Tour De Flex

If you liked the Flex2/3 explorer, you have to check this one out.

Tour de Flex includes over 200 runnable samples, each with source code, links to documentation, and other details. Topics include the Flex Core Components, Flex Data Access, AIR Desktop Capabilities, Cloud APIs, Data Visualization, Mapping, and a growing collection of custom components, effects, skins, etc.


Install the AIR application and explore its capabilities.
Such as Web Services

UI components and effects

and much more...

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Running on (Adobe) AIR

I was working on some interesting prototypes using Adobe Flex recently..

Well… some of them got achieved before more than 2 people saw them, while others got some traction.

One of the demos I supported was the SAP xApps Spend Analytics demo, shown during Adobe MAX this week.

SAP xApp Spend Analytics is a next generation analytic application that allows organizations and the end users to consolidate their spend data for end to end visibility into their supplier base. Identify savings and sourcing opportunities and to facilitate regulatory and internal compliance while identifying Supplier's rationalization opportunities.

The application is based on SAP Business Intelligence (SAP NetWeaver), and it aggregates data from heterogeneous data sources, prepares and enriches the data for analysis and accurately classifies the spend data for budgeting and sourcing savings.

Note: SAP xApp Spend Analytics is currently in Ramp-Up, so please stay tuned to additional information on SAP.com.

(Additional SAP Spend Analytics information is available here)
(Adobe Max keynote coverage is available here and here)

some screen shots:

Opening a briefing book from a list of available books on the server




Sorting data




Using the page-flip experience...

The most interesting part of the demo ( at least from my point of view ) was showing a scenario when the presenter added some information, gathered during off-line, by D&D a table from MS-Excel into the book, as well as updating the book’s data from the server (per page or the whole book).


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Technorati Tags: beta, Adobe, Flex, AIR, Demo, Beta, AdobeMax, SAP

Adobe's Buzz(word) and Share

Great buzz around Adobe's Acquisition of Virtual Ubiquity, the developers of Buzzword (previous review) ,as well as on the new sharing service.

Buzzword



Share





And yet again we see the page-flip feature...


Will Adobe step into the 'office 2.0' space, leveraging their experience in content creation and collaboration?

It seems Adobe is focusing on 'documents' and not on every type of office-file-format.

In any case - yet another new shining way to collaborate available now...

However - the interesting part is how would Buzzword use the Adobe AIR off-line capabilities.
Many other 'on-line' applications are using Google Gear or a similar local-server solutions, for going off-line. I am looking forward to see if Adobe will make Buzzword an example for AIR capabilities, in the loosely-connected scenarios.



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Technorati Tags: beta, Adobe, Buzzword, Flex

Buzzword Preview

I was looking into "Buzzword" an Adobe Flex based word-processor from developed by virtub.

Beyond beta related issues (loosing connection to the server and other errors), the Buzzword behave as an application (not as a Web application / Website).

Like other current (online) word processors, Buzzword is focused on the practical features and not on everything.

The main features I liked were:

1. Group Tool Tip - When hovering on the toolbar, Buzzword present the tips to all the items in the category - allowing the user to find what s/he looking for without the need to 'click around' for help.
   
   
   
   
2. Table Controller - Buzzword introduce a very simple and powerful interface for controlling a table. It is simple to use the toolbar (as in other applications), and you could also edit/control the table, using in-place controller. It is really cool way to add and remove rows and columns without looking context.
   
   
   
   
3. Color Schemes - Buzzword makes it easy to select and to use matching colors across the document. Just select a scheme and stay with it.
   
   

There are many other nice features, some are common and some may differentiate Buzzword from other similar offerings.

For early access to "Buzzword" click here.


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Technorati Tags: beta, Adobe, Buzzword, Flex

Adobe Flex Prototypes

I am working on some prototypes using Adobe Flex (again).

The applications I'm prototyping merge information from several systems and hopefully would have a cool UI...

Adobe Flex has a great 'out of the box' containers, controllers and other layout capabilities, which make it a great tool for building these type of applications.

As you can imagine, some custom containers are required to enhance the basic capabilities and experiences.

Many good people are creating these components and sharing/selling them.
For example, the Adobe Flex Exchange, Andrew Trice Blog and Quietly Scheming (as shown).



I am using the Flex Style Explorer to create and test CSS play with visuals ideas.

Back to Flex syntax now...

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