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The latest Windows update which rolled out on April 11th affects every web site that uses any type of Active X control. Microsoft modified Internet Explorer so that now in order for a user to interact with embedded objects (like Flash) she must first click on the object to activate it.
We have spent a lot of time in the past few months experimenting with the Flex 2.0 Alpha, Macromedia's (now Adobe) latest offering in the Rich Internet Application development arena. From what we have seen so far, it's an amazing tool for delivering the kind of powerful applications we build. We have built a wonderful RIA alternative for searching Amazon.com, complete with slider filtering on price and publication date and a toggle between image view and data view of the search results. Look for a link to demo the application in a future post from our new developer Darin Kohles.We are hard at work giving some overdue love and attention to our very own CMS, fixing little bugs and rethinking the flow of some of the tools. i3SiteTools is the engine that has driven the Content Management side of our business and we are excited about taking it to the next level in 2006! We are planning a new RIA dashboard that will give our users even easier access to the content on their site and puts all of the information they need at their fingertips including some traffic stats, a message queue and more.
Additionally, we are building out a new media-driven help document library. Using Adobe's Captivate, we are creating a series of narrated mini-movies to walk users through using all of the tools in i3SiteTools. This library accompanied by a robust new glossary of all things "webish" are part of our commitment to make owning and maintaining websites the best possible experience for all users.
Yes, it is true, the cobbler's children often go shoeless. We are finally making the time to rework our own web site and have thrown the gauntlet down to launch by the end of January (2006 that is ;-)!
We have nearly killed each other in the planning phase --- everybody gets a little bit passionate about our beloved DP site and the grand vision of what it can be. But that's good, because nothing good ever came from apathy, and you can quote me on that! I figure the last one standing when the dust settles gets to actually build it! Apathy's lookin' better all the time.
December 3rd, 2005 marked a big day for ColdFusion developers and users of Macromedia products. It was on this day that the Adobe / Macromedia merger became official with both parties receiving word they had passed all the red-tape hurdles in their path. You can read more about the happenings on Adobe’s website and here. You can also do a Google search for the merger and get lots of opinions, speculation and more from news organizations and other bloggers.
So what does this mean for Digital Position clients and the future of the Macromedia product line? Well for the foreseeable future not much will be different other than a name change, a logo change, and maybe some product packaging. Work has already begun on the next version of ColdFusion (code named Scorpio) and we’ve learned that the ColdFusion product line (along with FLEX) will be in the “Enterprise and Developer Solutions Business Unit” which handles Adobe's LifeCycle product line.
Here at Digital Positions it’s business as usual and word on the street is that this is only good news for ColdFusion and ColdFusion developers. We’ve already seen Macromedia take the ColdFusion line down new paths by integrating much requested features. Now with the Marketing, Research & Development, and overall reach of Adobe, we can expect more of the same. We are excited about this merger and will keep you up-to-date on the cool and innovative stuff which is sure to come out of it.
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