I arrived in Belgium about an hour ago and I'm sitting in the audience right now, enjoying the free WiFi :)

Mike Chambers has just started his talk. He's talking about Flash Player 7 penetration (which is apparently at 81% currently in Europe -- and that's the highest adoption rate in the world. The numbers are about 3 months old apparently.) This is similar to the presentation that Mike did for us at the London MMUG and he's going to be taking lots of questions at the end so I'll keep the post uncluttered so I can report his impromptu responses.

(more...)

I'm on the train from Brighton to London for tonight's London MMUG meeting. The evening will kick off with Gerred Blyth giving a talk on Usability. Specifically, he will:

* Discuss what usability is, and how the term is often misused
* Look specifically at the difference between usability and accessibility
* Show how usability is just one outcome of user-centred design
* Give you practical tips and strategies for ensuring your designs are usable
* Consider the unique demands and opportunities provided by Flash

(more...)

Jim Armstrong of Singularity fame (2112fx.com) just contacted me to let me know that he's blogged about Ariaware Optimizer!

I was on Jim's blog recently and he covers some really interesting stuff. His posts on scripted animation reminded me that I need to update the Moose libraries (here and here) for AS2 pronto!

(more...)

I just posted a workaround on the London MMUG web site regarding a nasty little bug with the Alert component cropping the end of long message texts. Hope this prevents someone out there from doubting their sanity and/or losing copious amounts of hair!

Just a quick update to let you know that after a harrowing day of boxes, trucks, a train ride and much unpacking, we have pretty much settled down in Brighton. Did I mention that I love this city? Apart from possibly having lost a processor on our dual-processor subversion server, everything appears to be in one piece (note to self: next time, check that the processor didn't somehow come loose during shipping!) :)

The great news is that we should have broadband connected tomorrow and my 3G card has amazing reception over here.

(more...)