, 2010)

@jdowdell i wonder if any of those people who claim html5 will kill flash have at least a tiny clue what they're talking about?
-cwahlers (May 9, 2010)

When do you become too lazy? When the time spent searching for a tool outweighs the time it would require to write it. Like 30 mins ago
-obwez (May 9, 2010)

don't see how Apple's Gianduia framework is supposed to innovate -- an abstraction layer is only as strong as its underlying technology
-peterelst (May 9, 2010)

"Animation can be a little jumpy the 1st time around..." no problem they will invent pre-loader in a year or two ;)
-tekool (May 9, 2010)

If this http://is.gd/c0wd4 is any indication of #HTML5 replacing #Flash our jobs are very safe! Extra points for not working in FireFox!
-TheFlashBum (May 9, 2010)

It's ironic that the URL page showing Apple's "flash killer" Gianduia (sounds like an STD) just crashed my browser.
-j0eflash (May 8, 2010)

Apple is getting completely out of control in a scary way. Making Ellen apologize for making a joke about them is disgusting.
-mdowney (May 9, 2010)

I made it to Buraks (@ASVGuy) fav tweets list. Yay! Seriously, some great tweets collected there. Good read.
-bryngfors (May 7, 2010)

Using the iPad I just realized it's not the death of Flash, it's the death of HTML. Browsing is boring, it's all about the apps.
-bryngfors (May 6, 2010)

And 3 bonus news-tweets:

I am in love with my new phone :)
-thibault_imbert (May 14, 2010)

Nexus One! :)

Victory! Implemented full SWC+ASDoc AS3 and MXML code completion for FlashDevelop. No more intrinsics.
-elsassph (May 14, 2010)

Celebrating the fact that Monster Debugger has been downloaded over 40.000 times! - http://bit.ly/9kaVTC
-MonsterDebugger (May 13, 2010)

Some of my fav tweets so far (#1)

Scribd (HTML5) does look far better than it's previous version. Their flash implementation was never done right, now they blame flash.
-abdulqabiz (May 7, 2010)

American politics is pretty messed up, but at least we're not alone in that.
- bit101 (May 7, 2010)

Opera's Flash bashing is dubious. Who asked them to do this? Probably the company that allowed their 2.2% browser on some kind of phone.
-joa (May 7, 2010)

What does Google want from the partnership with Adobe? Quick distribution of the VP8 codec would be my guess.
-bryngfors(May 7, 2010)

Almost done bypassing the new Amayeta SWF Encrypt update. Putting negative values in count fields is not a protection mechanism!
-swfdecrypt (May 7, 2010)

OK guys, I can cope with the "May the 4th be with you" jokes, but the "revenge of the 5th" has to stop. #starwarsday #stopthemadness
-AmmoniteInk (May 5, 2010)

am I the only one who missed http://www.buraks.com/azoth/ by @ASVGuy ?
-makc3d (May 3, 2010)

Flash 'vs' H.264 demystified http://bit.ly/ap5skq
-lisamarienyc (May 2, 2010)

@Natzke the problem these guys have with Flash is that if they would accept it as a standard they'd practically be out of business.
-quasimondo (May 1, 2010)

I was shocked to learn today that the media can be biased, and that it disproportionately favors Apple. Shocked I tell you.
-debreuil (May 1, 2010)

If u think there is a viable solution for an open source video codec u are fooling yourself. They're all covered by patents
-mdowney (May 1, 2010)

@aral laughin. welcome to Apple. innovation thru forcing hardware upgrades. y do u think their OS is better than winblows ;) conditional ftw
-kbunch (April 30, 2010)

@aral I agree with what you may or may not be implying in some unreleased iPhone OS that may or may not exist in tangible or intangible form
-eric_dolecki (April 30, 2010)

I'm still cracking myself up with this Steve Jobs's draft letter: http://www.phillipkerman.com/blog/images/sj.png
-phillip (April 30, 2010)

Anyone who claims that Apple understands UI and UX has never used iTunes before.
-stefanrichter (April 30, 2010)

Steve Jobs is becoming the Hugo Chavez of the tech world.
-lordalex (April 29, 2010)

Steve Jobs has some things right, but there´s a lot of lies and half lies. The problem is that few will check up the details.
-bryngfors (April 29, 2010)

html gets a lot of credit for what javascript and backend languages do. Like a shit goalie with excellent defense.
-debreuil (April 29, 2010)

The most *URGENT* enquiries that apparently *NEED IMMEDIATE HELP* very quickly quieten down when I mention my consultancy rates.
-stefanrichter (April 28, 2010)

Made what may be the best programmer art ever. I used to make-a-living as a graphic designer. That person has now officially died.
-debreuil (April 24, 2010)

People want things they own to be closed, and things they do not own to be open. Bloggers and idealogues just don't own much. (via @mheard)
-rabois (April 24, 2010)

fyi, calling me a "wanker" is considered an off topic comment on my blog post. There seems to be some confusion over that.
-mesh (April 21, 2010)

I really do not understand why these know-it-all loud-mouthed total dicks are always on the other side. And then I do understand.
-quasimondo (April 20, 2010)

I have to admit, I lost a copy a confidential copy of Contribute CS5 in a bar. Hopefully, nothing on Techchrunch yet. What a relief!
-thibault_imbert (April 20, 2010)

Everything's amazing and nobody's happy! c/o @cspelsor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r1CZTLk-Gk
-seb_ly (April 17, 2010)

Tired of popup Flash ads? Well, with HTML5 you'll get popunders and more which can't be blocked since it served from the DOM tree.
-bryngfors (April 16, 2010)

Too true :) RT @elsassph: Now that @ASVGuy is listening: ASV/UAE/ASR totally rock! They saved my life more than I'd like to admit.
-mikedotalmond (April 16, 2010)

Now that @ASVGuy is listening: ASV/UAE/ASR totally rock! They saved my life more than I'd like to admit.
-elsassph (April 16, 2010)

I'm now on Twitter

I'm still trying to get the feel of it, but I've decided that I like it. You can follow me or tweet me a welcome.

Thanks to the warm welcome I have already received.

BTW, 'Go screw yourself Apple'*.

Happy New Year!

I wish you all a happy, healthy and wealthy 2010!

2009 has been the year I've learned by experience that health is the most important of all there is. So, take care!

'Apple App Store is an ongoing karma leak'

"How did Apple get into this mess? Their fundamental problem is that they don't understand software."

An excellent essay by Paul Graham.

ASV is 9 today...

So I haven't been posting lately.

I was obviously busy, but main reason was (as I have written before) I didn't want to sound like trying to sell more copies of ASV using my blog, and I didn't want to post off-topic, but any on topic useful bits of info I could share was un-shareable. What was left was Adobe press release like news, like the recent Flash CS4 10.0.0.2 update, but I decided I didn't want that long ago.

Of course, I can always post about hot topics of the day, like recent Flex Builder name change to Flash Builder. Well, I hate it and I think it's wrong. Adobe is exploiting the 'Flash' name and I think it will not help the 'Flash' brand or the platform. A totally, absolutely wrong move - will cause lots of confusion in the long run* (so I totally disagree with KP on this one). OK I said it, it won't change anything (other than maybe some people with strong feelings about this will start not having good thoughts about me).

A few months ago I even did an off-topic test blog to see if I can really post at least daily. I saw that I could.

Anyway...

Today is ASV's 9th anniversary. I had to post, because I realized if I didn't, some people might get wrong ideas about us, ASV, ASV's future etc. We are on pre-release for quite some time now, for various reasons, but we are working and alive just as we always have been (We released last pre-release ASV just 16 days ago with improved SWF 10 and AS3 support). Second of all, I call myself 'ASV Guy', so this makes this post appropriate. And 9 years is quite a long time for any product.

I don't know how often I will post here, hopefully my next post will not be exactly this day next year...

* Unless Adobe is getting ready to 'phase out' Flash IDE, the authoring tool, which would be a worse (or probably the worst) move and Lee Brimelow says this is not the case.

Blog comments...

I moderate all comments. That surely stops any spam reaching 'published' state and to you, but I have to deal with them all. Most spam and inappropriate comments are not interesting at all. Here are two comments I received for my last post in succession:

Comment:
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Always enjoy reading this blog. Please keep up the good work.

Commenter name: jamie
Commenter email: anonymous@anonymous.com
IP address: xx.xxx.xxx.xxx

IP address shows this one's from Florida. There's no email, no pharmacy URL etc., nothing that would raise the red flag, but it doesn't have any real content either. I guess this one might be from a spammer checking out if he can post a comment. I can even amuse myself thinking it's from someone real who enjoys reading my blog...

The next one is a bit nasty:

Comment:
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Im sorry to hear that your quitting smoking Burak , if theyres anyone
who deserves lung cancer its you .

My new years resolution is to releace and promote as much copys of ASV
as i can . Poetic justice as far as im concerned now you know what it
feals like to have your work stolen

regards

Commenter name: Raymond
Commenter email: esdrftgyhuji@sedrftg.com
IP address: xx.xxx.xxx.xxx

Raymond is from Texas, as it seems by looking at his IP. Obviously he doesn't know how to spell and he uses a QWERTY keyboard. I'd guess he's rather young. He ends kindly with his 'regards'. His email address really isn't random. You can guess the QWERTY layout even when someone is just pressing random keys wildly to make up a fake address, his address is not random in that sense, he probably keyed the address in neatly one key at a time... He uses a capital for my name and for sentence starts, which I find quite rare for this kind of a comment. Is he really angry or is he working for a cigarette company, I cannot decide. He's after 'poetic justice', hmm, I don't hear that phrase frequently, maybe he's a bit older than I first thought... What do you think?

Raymond, I'm sorry if someone stole your work, but your comment is very rude. (And I had my work stolen, cracked, key generator-ed, translated to obscure languages, many times. I assure you I know how it feels).

Happy new year and about this blog...

I wish a happy new year to you all. To be happy, most probably you'll need health and wealth. I plan to quit smoking in 2008. This will surely bring some health and wealth. I'm sorry for non-smokers, as they won't be able to copy my great plan :)

Anyway, I didn't blog at all in December, apart from this post. There were quite a lot of news from Adobe, Flash Player release, AMF3 specs release, lots of betas from Adobe labs... While spreading the news is nice too, and most probably it's good for my business, I've not been entirely happy blogging 'news'. What original content can I blog? 'News about our software'. That would be the last thing I'd want to do, besides, our software each has their news blogs... 'Interesting bits about SWF format, Flash Player, etc. we encounter'. That would be nice, but probably that would not be too good for our business. We need to keep our edge, where we have it. On top of this, blogging is not easy, you need to care, it takes time, too much time (not that I've been properly blogging). I can't keep this blog as 'Flash news' and have other blogs too...

So, as I intended to do exactly one year ago, in 2008, I'll be blogging freely. I hope this way, this blog will be better content-wise, even if it won't be as focused as before... Thank you.

Where to get Adobe Reader?

Not at adobe.reader-download.org as Microsoft Mouse & Keyboard Products Documentation links you to.

On that page, as of this writing, Microsoft offers documentation in XPS and PDF formats. PDF versions of the documents are smaller, but getting the reader is made extremely hard for the novice user.

On Adobe Reader Distribution page it says: 'Third-party websites must link directly to Adobe.com for the download of Adobe Reader software'. But the logo can be downloaded without an agreement.

Is this an honest mistake? Frankly, I don't think it's Microsoft's official policy but their culture makes it so easy to make these kinds of 'evil mistakes', I think it's very likely that this was done intentionally.

Note: If you want to download Adobe Reader go to Adobe.com and click on the link.