Sneak Peak : Flash Resource Manager
I have been working on a new app in my free time over the past couple of weeks, and am getting close to finishing up the first version. I thought that I would post some screenshots, and give a sneak preview of it.
The application is basically a standalone Flash Help panel and resource finder. Here are some beta screenshots:
Reference Panel showing help, multiple tabs and livedoc context menu.
Search panel, showing search results and regular expression support.
Plugins search panel (you can add your own plugins) and preferences panel (showing theme tab).
Btw, if you can think of a good / cool name, post it in the comments.
More info soon…
a cool name -> at last
:)
GriLLo
30 Mar 04 at 4:44 pm
looks cool and clean looking.
looks like you have a javascript error in the bottom left all the time though :)
seth
30 Mar 04 at 4:44 pm
Flash Uberhelp. Very cool – looking forward to the first release.
Sean Voisen
30 Mar 04 at 4:45 pm
>looks like you have a javascript error in the bottom left all the time though :)
Actually, one of the XML help files from a third party component is not well formed, and thus cant be parsed. That is just letting me know about it.
There is an error log panel that you can open to get more info.
mike chambers
mesh@macromedia.com
mike chambers
30 Mar 04 at 4:53 pm
cool, no more vanishing help windows!
Hey is that a window pinner i see in the top right?
erikbianchi
30 Mar 04 at 5:10 pm
Very nice. What’s wrong with “Flash Resource Manager”? I think is very straightforward, and doesn’t sound bad at all.
Oscar Trelles
30 Mar 04 at 5:12 pm
I hereby dub the app.. FELP!
Todd
30 Mar 04 at 5:13 pm
Looks good, what is it ‘programmed in’? I have been meaning to try to look into application development just because there aren’t ever the apps I need.
The main app I want is basically the code editor out of Dreamweaver, but just the code editor. So I was thinking I’d build a small app that utilised the script definition and syntax colouring files from Dreamweaver since that what I like and basically then be able to avoid firing up Dreamweaver for minor code changes (even with the update Dreamweaver is still pretty hefty)
Don’t spose you’s fancy making it for me would you lol – or know anyone that would?
Do you reckon it would be breach of copyright to develop a program that use the syntax definition xml files from Dreamweaver if it didn’t copy the files, merely used from within the Dreamweaver directory?
Sorry to slide off-topic here lol,
Jon
Jon B
30 Mar 04 at 5:15 pm
>Hey is that a window pinner i see in the top right?
No, that is added by a tool that i use for dual monitor support. However, there is an
Always on Top
option.
Is that what you are looking for?
mike chambers
mesh@macromedia.com
mike chambers
30 Mar 04 at 5:34 pm
FREX
N
30 Mar 04 at 5:35 pm
>> Looks good, what is it ‘programmed in’? I have been meaning to try to look into application development just because there aren’t ever the apps I need.
Just guessing but probably C#. t’s a good programming language ( at last something quite good coming from redmond )
Ivo D. Silva
30 Mar 04 at 5:36 pm
It is written in C#, which is nice if you don’t mind your users having to download a 23(!) meg runtime.
mike chambers
mesh@macromedia.com
mike chambers
30 Mar 04 at 5:38 pm
>> if you don’t mind your users having to download a 23(!) meg runtime.
thank goodness for the Flash Player size :)
oh yeah, those icons are SWEET! haha
Josh Dura
30 Mar 04 at 6:14 pm
very impressive… nice job i must say…
wondering about how u planning to deploy it (new features, plugins, bug fixes etc), since it is pretty feature rich looks like you would update it. are you building an autoupdate or autocheck for update feature? that would be reall nice to auto check for updates and new plugins. you can prvide the new plugin update without hosting the plugin ureself…
again, i like the looks of it… drop me a line if you want to discuss any of the autoupdate stuff i mentioned.
nik
Nik Khilnani
30 Mar 04 at 6:31 pm
Very cool Mike.
Where do we sign up for beta test? Or if you’re past that, where do we pay? :D
bprc
bprc
30 Mar 04 at 6:53 pm
Name: “help me”
Danger
30 Mar 04 at 9:22 pm
Cool! I don’t suppose there is a Mac version in the works?
*crosses fingers*
Nathan Derksen
30 Mar 04 at 10:06 pm
I hope me too ! :)
jeanphilippe
31 Mar 04 at 1:29 am
Sweet app :) I love its look!
Fernando
31 Mar 04 at 2:43 am
a name ?
How about FlaP ?
pete
31 Mar 04 at 5:01 am
FELP? FlaP? deary me….
Why not jut call it ‘Flash Resource Manager’, oh I see you already have.
Could call it ‘Flash RM’ for short, or ‘Flarm’, or ‘FiRM’ lol. Seriously only pick a good name, I hate silly named apps lol.
Jon B
31 Mar 04 at 8:54 am
Thanks Mike,
I guess this must be one of the most popular wishes in Macromedia wishlist.
do u have a release date in mind? cant wait to use it…. thanks again.
Pranav
31 Mar 04 at 9:15 am
hi Mike,
Looks great! very useful as well.
Waiting for its release :)
Does it support reference XML (flash mx style)?
It will be great if it supports that
Regards,
Arul
Arul
31 Mar 04 at 10:12 am
Second the Mac Version motion. I though Mike’s switch to OS X would bring some balance to the uneven equation.
Looks very good.
Isaac
Isaac Rivera
31 Mar 04 at 10:16 am
one question. will this be linked to on macromedia’s website in a tools section for flash. (like the easy to find flex tooling section right from the product page without dig into the dev center)
looks like a lot of tools are being made by the community and ppl from macromedia and people who use flash but do not read blogs on a daily basis will find it difficult to find these tools….
nik
Nik Khilnani
31 Mar 04 at 12:34 pm
Excellent work, Mike.
How about HelpChamber or ResourceChamber or something along those lines?
An OS X version would be nice. If you did this in C# then Mono soon will allow it to work. I have been using Mono a good bit on OS X and it is getting very close to reality.
-stephen
Stephen Tallent
31 Mar 04 at 2:53 pm
“Always on Top”
yup that’s it. cool!
erikbianchi
31 Mar 04 at 8:09 pm
nice job mike,
i was begging mm to put help ref in tabed doc in flash ide, but you made somethin similar i was looking for.
its good,
name = MMF Reference
name = Flash Reference Library
name = Flash Help Library
name = Flash Help External
name = Flash Library
for now i can suggest these names, may be you like one from them….
// chall3ng3r //
chall3ng3r
1 Apr 04 at 6:51 am
wow ;) very good Mike!
Emiliano Velasco
1 Apr 04 at 6:10 pm
dont want to be greedy, but is there any hope of a mac version?
:)
Aaron
2 Apr 04 at 12:16 am
Mike didn’t post it, but this baby is damn fast…..loads in a wink of an eye! :)
Owen van Dijk
6 Apr 04 at 1:17 pm