[flexcoders] You are the product

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

 

Hello developers,


I have come to some unfortunate conclusions about how Adobe operates. I would be interested to get your opinions on the matter. 

Some years ago I helped build out a desktop application using Macromedia Director. It ran on both Mac and Windows, and was heavily backed by web services. In principle it was much like an Adobe AIR app might be today. After a few years Adobe bought Macromedia Director, with promises to the developer community that they would continue to support it. They came out with a few maintenance releases that were extremely buggy, enough so that we tried to roll back to the previous version. However, Adobe made sure there were some gotchas that made it painful to either stay on the current version or roll back. Shortly thereafter they killed Director altogether. 

An Adobe evangelist came to our office and sold us hard on moving to Adobe AIR, which we did. We completely re-wrote our application on that platform. Now, several years later, Adobe is very obviously moving away from AIR and towards HTML5, again with promises to their loyal developers to continue supporting it. 

Based on their history what I expect Adobe to do is kill AIR before too long. And you should have no doubts that they can make it very painful to remain on that platform. For example, AIR apps use whatever version of Adobe Reader is installed on the client machine. Adobe Reader updates happen independently of updates to the AIR run time. The latest update to Adobe Reader broke certain aspects of our client application, something that might directly hurt our business. What can you do when the HTMLLoader object no longer correctly displays a PDF? What I expected Adobe to do - and what the evangelist led me to believe - was that Adobe would evolve AIR and Flash Builder towards HTML5 over time, bringing all of us along with them. But they don't do that. They scorch the earth and start over.

So, what's next? I suppose we will hear from Adobe before too long that we should run out, buy PhoneGap Builder 1.0, and once again chase their code-once-deploy-everywhere carrot. 

We are not the customer. We are the product. We are the means by which Adobe makes money for their shareholders, nothing more.  I suppose in true jaded developer fashion this should come as no shock to me. But the truth is, it never feels nice to be a pawn in someone else's game.

Kevin

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[Developers_For_Ever] Graphics Designer is needed for some tasks

SA,
 
A graphics designer is needed with the following Qualifications:

Artistic ability and using hand drawings.
Familiar with working with software designs (mobile).
Graphics cutting techniques.
High details in small view.
Be able to include 3D effect to the designs.
3D modeling is needed as well.
Ability to create new fonts. 

Samples of the needed graphics:
   
 3D effect with icons

Backgrounds and frames with this level of details
Please Reply on this mail: hamza.menna@gmail.com

Regards,
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Re: [flexcoders] E-Mail from flex.

 

Super Thanks!
 
Cheers,
Venkat.
 
 

From: Dave Glasser <dglasser@pobox.com>
To: "flexcoders@yahoogroups.com" <flexcoders@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 8:29 AM
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] E-Mail from flex.
 
If you're only sending mail, it's fairly simple with the Javamail API:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javamail/index.html

Your flex app would send the parts of the email message to the server and the server would construct the message and send it using the Javamail API, and smtp or smtps.

Only if you're going to be reading mail in your flex app would you have to worry about POP3 or IMAP.

From: Venkat M <venkat_yum@yahoo.com>
To: "flexcoders@yahoogroups.com" <flexcoders@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 6:30 PM
Subject: [flexcoders] E-Mail from flex.


Hi All,
 
I have an application that is developed on Flex and JAVA on the backend. I need to provide a new email form the flex end.
I will create a field for to email id/ subject/ body in flex and will pass it to java backend. Can some help what has to be done at java end?
What email type can be used? Is a valid email/password enough? I was also asked to evaluate SMTP/POP3/IMAP options also. Can you help?
 
Thanks!
 
Cheers,
Venkat.
 
 






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[Developers_For_Ever] Question: Check webpage availability...

 

Hi,
I have an issue, I want to check if a certain url is valide one or not, so I used:
 HttpWebRequest  request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);//url: is the one I need to check its availability)
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
//and then I returned the: response.StatusCode.ToString(), it always return found!!! although the website isn't valide.
For instance, "http://www.google.co.uk"  => Found
"http://www.googleeeee.co.uk" => Found !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please, I need your opinions.
Thanks in advance.
Marwa Ahmad

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Re: [flexcoders] E-Mail from flex.

 

If you're only sending mail, it's fairly simple with the Javamail API:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javamail/index.html

Your flex app would send the parts of the email message to the server and the server would construct the message and send it using the Javamail API, and smtp or smtps.

Only if you're going to be reading mail in your flex app would you have to worry about POP3 or IMAP.

From: Venkat M <venkat_yum@yahoo.com>
To: "flexcoders@yahoogroups.com" <flexcoders@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 6:30 PM
Subject: [flexcoders] E-Mail from flex.


Hi All,
 
I have an application that is developed on Flex and JAVA on the backend. I need to provide a new email form the flex end.
I will create a field for to email id/ subject/ body in flex and will pass it to java backend. Can some help what has to be done at java end?
What email type can be used? Is a valid email/password enough? I was also asked to evaluate SMTP/POP3/IMAP options also. Can you help?
 
Thanks!
 
Cheers,
Venkat.
 
 




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Re: [Developers_For_Ever] من فضلكم يا جماعه عاوز Salary Survey

 

خطوة كويسة جدا منك يا استاذ محمد
 وفعلا حاجة مفيد جدا ان الواحد يكون عارف متوسط المرتب كام بالنسبة لعدد معين من سنين الخبرة علشان ميضحكش علينا
ويا ريت كل الناس تشارك علشان الفايدة تكون أكبر

وشكرا
 

From: mohamed kamel <mik_human@yahoo.com>
To: "Developers_For_Ever@yahoogroups.com" <Developers_For_Ever@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 4, 2011 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Developers_For_Ever] من فضلكم يا جماعه عاوز Salary Survey
 
مع احترامي لكل اراؤكم يا جماعه انا هاخد خطوة واكون عملي ونشرت الاستبيان فيه اسم الشركة اختياري ومع احترامي للاخ ميدو احنا هنا بنطلب معلومة تقدر تتفاوض بيها مع الشركة اللي بتديك العرض انت هتعرف قيمة خبرتك ازاي لو انت ما تعرفش كمتوسط زملائك بنفس عدد سنين الخبرة بياخدو مرتب كام

From: Alaa Farag <alaafqandil@gmail.com>
To: Developers_For_Ever@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, December 2, 2011 8:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Developers_For_Ever] من فضلكم يا جماعه عاوز Salary Survey
 
 فعلا يا أستاذ ميدو، بيعتمد على السياسه الداخليه للشركه و لك حق القبول من عدمه.
و لكن.. لو فى شخص عايز يعرف المرتب الفلانى ده عالى ولا مش عالى، يعرف منين؟
لو حد عايز يعرف متوسط المرتب قبل ما يمضى على العقد اللى هايمتد لمده سنه أو سنتين أو أكثر، يعمل إيه؟؟
أنا أقترح شيت على جوجل مثلا اكسل و كل شخص يكتب القيمه بأمانه :) وفى نفس الوقت ميذكرش اسمه ولا شركته ولا شئ و يكتب المنصب بتاعه و يكتب عدد سنوات الخبره
ثم يتم حساب المتوسط فى خانه ما عن كل منصب و عن كل سنه خبره
و يبقى مرجع لنا كلنا المصريين فى بلدنا و بكده يبقى خدمنا بعضنا البعض و عملنا شئ مفيد و أيضا ألزمنا أصحاب العمل بعدم اعطاء أى رقم أقل من هذا المتوسط.
و نفس الشكل للذى يعمل خارج مصر و هكذا
انا متخيل ان ممكن الشيت يبقى بابليك مفيش مشكله! ولا إيه؟ :)



Best Regards,
-------------------
ِAlaa Farag


On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 2:14 PM, mido <hamadaaa_7@yahoo.com> wrote:
 
Ya gama3a el mafrood maykonsh feeh el klam dah 3lshan el salary depends on:

Company policy or your capabilities w b3deen fel awel wel a7'er it's an offer

 w mn 7a2ak accept or refuse.
 
w de my personal opinion.

Eng.Mohamed Morsy
Software Developer
Egypt Linx Co.
Cairo-Egypt
hamadaaa_7@yahoo.com
+20121382409
From: ingy magdy <ingyshafique@yahoo.com>
To: "Developers_For_Ever@yahoogroups.com" <Developers_For_Ever@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 1, 2011 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Developers_For_Ever] من فضلكم يا جماعه عاوز Salary Survey

 
Ah ya reet ya gama3a... wyasalam law ma3ahom salary survey for: graphic designers - multimedia designers - web/Graphic designers

From: mohamed kamel <mik_human@yahoo.com>
To: "Developers_For_Ever@yahoogroups.com" <Developers_For_Ever@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 12:56 PM
Subject: [Developers_For_Ever] من فضلكم يا جماعه عاوز Salary Survey

 
 من فضلكم يا جماعه ما فيش حد عنده دليل مرنبات مطوري برامج الكمبيوتر في مصر ويكون حديث ولو هو مش موجود باستأذن الادمن انه يعمل علي الجروب حاجة زي كده.4 









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[flexcoders] Re: getting the total of values of an array collection that is updated manually

 

Guys any help on how to get to what alex is suggested?

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[Windows Azure] Fw: [KUDevelopers] Software Engineers (.Net & C++) Required at Elixir Technologies

 



----- Forwarded Message -----
From: saq!b <saqib_rasheed2000@yahoo.com>
To:
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 3:16 PM
Subject: [KUDevelopers] Software Engineers (.Net & C++) Required at Elixir Technologies

 

Elixir seeks Software Developers (Dot Net & C/C++) to be based in Islamabad
1) Software Engineer (DotNet Development)
Job Requirements:
* Computer Science or Engineering degree from a reputable university
* Knowledge of .Net Framework 1.1 and 2.0 & 3.5
* Knowledge of C#, ASP.Net and ADO.Net
* Good understanding of OOA/D, MS SQL Server 2005, XML and related technologies, JAVA script, AJAX, CSS and IIS.
* XSLT knowledge will be a plus.
Preference will be given to those having around one year experience, but fresh graduates are also encouraged to apply.

2) Software Engineer (C/C++ Development)
Job Requirements: 
* Computer Science or Engineering degree from a reputable university
* Sound understanding of C/C++
* Experience in standard C++ and development exposure on multiple platforms
* Must have 1 – 3 years of experience in developing C/C++ applications

 
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RE: [flexcoders] E-Mail from flex.

 

There are some back-end Java messaging APIs available.  The Flex app needs to connect to the chosen Java Messaging API.  There is some plumbing involved.  An easier, faster, cleaner, better way to use ColdFusion.

 

--Bill

 

From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Venkat M
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 6:31 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] E-Mail from flex.

 

 

Hi All,

 

I have an application that is developed on Flex and JAVA on the backend. I need to provide a new email form the flex end.

I will create a field for to email id/ subject/ body in flex and will pass it to java backend. Can some help what has to be done at java end?

What email type can be used? Is a valid email/password enough? I was also asked to evaluate SMTP/POP3/IMAP options also. Can you help?

 

Thanks!

 

Cheers,

Venkat.

 

 

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[egyptian_developers] Senior Software Developer

 

Senior Software Developer
Software development company, specializing in developing standards compliance software for the North American market, looking for senior software developers to work on market-leading document compliance software. The company is based in Madinet Nasr and offers a competitive salary and benefits. Ideal candidates have:
- A university degree in computer science, engineering or equivalent.
- Excellent command of the English language.
- 4+ years in programming experience including 3+ years in C# and C++.
- SQL knowledge is a plus.
- Knowledge of HTML structure is a plus.
Notes:
· ONLY apply if you meet our afore mentioned requirements
· Write "Senior Software Developer" in the subject line of your email.
· Rename your CV file to your full name only.
· Include your earliest starting date.
Please send your CV/resume to :
recruit@net-centric.com

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