steven sacks
From the monthly archives: September 2008
I have discovered a pretty nasty bug in Safari 3 that kills Loader.
If you are loading something with Loader (an image or swf) and you press the forward or back buttons on the browser to go between anchor tags, the Loader immediately stops. This means the loader never fires its onComplete nor does the [...]
I just saw that the project panel has been changed in Flash CS4, and the JSFL commands related to it are gone, as well.
Are there new JSFL API methods that are used with the new project panel? I don't see any API methods for it in the documentation. My Gaia Framework [...]
If you're running FlashDevelop on OSX via Parallels or VMWare, you have probably come across the issue where Command+H does not open Find and Replace, and instead hides the app (the default behavior of Command+H on OSX). Oh, the irony.
I have found a solution for this (thanks to Curtis [...]
I've heard from various developers who have been mixing Gaia and PureMVC together with a lot of success. Gaia's flexibility is naturally suited to work well with other frameworks like PureMVC, and its Event Hijacking engine makes integration with PureMVC a snap.
The first example comes from a developer who posted his experience [...]
The Loader class is able to capture mouse events. It has mouseEnabled, mouseChildren, and can dispatch mouse events. However, it does not have buttonMode or useHandCursor, which are integral parts of mouse interactivity.
Loader extends InteractiveObject, like its sibling Sprite. Here's the definition of InteractiveObject from the AS3 Documentation:
"The InteractiveObject class is the [...]
The Google Chrome Beta has launched for Windows! Unfortunately, Mac users are still waiting for their version, but I'm sure it'll be here soon.
Well what are you waiting for? Go get it!
With this latest release, Gaia introduces ASDocs, custom initialization, SWFAddress 2.2, TweenMax 2.15, code cleanup and bug fixes.
ASDocs
ASDocs are now available for the Gaia AS3 Framework API. It's a work in progress. The utils package is next.
Custom Initialization
You can now run custom initialization code in Gaia before the [...]
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