A few friends of have asked my thoughts on HTML 5 and posing questions such as “Will HTML 5 replace Flash”. Firstly, HTML 5 is simply a new markup, it will replace HTML 4. Canvas is the SVG graphics technology that will enable HTML 5 and JavaScript to create rich and dynamic graphic, much like…

People keep asking me about my thoughts on HTML5 and Silverlight, I decided to include CSS3 for the ride. So here you go. HTML 5 – I cant see it seriously competing with Flash for at least 5 years. Firstly, browser vendors will implement their own take on the standards, Microsoft will implement their own…

I’ve added a new tutorial to The Tech Labs, “SWFObject and Best Practice Implementation”. In this tutorial I cover best practice embedding of SWF movies using SWFObject with a custom function for adding browser scrollbars for smaller browser windows. View the article here: http://www.thetechlabs.com/tutorials/flash/swfobject-and-best-practice-implementation/

I have been asked to join the writing staff of two of my favorite blogs, The Tech Blog (http://www.thetechlabs.com/) and Flash Enabled Blog (http://www.flashenabledblog.com/) by the very talented owner Carlos. I will be writing new tutorials and articles focusing mainly on Flash ActionScript, but also hope to write some articles for building Flex, Air, MDM…

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