I have packaged a simple version of my treemap algorithm, along with example usage, CSS, and images for those who are interested. I really had a lot of fun with this. I used in on an aggregator site called roomformilk, and elsewhere. I’m also using it as a backend admin tool on a site of mine to see what users are using how much bandwidth.
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It always takes me a while to wrangle up enough energy to try out a new IDE. There’s a lot of inertia there… I build up habits, and muscle memory as it were, as I get used to a certain way of doing things. So, following the recommendations of my respected colleagues, I decided to give FlashDevelop a spin.
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I’ve finally decided to buckle down and start coding everything in AS 2.0 classes. I’d always used SciTE:Flash, and I upgraded to SciTE:ASCS because of its Actionscript 2.0 support. I must say, it’s wonderful. Once you get going with building out your classes, it really saves your arms from pain and your brain from strain as it has great code completion for both built-in commands and your own custom methods. It even reads referenced and imported classes in packages and completes code for those.
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Okay, so I’ve searched the web high and low and have been unable to find a solution for found a solution for this problem. (There may be a solution at “experts exchange”, but I refuse to pay to see their “solution”.) I’ve got an image upload form on my site… a typical web form. It works fine in all browsers except Safari. In Safari, the upload quits immediately, and the form handler says nothing was submitted.
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I’ve created a screensaver out of the world map RSS reader I have on reverbiage. I made significant design changes due to the fact that it’s a screensaver. I’m using a darker palette (to save the screen), and made it interactive so that you can click on stories in the feed. Get it here.
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