Most of the discussion concerning the Macromedia.com website beta has focused around its use of Flash. However, I think that one of the most important / coolest things about the website is the fact that it has been completely re-written using ColdFusion MX.
Christian Cantrell notes this, and I have to agree with him when he says:
If there was any question whether CFMX was ready for the enterprise market, I think we now have an answer.
Love the new Macromedia.com beta? Hate it? Found a bug? Have a suggestion?
If so, make sure that you let us know about it through the Macromedia.com Feedback form.
We see and participate in lot of discussions through out the community, but the only way to make sure that the appropriate people see your thoughts is to submit it via the form.
I have seen a lot of people talking about problems when viewing the new Macromedia.com website Beta within the Opera browser.
We are aware of the issues and are working with Opera to resolve it.
Btw, this is one of the reasons the new site is a “Beta”. We are still working out some of the kinks. If you find any problems, or have any feedback, make sure to log it on the Macromedia.com feedback form.
I have seen a lot of emails come in today asking how users can deploy the new Flash player on multiple machines. For these scenarios, we have a standalone installer for Windows (msi and exe installers), that makes it much easier to upgrade multiple machines.
You can find more information on how to get access to the standalone installers on the Flash Player Distribution Program page.
PhilterBlog has posted a quite extensive list of Flash MX component resources.
You can view the list here.
I also put together a comprehensive list of component resources, which no longer as comprehensive, is still very useful.
You can view my weblog post listing component resources here.
Hmm, maybe it is time to get something like this up on the DevNet center. If you know of any resources that I or Philterblog missed, please list them in the comments.
We have released a new version of the Flash Player. The latest version for all platforms is version 6.0.79.0. This release contains a number of enhancements and bug fixes including:
You can download the new player here.
Just a quick FYI, I will be traveling today from San Francisco to DC (home), so if you try to contact me it may take a little longer than normal to get a response.
In the meantime, make sure to check out the PHP documentation thread from yesterday, and provide any feedback that you might have.
Yesterday I asked about public bugbases, and got a pretty good response. However, half of the response ended up asking about PHP like documentation for ActionScript. The PHP docs essentially allow users to add comments and examples at the bottom of the documentation.
So, here is the question for today:
Would you be interested in a PHP like documentation system for ActionScript? What features would you like for it to have?
Over the past year, we have had a lot of requests for a public Macromedia bug base. As we have mentioned before on the forums, this is something that we have been and are considering.
This leads me to my question of the day:
Does anyone know of any other companies that have public bugbases?
I know that most open source projects do, but can’t find any examples of other companies that have done anything similar.
