第二次網聚來了 - air/flex gathering, the 2nd round

In flex   May 21, 2008 - 2:40 pm

時間:
2008年6月7日(星期六)
下午二點到五點

地點:
伯朗咖啡 - 台北市南京東路2段218號

交通方便,四週有多個停車場(已標示在圖中,最大的在建國高架橋下面),坐捷運可在南京東路兄弟飯店下車往西(建國北路方向)走過一個 block 即到,騎機車或腳踏車後面巷子亂停即可。

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費用:
0, free as in beer and air

主題:

1. Flash Player 10 new features and APIs. 新功能賞析與實作 (40 min)

2. Google Map Flash API 介紹與實作(40 min)

3. Air + Flickr integration: screen capture and photo upload (40 min)

每個講題間隔20分鍾,會後並保留一小時供來賓交流、閒聊、發問。

徵求講者:
除以上既定題目外,也歡迎熱血青年、潛水高手們提供講題,每個人 30-60 min不等,不論是相關技術介紹、作品發表皆歡迎,請先與我們聯絡以方便安排時段(如果擠不進此次活動,也可預約之後的場次)

報名:
請到此頁面報名

結束後:
古拉爵義式餐廳聚餐(自由參加,費用約三百元左右請自理,報名時請註明是否參加以方便訂位)

贊助單位:
美商 Cynergy Systems 台灣分公司 贊助此次活動所有費用(包場、軟硬體設備、點心、飲料)

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Firefox 3 RC1 加好用外掛兩枚(新同文堂 與 QuickDrag)

In General   May 17, 2008 - 10:20 am

今早一開 firefox 就通知 RC1 來了,花了三分鐘裝好,感覺很穩很快很強大,歡樂中 XD

由於太歡樂,又順手找了一下幾個常用的 add-on 看是否支援 firefox 3 了,結果中了兩個。

新同文堂:簡繁轉換神器,思念很久了,感謝 open foundry 提供

QuickDrag:幾年前用 ff1.5 時就在用一個叫 drag de go 的外掛,後來變成 super drag de go,然後隨著時間的消逝這些 projects 也紛紛熄燈,目前最新的一個叫 QuickDrag,功能一樣但據說腳印(footprint)更小。

接下來大概就只剩五六個 add-on 還沒支援 ff3,然後就可以全面切換了。

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中華電信 flash cast 服務 ChannelMe 終於來了…

In General   May 16, 2008 - 4:35 pm

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Channel Me 首頁

iThome 報導

網路資訊 報導

Fact Sheet: 月租40元,基本頻道5個(生活、美食、新聞、星座、氣像),支援手機20支,合作廠商包括 TaiperWalker, 蘋果日報等。

從新聞稿來看,是全球第三家採用 flash cast 技術並開台的電信業者,在台灣這個特殊的市場裏後續發展如何頗值得觀察,另外,能不能順利打開圖鈴下載之外的另一片藍海?有沒有機會到達 critical mass 然後生存下去?整個 eco system 要怎麼帶起來?週邊廠商(手機商像 HTC, Benq等)、內容商的配合方式與 revenue model 怎麼解決?技術門檻如何克服等都是有趣的問題吶…

不過最重要的一點是,我在下載頁面就卡住了,根本沒機會下載安裝玩玩看,淚奔~

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如果你的留言沒出現

In General   May 15, 2008 - 4:16 pm

最近發現本站的 spam 水平有提升之勢,會偽裝成跟內文有關的回應,但留下的 website link 則是廣告網站,因此我又將 spam filter 調整的更嚴格,寧願錯殺一百也不放過一個。

因此,如果你留了言,但超過 24hr 還沒出現,請寄封信通知一下,我會將你加進 white list,感謝。

to spammers: give up ! you won’t make it here, you have me word, believe it.

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more on astro

In flex   May 15, 2008 - 3:21 pm

進階閱讀 - Tinic Uro’s blog

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快速旋轉的 3D 圖片(點圖可看影片),鄉親啊,這就是愛 flash 啊~~~~~

-3D 部份

Fast, extremely lightweight, and native 3D effects make motion that was previously reserved for expert users via ActionScript or Open Source libraries such as PaperVision3D, Sandy and Away3D available to everyone.

Create complex effects with simple code by nesting 3D-transformed objects inside each other. Inheritance makes it easy to rapidly apply changes across objects.

-text engine

The new text engine expands creative freedom by treating device fonts as first class citizens that can be anti-aliased, rotated, and styled and have filters applied as if they were embedded.

The new text engine also offers right-to-left and vertical text layout, plus support for typographic elements like ligatures(嘖嘖嘖,連 ligature 都能控制了啊,那將來出現 flex 版 InDesign 我也不會太驚訝了).

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注意上圖中的文字框是可選取與編輯的,同時也可看到完全支援雙位元文字直排,多欄位 auto-flow,讚弊了啊…

-text layout component

An extensible library of ActionScript 3.0 text components

Layout and style text with tables, inline images, and column flow through components that are compatible with both Flash and Flex, all while getting the benefits of the new text engine

to flow text and complex scripts, such as Arabic, Hebrew, and Thai, across multiple columns like a newspaper, around tables and inline images, from right-to-left, left-to-right, bi-directionally, or vertically

Selection, editing, and wrapping of text are handled as would be expected for the different layouts.

-drawing api

The enhancements extend the current drawing API to allow for read/write rendering and 3D effects, while adding memory and performance improvements that allow developers to create shapes using ActionScript that can be modified at runtime without re-drawing

-color management

Opt-in color management allows you to convert SWFs into sRGB (standard RGB), an international standard color space

Color management works with the monitor’s ICC color profile, turning the entire SWF into a color-managed object. Color management can be toggled on and off at runtime.

-visual performance improvement

Leveraging the power of the GPU for blitting and compositing reduces the load on the CPU and can provide a performance boost to many graphically intense applications, resulting in more fluid, realistic and responsive user experiences.

If the hardware does not provide required capability, Flash Player will fall back to the software rendering without user interaction

Hardware compositing takes advantage of the tremendous memory bandwidth and computational horsepower of the GPU, reducing the load on the CPU

Open GL 2.0 video card with GLSL capabilities required to use this feature. When in use with the beta, a green square will appear in the upper left corner when accelerated.

fp9 是 script 大加速,fp10 進一步利用 GPU 做視覺大加速,這樣很方便將來玩些大東西呢…

GPU Compositing — Combining images, filters, and video in your SWF just got faster.

GPU Blitting — Paint SWFs into the browser using your video card by choosing this new HTML parameter.

so that the pixels drawn to the browser go through the GPU, resulting in improved performance and reduced CPU demand, rendering video- or image-intensive applications faster.

上面這段簡單來說就是:只要透過一個 html tag 就可以讓 flash player 直接畫 graphics 畫到螢幕上,而不是像現在是轉兩手才出去,效率會更好。S

Anti-Aliasing Engine (Saffron 3.1) — An update to the Saffron anti-aliasing text engine increases performance and quality of anti-aliased text, particularly for Asian character rendering. Support for stroke fonts reduces memory requirements.

Vector Data Type - By having a consistent type, performance on Vectors is significantly higher than Arrays. Vectors work as a parameterized type.

Strong type 的 array 來了,速度會快一點,不過現在用 [ArrayElementType] 也有類似的效果,主要求的就是減少 runtime dynamic casting 的時間。

Dynamic Streaming — Always show the best video possible with streams that can automatically adjust to changing network conditions.

RTMFP (Real Time Media Flow Protocol) — RTMFP provides a UDP-based secure network transport alternative to RTMP-over-TCP.

重點是:UDP (途中丟失幾個 packet 沒關係)跟全程加密

Speex Audio Codec — The new, higher fidelity Speex voice codec offers an alternative to Nellymoser for audio that delivers the lowest-latency audio experience possible.

終於換掉 Nellymoser 了啊..
wiki 上的資料 : 一開始就是針對 VoIP 設計,而非 telephony, Free software/open-source, patent and royalty-free

Dynamic Sound Generation — Dynamic sound generation extends the Sound class to play back dynamically created audio content through the use of an event listener on the Sound object.

看來 flex 版的 Logic Audio 不遠了啊…XD

Context Menu — Developers now have more control over what can be displayed in the context menu through the use of ActionScript APIs for common text field context menu items, supporting plain and rich text. The clipboard menu provides access to the clipboard in a safe and controlled way, and you can write handlers to paste text.

GB18030 Compliance — GB18030 is the latest character set mandated by the Chinese government for displaying text.

簡中wiki 的相關資料

一天之中接二連三的好消息,除了謝天,還能說什麼呢?呃,啊,還要感謝 m$,有你真好 XD

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