Archive for the “Apps” category

Testing from iphone app

by leon on July 22, 2008

Just testing to see how well the native iPhone app works. Its breeze to set up and use. I’ve been waiting for this one, so far, so good!!

Creating Cross Platform CD-Roms

by leon on June 4, 2008

Back in my University days having a Mac was not always fun in a Windows dominated campus. I always had to ensure that my disc’s were able to be read in a Windows machine, even though they were burned on (…)

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Creating search plug-ins

by leon on May 8, 2008

This post is for any web site owner who wants to add a search plugin for their site. If your not too sure what I mean, then take a look in the top right corner of your browser next to (…)

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flcodr.com – a Flash of genius?

by leon on April 10, 2008

Inspired my Lee Brimelow’s Snippet extension Panel for Flash I am setting up a new code repository for Flash Developers. If you don’t know what Snippet’s is, its an extension for Flash that displays a list of code snippets that (…)

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Firefox Backups

by leon on February 4, 2008

Do you use Firefox on multiple platforms and machines? Yes? Than this post if for you. I’ve already written about Foxmarks the great Firefox add-on that allows you to sync your bookmarks between multiple instances on Firefox (even works across (…)

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Not for me thanks

by leon on January 14, 2008

With the release of Microsoft Office 2008, its seems the blogosphere has been sent into a frenzy with reports of excited customers – why?? As you may already no, i’m not Mr Gate’s biggest fan, however I do have to (…)

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Air desktop RSS reader

by leon on December 20, 2007

I have recently updated my Flash based desktop RSS reader to an Air application. Air is Adobe’s answer to a cross browser runtime that allows developers to further blur the divide between web and desktop. For this example the user (…)

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Mac & Prism

by leon on December 13, 2007

Following my implementation of a Flash based desktop widget for viewing RSS feeds, I decided to experiment with Mozilla Prism.   This idea is simple; rather than having to load up a web browser and type the url to a (…)

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Flash desktop RSS widget v1

by leon on December 10, 2007

Ok, so widgets (gadgets for you Windows boys) aren’t exactly groudbreaking anymore, but this still has its uses. It’s a Flash based script that allows you to parse and display any RSS feed. In this example I am using it (…)

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FireFox: The Web Designer Pack

by leon on December 3, 2007

So your a budding new web designer, or even a seasoned pro? Whatever your skill level, no master is complete without a good set of tools. Luckily for us there are lots of tools to help us on our way. (…)

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