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Archives / 2005 / March
  • CNET on Xamlon

    CNET has a nice write-up on the upcoming Xamlon .NET->SWF compiler. CNET sees Xamlon being good for all parties (Macromedia, Microsoft, etc.). I agree to some degree, after all the more killer apps that are written on top of Flash the more legitimized the SWF approach becomes. However, unless the Flex team gets its act together, this could throw a significantly large wrench in their plans to integrate with VS.NET / .NET at some point. So good for Macromedia? Yes. Good for the Flex team or the Laszlo guys? We'll just have to wait and see.

    http://news.com.com/Software+turns+.Net+to+Flash/2100-1032_3-5647420.html

  • Macromedia Redesigns Flash Download Page

    I don't know if you caught wind of this, but Macromedia caused quite an uproar recently by bundling the Y! Toolbar with the Flash Player download. Macromedia did offer Y! free Flash player downloads, but they were opt-out, meaning that users could potentially just click the download button and unintentionally install the Y! toolbar inside their browser. Burak's blog has a good summary as well as links to the old and new designs.