I was very excited to read Adobe’s beta release notes about AIR 2. AIR gives developers a very easy way to develop good looking, cross-platform applications. The problem is that, in order to ensure all applications are cross-platform, Adobe was very stingy about how much you can reach out and interact with the underlying OS. [...]
Archive | November, 2009
Confusing TimeZone Offset Functionality in Flex
The timezone functionality in Flex (as of SDK 3.4.1) makes me wonder if this is the person who designed this behavior (I kid because I love). It’s clear that the functionality was designed to magically handle the difficult subject of timezone and I appreciate that. The problem is that, athough Flex goes through the trouble [...]
