DENG, the XML/CSS rendering ening built in Flash, can now render some simple SVG samples. Pretty exciting what you can do with XML as soon as you got the basics (like CSS) working. I hope they continue of the renderer and see how far they can take it.
Screenweaver MX
: Screenweaver MX is an extension to Macromedia® Flash MX” that aims at providing Flash developers with a toolset to produce rich media desktop applications
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Looks pretty impressive, particulary the COM abilities.
Neeld Tanksley has written a XPath implementation for Flash, something that should really be in the Flash player already. Good stuff!
Helen Triolo has written a small Flash application that produces a SVG path. Pretty simple but an interesting experiment into how SVG can enrich Flash.
Branden Hall links to a a great tutorial on how to prevent Flash components to download before the first frame, making it possible to use a preloader.
Macromedia keeps releaseing new Flash players. This time there are updates concerning Linux support, better Actionscript performance, custom HTTP headers and more.
Greg Burch is another-macromedian-with-a-weblog.


