FlashGuru Blog

I will presenting a new session at the London Macromedia User Group gathering on Thursday evening. In the session we will do some live uasbility testing, i will show you how to make it so that your navigation system works with the browsers back & forward buttons, and also how to make sections of your site bookmarkable. We will also discuss the do’s and dont’s of making an intuitive, usable navigation system. More information on the gathering can be found here.

So after a very successful Flash 8 Poll, over 2400 votes and counting, it seems that Flash Developers and Designers alike, all over the world, are waiting in huge anticipation to see if the Macromedia Flash 8 Player provides better actionscript performance. Over 30% of voters (730), a large percentage of people are looking forward to better actionscript performance and 17% of voters (364) people are excited about the proposed video capabilities of the new player that may allow us to create Flash Video with alpha channels. Im as excited as everybody, although my vote went down for Bitmap Filters.

London based de-construct are seeking a Flash Developer with 2 or more years experience in the field for a full-time position. A good chance for you to get in on some client projects such as Adidas. More information on this job can be found here

The new super-hero themed website is up for the MXDU 2005 conference which will be taking place in the middle of February. The list of speakers this year is impressive and its almost certainly going to be a better conference/experience that FlashInTheCan 2005, the venue is better and so is the location, so dont waste your money on those tickets, buy yourself an MXDU ticket and join in the fun. Last year was a blast. Sydney is a great place for a short beginning-of-the-year break too, especially when it’s summertime over there! Hope to see some of you guy’s at the other side of the world.

I am currently on a contract for the Liverpool based full service agency, Amaze. We are working on a fun and challenging Flash Application for Toyota. We are in urgent need of a London based Flash Developer with excellent knowledge of Actionscript 2. Rate is �200 per day and we will need you for around 3 months. Interested? Send your resumes to me and if you fit the bill, we will arrange a telephone interview.

In the coming days we will be moving the site over to our new Media Temple server. Knowing my luck, there will probably be a few problems, but we will try to iron them out as soon as possible. Bear with us.