FlashGuru Blog

Goowy today started a public beta of their new skinnable web-based email application. The application is basically Hotmail with the client-side presentation layer made in Flash and asp on the server-side doing all the business logic. It has junk mail filters, categorisation capabilities, contact management and many other features. This is a great example of what Flash is good at, friendly, easy-to-use interfaces for online applications.

There are numerous actionscript tweening classes available for download and use in the Flash Community, which one you use is all down to personal preference but my understanding is that most people use either the Actionscript 2 Macromedia Tween Class (mx.transitions.Tween) or (mx.effects.Tween) the Actionscript 1 Laco Tween Prototypes.

Personally, im a fan of the Macromedia Tween Class’s, but ithey do have there limitations and the Laco Prototypes offer more functionality. Some people would say that the Laco Prototypes are also easier to use than the Macromedia Tween’s, but im against polluting the MovieClip’s prototype unless absolutley necessary, so i wont use them.

Anyway, one of the main features that the Macromedia Tween Class is lacking, is the ability to tween multiple properties of a movieclip using one instance of the tween class. My friend George has released a TweenExtended class that extends the Macromedia mx.transitions.Tween code allowing you to tween multiple properties with one instance of the class and alot less code.

You can download the class and many more goodies at our website:

http://www.sqcircle.com/downloads/

The last time i spoke of FlashInTheCan i went a little over the top on the negative vibes and portrayed myself as a hater of the conference which was rather unprofessional and immature of me. That wasnt the intention of the post. Since then ive thought it over and spoke to a few people about it and ive come to my senses, to put it simply, i was wrong. It was cold, but thats about all. Ive apologised.

Alot of people i know are going to the conference and im jealous - it looks like its going to be the biggest flash event of the year, so im going to ‘bite the bullet’, hold my hands up and bow my head in shame, put my hand in my pocket, buy a ticket and head over to the event again this year. I take back what i said and hope to enjoy the conference. Sure it will be a blast!