Yahoo not only good at JavaScript, now they do Flash too

• Yahoo! Developer Network – Flash Developer Center – ASTRA Flash Components

  Yahoo is extending it’s open source library concept from javascript to actionscript. This is very promising.

  (tags: as3 library actionscript flex yahoo components flash)

gotoAndLearn(Flash)

• http://www.gotoandlearn.com/download.php

  While searching for ActionScript info I forgot to add this one to my list of best links. I think these tutorials are very good!

  (tags: Flash actionscript tutorial tutorials Video webdesign examples)

Simple idea, amazing technology: smart picture resizing

Some things seem very simple to non-tech people. A common phrase is: “can you just copy-paste that technology from the other website?” And yes, if it is a piece of HTML you can. In virtually any other case there is more to it. The correct response is maybe “if you can just lend me your arm for a couple of weeks we should be fine. I promise to take good care of it. I can always use an extra hand. Mwuahaha.”

Computers and software are more like living things, and you cannot just take something out of a program, just like you cannot take something out of a picture by cut and paste, unless it’s a geometric shape, or better, e.g. the right side. That was until now: in the following video we see a demonstration of smart resizing, one of those things that is so plain simple to non-tech people.

I am about as enthousiastic about this as I am about photo-stitching. Too bad nobody made a kick-ass video about that, e.g. the new Photoshop CS3 auto-blend feature. If you have one let me know.

update: I found one, by not being so lazy and using Google. Adobe Design Center videos has a video about auto-blend and auto-align. This is pretty much standard tutorial stuff, so not made to look amazing.

update2: of course someone jumps in and just makes a demo of seam carving using the technology described in the article. I wonder if it’s really as good as what’s shown in the videos.

update3: someone else made a very nice Flash version. The same technology, and a little bit slow as well. Nonetheless a very good version.

Full WEB 2.0 API List | Tech Magazine

• Full WEB 2.0 API List | Tech Magazine

  When will I find the time to try out all these web services (at least the free ones)?

  (tags: api web2.0 web development programming list webservices)

How to make JavaScript tabs

• MooTabs – Tiny tab class for MooTools

  Creating a tabbed interface using mootools. Mootools is small but it still requires some kilobytes.

  (tags: mootools tabs ajax javascript navigation menu tab css)

• Tabtastic

  This method for creating tabs seems to be very standards compatible and accessible. I like it, although all the code is a bit too much for a simple thing as tabs.

  (tags: programming tab html web design tabs javascript css)

• JavaScript Tabifier automatically create an html tab interface

  creating tabs again. This one has lots of features.

  (tags: design tab html ajax webdesign css javascript tabs)

• Tabbed Form with Javascript + CSS :: Cubicle Muses

  This seems to be the simplest tab system. I think it’s useful if you really don’t want to rely on more than a few lines of code. The example doesn’t work however, use the source.

  (tags: tab javascript css3)

The Top Ten Open Source Actionscript Tools – Tuesday Creative

• The Top Ten Open Source Actionscript Tools – Tuesday Creative

  This is important now that I started to do a little actionscript!

  (tags: flash actionscript tools opensource)

Some nice open source flash tools

• Recent News Open Source Flash

  Aha! Some nice open source flash tools. Interesting!

  (tags: flash opensource actionscript programming development tools software community)

hosting providers offering SSH

• hosting offering SSH

  I have been looking for this forever. It takes ages to plow throuhg all those hosting companies. And never could I find a single reasonably priced SSH hosting.

  (tags: hosting ssh compare comparison review)

online service using javascript to integrate ratings, comments

• JS-Kit: Free comments, ratings and more…

  Awesome. Awesome. Simply awesome. This is an online service for integrating ratings, comments (aka reviews), polls, all customizable. Only a few lines of code.

  (tags: programming widgets ajax webdesign tools web2.0 javascript review comment CSS plugin service)

You Can Get Arrested for That!? Weird laws in the US

• You Can Get Arrested for That!?

  this is pretty funny, huh? Two guys breaking ridiculous laws. I once heard of a law in Holland that stated you are not allowed to carry less than 10 guilders on you at any time.

  (tags: funny humor fun illegal laws travel blog)