Adobe has announced that it is working with Google and Yahoo to finally ensure that Flash SWF files are indexable by search engines. Google has already gotten a jump start on this feature that designers have been asking for since the late 90s, too.
This announcement may also result in some major usability changes (for the better) for Flash on the web. In a post to its Webmaster Central Blog, Google wrote that it can now index all kinds of textual content in SWF files, like that…
Why make them yourself? A nice, quality collection
I like that. I’m always looking for useful textures and I wondered about the site “http://www.sxc.hu/index.phtml”. There are some nice graphics. I wanted to Sign Up, but I find it bad that I have to give them my…
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For most people on the Web, if Google or Yahoo cannot find something, it doesnt exist. That has been one of the biggest drawbacks to creating a Website or application that displays itself as a Flash (SWF) file. Search engines could see the file, but they could not see what was in it. Until now.
Perhaps a sitemap.xml-style standard, but specifically taking into account the usage cases for RIAs. Sure, it’ll take some thinking to get even the first iteration close to being “right”, but it’s…
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MYMediaPlayer is a desktop application that allows you to see full length Hulu videos is now at Adobe Air Marketplace.
A desktop application that allows you to see full length Hulu videos in a brand new way. MYMediaplayer allows users the ability to browse the Hulu library while watching a video. The library expands to the entire monitor for better viewing. Lastly…
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Collection of websites with free Adobe Photoshop tutorials.
11 - photoshopcontest.com/tutorials/photoshop-tips.html
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Photoshop enthusiast and frantic video editor Deke McClelland fits 101 tips for Adobe's premiere product into five minutes of video, and the results are surprisingly watchable. [via LifeHacker]
If you've ever read a computer magazine, you know the idea behind "101 Tips."; One gala issue, lots of first-rate contributors, lots of quality information. And lots and lots of pages. But when's the last time one…
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Adobe seems to be hard at work at Adobe Creative Suite 4*. In May, they released public betas of CS4 versions of Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Soundbooth. Existing CS3 owners are able to continue to use these applications beyond the initial 48 hour w…
- It facilitates N-up (2-up, 3-up, etc.) document layouts that adapt as you adjust the interface. Think “live window tiling”–great for comparing, compositing, etc. - It makes it easier to move the…
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Another great PSDTuts.com Tutorial based upon how to recreate, using photoshop, Vista-Looking Wallpaper.
We can do the effect manually as well. For example, create a new Adjustment layer with the Brightness & Contrast turned up. Fill the layer mask with a black color, which makes the effect visible nowhere. Then start drawing in the mask with…
By now, you've heard of Adobe AIR - the cross-OS runtime that lets you run rich internet applications on your desktop.
In the finance industry, the international corporation that is Deutsche Bank has deployed Adobe AIR to their desktops which lets employees actively monitor activity on their customers' accounts. The AIR solution provided a better alternative…
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I tried something like this a ways back, but instead of using the watercolor filter I hand painted in areas of the face using custom brushes. http://www.flickr.com/photos/misterbremer/2426663596/
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“HTML5 is a super-sized effort to bring all the browsers under a single, standard markup language and set of APIs - but with Microsoft, Adobe and others racing ahead with their own next-gen web technologies, will we ever see a real HTML5 standard?”
In what is now referred to as Web 2.0, thousands of rich web applications have been developed using HTML, CSS and XML - more commonly referred to as Ajax (ironically the a and x parts of Ajax started as a proprietary add-on to Internet…
With the Pandora Desktop Application, you can play your Pandora stations right from your desktop ? without opening a new browser window.
Installs an icon in your task bar. Simply right-click the icon to see the Pandora menu. Play/pause, change stations, create new stations, and access the full Pandora application.
The free beta version of Acrobat.com provides a good mix of services to help businesses share and collaborate on documents, with chat and conferencing features as well.
Buzzword shines when you need to share or collaboratively create documents. You can decide whether to share a document with anyone who knows its URL or to restrict access to specific Acrobat.com users. User rights–which the person who…
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Continuing its push to become a major provider of Webtop software, Adobe is releasing two new products on Monday: Acrobat.com and Acrobat 9. Adobes Webtop arsenal already includes the recently launched online version of PhotoShop and its online media player, Adobe TV.
All I have to say is WHAT EVER. Like anyone really expects acrobat.com to go anywhere? Come on. Acrobat Reader (desktop version) has become such a bloated piece of shit, I cry every time it loads on my computer. Everyone who knew what they…
