Featureblend.com just released new Javascript Flash utilities.

By scott

A friend and colleague of mine Carl Yestrau just released a few Javascript Flash utilities. Check them out and let him know what you think. “I am happy to share with the Flash community a series of JavaScript Flash utilities. All are freely available under the BSD license. A detailed set of supporting documentation is available online.

JavaScript Flash Detection Library (Flash Detect)
A JavaScript library designed to simplify the process of detecting if the Flash Player is installed in a Web Browser. Major, minor and revision version information is made available in the API.

JavaScript Flash HTML Generator Library (Flash TML)
A JavaScript library designed to simplify the process of generating the required HTML for adding a Flash movie to a web document. Follows a standards compliant approach to markup generation using the object element.

I hope these libraries serve you well!”

Yahoo launches Flex based Messenger - Wow

By scott

So how’s this for enterprise level Flex applications. Yahoo! Messenger launched their beta version of it’s web-based Flex Messenger application today. Currently the beta is only available in select parts of the world, rest of the world check back soon. Congratulations to all involved.

  The Messenger desktop application already has hundreds of millions of users, not only is this a huge win for Flex but it is a huge win for increasing the penetration rates of Flash Player 9 which are already at 84%.

This is just the beginning, stay tuned to see what else Yahoo! has up their sleeves.

Take that Silverlight