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Wow, I really have to see this acid caster run. But first...
Part 20: Havendale Bridge is a really fun dungeon. You should really do that bank quest (if you haven't already), because that will get you the quest for elite items, which we both know are GREAT. Hmm... Wizards aren't great for Havendale. The unrand boss has magic res. Even still, Wizards are one of the best classes in the game, so it works fine. Wow, this is unbelievable. Fine Sword, Troll Heart, GETINDARE, APHEELSIK, and MA at LEVEL 1! You should GETINDARE for the kill. Wow, you already forgot the effect of your witchalok pendant. Yes, don't forget your reduced mana costs. You can beat that goat RIGHT NOW. Seriously, did you forget your GETINDARE ALREADY? You can literally hit and GETINDARE the goat, but since you seem to have forgotten GETINDARE, whatever. This is wasteful. I know over exploration isn't that important, but you can flat out murder a level 3 at level 1 and there is no reason not to. You must have forgotten GETINDARE. If not, this is inexcusably bad. Mystic Balance is actually BAD for Wizards. Generally, Wizards LOVE refreshment and magic. Here's a hint: If 1 level higher kills are easy, THEN KILL 2 LEVEL HIGHER MONSTERS. Good, you are gong for tougher monsters. You are TOTALLY misplaying your witchalok pendant. You want to use your fireballs after your first attack, so the 60% stoneskin gets you a second one. If you can see the bosses bone piles, always explore that way. There are 2 bosses in every hard dungeon except Creeplight. Wow, that was a lucky pick. You are a spell caster with GETINDARE and CYDSTEPP. Beyond a Taurog murderer, it is literally the best set up. You definitely need to level up kill Bleaty so you can get 2 CYDSTEPPs. Alternatively, you could take MA's weakening boon to lower his resists. Also, it is entirely possible to take a hit from Bleaty. It is possible to take hits from monsters that do 450 damage without CYDSTEPP (and indeed a challenge forces you to do this). Seriously, for a wizard, your glyph use is embarrassing. You have totally ignored GETINDARE which you could have used incredibly effectively, the PISORF could be used to smack Bleaty for physical, circumventing his spell resistances, and APHEELSIK could have been used for even higher level kills. See? As long as you are hauling these glyphs around, USE THEM. Don't just ignore them until Refreshment. Also, EVERY HARD DUNGEON HAS A UNIQUE BOSS! Seriously, you need to check the dungeon panel beforehand or you risk confusing newer players who think SMM could spawn instead of the unrand boss. There is a massive chunk of exploration. There is no reason to slow a level 7 meat man, as you cannot one shot it. Good job removing druid DPs. Oh, now you use the GETINDARE. AGES after it could have been useful. And then you don't even finish the boss with it and don't even bother thinking about it. Just convert a glyph or explore one of your 4 tiles. And that is what math is for. 42+2 does not equal 45. Okay, you may have crushed this run, but regardless it was not a good run. It was a lucky one (although you did play well, just not great).
KEY POINTS: If you are carrying a glyph, USE IT! Seriously, these glyphs all have many uses and in every dungeon you will be able to find AT LEAST one ideal situation per glyph. PISORF circumvents magic res, GETINDARE could have saved you a ton of resources, APHEELSIK enabled higher level kills. Also, excluding Creeplight Ruins, all hard dungeons have one random boss, and at least one unrand boss. Your witchalok pendant use was abominable. Seriously. You use it in between hits 1 and 2 (or after one so you can do two without dying).
Thief and Rogue Bronzes: First of all, this should be episode 21! All of your other class challenge ones are. And this took 30 mins? What? You must have a misclick. The Thief Challenges are the most fun. They are thematic and give a unique reward. Good job precasting. It makes this challenge rather easy. As a minor tip, always take hits from the level 1 and use GETINDAREs on the level 3s/4s. If you don't need the attack booster right then, then don't pick it up. The fine sword is actually less valuable than a row of charms... You should be GETINDAREing more stuff. See, if you had been taking hits from level 1s, you wouldn't be out of exploration. The biggest chests have the biggest rewards (at least in bronze). In Silver the level 5 chest is the key. And you picked the wrong chest. Except you dodged, so whatever. You can convert GETINDARE. That ruined everything. Now you can't one shot the box. What on earth are you doing? Just open the chest! You forgot the thief's stabber ability. This is dumb. You could have won awhile ago with feeling parched. This is why you CAN'T forget class traits. You could just CONVERT BUNRDAYRAZ and save the mana. This is ridiculously elaborate and unnecessary. Orc rogue is better than human rogue 99% of the time. This is a rather nice start. The level 10s in rogue bronze are basically Tomithy in a normal (or maybe even easy) dungeon. Your ENDISWALing is terrible. Seriously, beyond cross intersections (walls in 4 directions), you should only ENDISWAL T's (of course this is assuming you haven't already explored around it. You only ENDISWAL the nearest walls. It's strange to think some people don't even consider what is best when they ENDISWAL. It becomes so automatic once you do it enough. Curse cancels temporary resists (Stoneskin) too. Actually, you are totally wrong. You could kill the boss right now between your glyphs. THE BOSSES ARE RIDICULOUSLY WEAK. You can two-shot them! WHY DOES IT NOT OCCUR TO YOU THAT A BOSS CAN BE KILLED AT LEVEL 6? Well, that's a win. Seeing as you are about to kill yourself in some embarrassing method and have to redo it (just please look at the prediction screen). I'm pressed for time, so I am skipping the rerun.
KEY POINTS: Don't forget this should be Episode 21. You need to consider the walls you blow up, not just blow up the nearby ones.
Episode 21: Oh, this ought to be fun! I'm no pro with the acid caster, but I'll gives the tips I can. And there is your EM. Oh wow, a level 9 serpent. That is the ideal target for an acid caster. As an Acidcaster, you can basically IMAWAL all of your level 1-3s and then any level 7-9s which you don't want to kill. Also, when under EM, ALWAYS take one hit of Entanglement. Then you can use "brick exp" to level up and get 3 more fireballs on your target. While IMAWALing Plants saves popcorn, it nets less piety. If you can get both, that's even better. Honestly, if you want to learn how to play the spider temple, the wiki page on it is VERY helpful. MOAR PLANTS! Seriously, in future, brick all of your low level guys. Why not make it a mid-fight level up, or even better, don't level up yet! You dream to low. You can get the level 9. You could have saved the potion by exploring a tile and IMAWALing to get the 10 piety to clearance for the kill. Convoluted, but more efficient. This is a rather toned down acidcaster, but nice job regardless. SMM. Tough pick, but actually he is really weak vs corrosion. Ironically, the opposite of what you just said is true: The MORE health the better corrosion is for regen fighting (unless you are planning to dumbly spike him, in which case good luck). You could literally go kill him right now. What? You AREN'T regen fighting SMM? I admire your courage, sir, but this is just foolishness! Alrightm good. You are regen fighting him. Why would you have a problem regen fighting SMM? You really should just keep regen fighting SMM. I don't know why you won't. It's better to save the plantation for the second boss. You use potions as the most unnecessary times. You could have just regenerated 2 tiles. You're right. That was harder than it should have been, or needed to be. You need to remember than Stheno requires you to kill everything. Stheno is going to be an absolute joke. If you just kill everything you will ave so many blood stains plantation will be crazy. In case you didn't no this, if you have no resists, and don't want to use a Binlor altar, desecrate it. The punishment does nothing if you don't have resists. You are totally underestimating your power. If you IMAWAL a plant you can Plantation again. Dang, you could have gotten Hoarder if you used Clearance FTW. That was very inefficient potion use. Yes, Ick is unlocked by a subdungeon.
KEY POINTS: More Bricking as an acid caster. Use "brick exp" to get an early mid-fight level up kill. Think before you use a potion. Often there are many ways to avoid having to use the potion.


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GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A psychiatrist pleaded guilty Wednesday and was sentenced to 30 days in jail for planting booby traps that injured Oregon mountain bikers riding down national forest trails outside Ashland.
After pleading guilty to assault and reckless endangering, Dr. Jackson Dempsey apologized to the mountain bikers, his family and the mental health community in Jackson County Circuit Court in Medford. But he did not explain what led him to string nylon cords across the trails, and put nails and small trees in the path.
Besides the 30 days in jail, Judge Lorenzo Mejia ordered Dempsey to stay away from national forest trails for the two years he is on probation.
"That was an important piece" of the plea agreement, said Deputy District Attorney Alisa Ray. "It was a good resolution that met the needs of the cycling community."
Dempsey has until May 20 to report to jail.
Ray said reports from the investigation indicated Dempsey walked his dog on the trails and did not like the mountain bikers who regularly rode by on downhill runs.
Local mountain bikers were regularly clearing the obstacles, but they would go back up again, Ray said. Three people suffered minor injuries. Among them was an Ashland mountain biking tour leader, who ran into one of the small trees dragged across a trail.
Dempsey was arrested last July after being spotted near some booby traps. He was a psychiatrist for Jackson County when he was arrested, but no longer has that job.
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Healing Anger
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All the world's major religions emphasize the importance of the practice of love, compassion, and tolerance. This is particularly true in the Buddhist traditions, which unanimously state that compassion and love are the foundation of all paths of practice. To cultivate the potential for compassion and love inherent within us, it is crucial to counteract their opposing forces of anger and hatred.
In this book, the Dalai Lama shows how through the practice of patience and tolerance we can overcome the obstacles of anger and hatred. He bases his discussion on A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life, the classic work on the activities of Bodhisattvas—those who aspire to attain full enlightenment in order to benefit all beings.
"The writings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama have done more to familiarize the general public with Shantideva than any other teachings. I am indebted to his commentaries, and especially to his book Healing Anger." —Pema Chödrön, author of When Things Fall Apart
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"The techniques and methods presented here are relevant not only for Buddhist practitioners, but for all who seek to improve themselves. Through these teachings and by his own example, the Dalai Lama shows the power that patience and tolerance have to heal anger and to generate peace in the world." —Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies
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Jonathan Dailey: Body found in river identified as missing Boston grad student, authorities say
(CBS/AP) BOSTON - Authorities say a body found Tuesday in Boston's Charles River is Jonathan Dailey, an architecture graduate student from North Carolina who has been missing for about a week.
PICTURES: Body of missing Boston grad student found
The Suffolk District Attorney's office said the remains were identified from dental records as those of the 23-year-old Charlotte man, who had been studying at Boston Architectural College.
Jake Wark, spokesman for District Attorney Daniel Conley, said Dailey's death remains under investigation and the cause has not been determined.
"We rule out no possibility and we promise Mr. Dailey's family a thorough, comprehensive search for the truth as we investigate his death," he said in a statement.
The body was seen in the river at about 7:30 a.m. by a Boston University rowing coach who notified police. Two sources told CBS Boston that there were chains around the ankles of the body attached to two cinder blocks.
Dailey's roommate and longtime friend Miles Smith, 23, has said he last saw Dailey at their apartment in Boston's Allston neighborhood on Oct. 2, after Dailey returned from work at an American Apparel clothing store.
Smith told reporters he does not believe someone would want to harm his roommate, CBS Boston reports.
"Absolutely not, he was very charismatic, a great friend to all he met," he says. "A tough tease, but everyone knew it was in good nature."
Members of Dailey's family had come to Boston to help search for him.
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Intrepid former Algonquin intern David Bradley and his trusty sidekick, Lucky the Leprechaun, hit the road for a tour of (almost all) the coolest, hippest, greatest indie bookstores in the United States. Join us for the journey…
TEMPE, Arizona — Ladies and gentlemen, I am in love. Changing Hands Bookstore swept me off my feet, stole my heart, had me at "hello." There's a perfect bookstore out there for everyone, and Changing Hands happens to be mine. It has that energy, that swinging verve, that effervescent joy that immediately reminds me just how amazing independent bookstores truly are. But, it stops short of overpowering you. If you want to share in the booksellers' enthusiasm, hang around the counters or the main walkway. But when you find that book you've been searching for (or didn't know you were searching for), scurry off the primary path and you'll find comfortable reading chairs stashed in sweet seclusion.
That feeling was enough to sell me, but Changing Hands had more to offer. The store is large and houses a great selection of books. It has a kid's section that swirls books and toys into a near-paralyzing concoction of childhood wonder. It has new books, used books, sale books, even a selection of free books on a table outside! And they've managed the much-more-difficult-than-you-imagine task of combining their new and used inventory in the same system. (You don't have to search for your favorite authors in the New and then in the Used areas. Just find them once and — Bam! — you get both options right in front of you.) Oh, and if you get hungry or thirsty, they have a local café attached next door, Wildflower Bread Company. Really, the Changing Hands staff should be glad that I had more bookstores scheduled, because I was ready to buy a cot and stay in that store forever.
And Phoenix residents, get ready, because Changing Hands will soon open a new store in downtown Phoenix. And it's going to have beer and wine on tap. BYOC — Bring Your Own Cot. (But don't really do that, please. I'm sure having people live in your store breaks all kinds of health and safety codes).
General Manager Cindy Dach took the time to answer our Algonquin Questionnaire.
When did Changing Hands Bookstore first open?
April 1, 1974. We opened on April Fool's Day and adopted the Fool as our unofficial mascot.
What was in this location before Changing Hands moved in?
It was actually a Walgreen's. Funny enough, our spiritual books section sits right where the pharmacy used to be.
What is the oddest book you've had on the shelves?
This isn't generally odd, but we had a book about how to build a wooden boat by hand. Useful in some areas of the country, but in Tempe there isn't much water to put a boat in. That book stayed on the shelves for a long time.
What is the oddest non-book item on the shelves?
We sell this essential oil spray made for bathroom use. It's called Poo-Pouri (and sells really well).
What is your favorite Algonquin title and your favorite overall summer title?
The Art Forger is definitely my favorite Algonquin book. It's such a great blend of mystery, memoir, and real life. My summer recommendation is The Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra. It's just out in hardcover, and the writing is great
Is there a staff cocktail of choice?
Most of our staff favor beer and wine. There is a local craft brew called Four Peaks that we all really enjoy. And we're looking forward to sampling the wines on tap when our new store is up and running.
What is the strangest question asked since you've worked at Changing Hands?
Our bookseller Danielle was once asked if she would read the first paragraph of a book over the phone to one of our customers. Danielle did exactly that, but I think the customer ended up choosing another book when she came in.
Next stop: Bookworks in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
*Note: The Lucky Tour posts are not in real time. David and Lucky have returned from their travels with great tales and many, many books. Stay tuned for more road stories…


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Please welcome Ingrid Jonach to the virtual offices this morning. Ingrid is here to discuss her Strange Chemistry release When the World was Flat (and we were in love), and she has giveaway for you to enter after!
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Describe yourself in 140 characters or less.
[Ingrid Jonach] Eek. This one is really HARD! Here I go: A positive, yet pragmatic, person who has a lot of drive and determination, but tends to be easily distracted by daydreams.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Can you tell us a little about When the World was Flat?
[Ingrid Jonach] With pleasure! When the World was Flat (and we were in love) is my debut young adult novel, which is very exciting (for me, at least!). It is also my first foray into both romance and science fiction. It is being published by the good folks at Strange Chemistry, who are based in the United Kingdom.
The story is told from the perspective of sixteen year old Lillie Hart, who is completely confused by her feelings towards the new arrival in her small town – Tom Windsor-Smith. As she starts to break down the walls of his seemingly impenetrable exterior, she starts to suspect that he holds the answers to her reoccurring nightmares and to the impossible memories which keep bubbling to the surface of her mind — memories of the two of them, together and in love.
When she at last learns the truth about their connection, she discovers that Tom has been hiding an earth-shattering secret; a secret that is bigger — and much more terrifying and beautiful — than the both of them. She also discovers that once you finally understand that the world is round, there is no way to make it flat again.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] How did you come up with the concept and the characters for the story?
[Ingrid Jonach] I was actually inspired by Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. The first draft was supposed to be a modern adaption, so the genre was contemporary romance with no science fiction elements at all. In that sense, Tom was very much Mr. Darcy and Lillie was Elizabeth Bennet (although a lot less confident!).
I actually came up with her friends (Josephine Green and Sylvia Dartmouth) after I watched the first Sex and the City movie and was inspired by the camaraderie and competition between close female friends (there actually used to be a fourth member of the group, who was removed during revisions. She was the naysayer of the group, which is a role that ended up being taken on by Jo). I am not sure how I came up with Deb (who is one of my favorite characters). My mother is an artist, but is not flakey like Deb!
The science fiction elements were woven through during the second draft (and then developed in further revisions). These elements are long held theories of mine (without giving too much away), which seemed to work well with the storyline. As I researched the science behind the theories (particularly the work and life of Albert Einstein), I became more convinced that these theories not only belonged in the story, but took it to a whole other level.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three words best describe Lillie?
[Ingrid Jonach] Loyal.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] If Tom had a theme song, what would it be?
[Ingrid Jonach] The Scientist by Coldplay. I think it totally sums up his feelings towards Lillie.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Name one thing Lillie is never without.
[Ingrid Jonach] Her camera. She is an avid photographer. And I am talking about old-fashioned darkroom photography, not Instagram!
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three things will you never find in Tom's pocket?
[Ingrid Jonach] A cell phone. He likes to stay off the grid.
Credit cards. They leave a trail. He is more of a wads-of-cash kind of guy.
Lint. His clothes are always brand new. He hardly ever sticks around long enough to wear his whole wardrobe.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What are your greatest creative influences?
[Ingrid Jonach] I grew up in a creative household. My mother and step-father were both visual artists, which meant I spent a lot of time at art exhibitions and in art galleries, as well as mixing with visual artists, musicians, actors and poets. I definitely think this cultivated my creativity. Also, my cousin is bestselling romance novelist Di Morrissey, who has been so supportive of me and my writing career.
There is a quote in the film Quills from the Abbe du Coulmier that I adore: The writer who produces more than he reads? The sure mark of an amateur. I read voraciously, as most writers do, with my greatest influences being Jane Austen, Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl, John Marsden, Victor Kelleher, and more recently Lauren Child, Sonya Hartnett, Sarah Dessen and Suzanne Collins.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three things do you need in order to write?
[Ingrid Jonach] My laptop. I am no good at writing longhand anymore.
The internet. I often have about twenty tabs up while I am writing on random topics I have been researching.
Snacks. This avoids any procrastination in the form of wandering to the pantry or fridge!
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What was your biggest distraction while working on When the World was Flat?
[Ingrid Jonach] Work. I actually ended up quitting my job in order to finish the manuscript, which was probably the smartest (and most difficult) decision I have ever made in my life! I really like my day job though, so I am trying to have my cake and eat it too at the moment.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What is the last book that you read that knocked your socks off?
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First on the list of the twelve apostles is the name of Saint Peter, the first Pope. His name was originally Simon, but was changed to "Peter" when Christ designated him as the "Rock" on which the Church was to be built:
"And I say to you: That you are Peter; and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." (Matthew 16:18).
Saint Peter was a fisherman, born at Bethsaida, on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. From there, while he was casting a net into the water, Our Lord called him to become a fisher of men. Saint Peter is mentioned frequently in the Gospels, and much of his subsequent history is found in the Acts of the Apostles.
We admire his rugged faith when he spoke for his brethren on the occasion of the promise of the Blessed Eucharist:
"Then Jesus said to the twelve: Will all you also go away? And Simon Peter answered him: Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. And we have believed and have known that you are the Christ the Son of God." (John 6:68-70).
A delightful picture of his impetuous love for Christ is painted by Saint John. They were fishing on the Sea of Galilee, when Saint John joyfully exclaimed: "It is the Lord!" Peter hesitated not a moment, but jumped from the boat and swam to the shore, to be the first to greet his Master. There, that day on the sands, Saint Peter made his threefold profession of love: "You know all things; You know that I love You." (St. John 21; 4-17). Yes, even though he had denied Him, he does not fear to make that open declaration of love for his Master.
For twenty-five years Saint Peter lived in Rome as the first Pope. Under the persecution of Nero he was cast into the Mamertine Prison, whence after eight months he was led out to be martyred. On hearing that he was to be crucified, he asked that he might be crucified with his head downwards, for he was not worthy to suffer in the same way as his Divine Master.
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40. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?Daniel Pride Mar 17, 2010 11:06 AM (in response to injpix)
Your link just generates an error.
If you could repost it for me.
I have been working with beta 2.
Three with amf was a GREAT product, wish I had stayed there.
41. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?tinylion_uk Mar 17, 2010 11:51 AM (in response to si-robertson)
Agreed. I just didn't like the way you asked the question. I just thought it didn't show the proper respect we should when talking to each other. Maybe I read your words with more venom in them than you intended when you wrote them. Either way, I can apologise if I read shouting where none was intended.
Totally valid question, just think asked politely gets you further. Im English, I cant help it (that was an attempt at humour)
Just hang in there is all anyone can say to you.
Just dont take your frustration out on the developers, who we know are working their ***** off, same as we all do everyday.
tinylion development & design
42. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?injpix Mar 17, 2010 11:52 AM (in response to Daniel Pride)
The link works for me.
Go here:
Then click on the FX logo/image. Which will bring you to this page:
On this page, there is an Overview section with a Flex 4 link. Click on it, to bring you to a page that will have the following, "Download builds of Flex 4 from here".
If you click on the here link, it will direct you to the link I orginally posted. Then under Nightly Builds, download the Adobe Flex SDK (~166mb)
43. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?tinylion_uk Mar 17, 2010 11:53 AM (in response to tuxedo)
Is ok. I think I was just feeling a bit over protective. Had been having an ear full from a client all morning because we cant do 2 months work in 2 weeks.
so every one. I was stressed leave it at that. I get a bit protective of devs being shouted at lol
I'll get my coat.....
tinylion development & design
44. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?tinylion_uk Mar 17, 2010 12:03 PM (in response to Fredrik Borgström)
Hi look I wasn't commenting on the QUESTION. Which is of course perfectly valid. I get it
It was just I thought the tone wasn't helpful
As ive said elsewhere, if I read your posts differently than you intended then lets just put it down to forums lack of inflection makes it sometimes easy to read the tone incorrectly.
Again, valid question.
tinylion development & design
45. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?Frustrated Entusiast Mar 17, 2010 12:17 PM (in response to tinylion_uk)
>> Just dont take your frustration out on the developers, who we know are working their ***** off, same as we all do everyday.
After a quick courteous read of this, only total morons would disagree. However, if you think about it for a minute, there is a lot that is wrong with this line of thinking. In fact, it is quite damaging.
We are all located somewhere on the overall food chain. If our customers are frustrated and if they are taking it out on us then why should we not pass on that frustration? In turn, Adobe developers should do the same thing and pass on the same frustration up their own food chain.
In fact, Adobe developers have one great advantage over the rest of us. They have forums such as this, where they can direct their suits for some first hand evidence of the overall pain that their decisions are causing.
Sorry, but the more civil and the more polite that we are the less that the caused pain would come across and the more reason the suits would have to carry on as usual.
If I was a betting man, I would bet my last dollar that Matt never thought that he was personally being attacked nor that his own competence was ever in question. Let's ask him. Matt ?
46. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?Fredrik Borgström Mar 17, 2010 12:22 PM (in response to tinylion_uk)
That's a very valid point. I download the nightly builds at least twice a week and things are running more and more trouble-free. That is the best advice really for anyone waiting for the release. Albeit, it won't fix the issue with the trial period expiring. But the Adobe folks at this forum were really helpful to me and got my licence extended. Which you can, if you've got a valid flex 3 serial.
Dude, one day we'll have a beer and laugh at this. I think I just hit my PMS cycle this morning as well..
47. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?claytongulick Mar 17, 2010 12:39 PM (in response to si-robertson)
Maybe the delay is because they changed their minds and decided to go ahead and implement multithreading so we can finally take advantage of multiple cores?
If that was the case, I would be a happy coder guy.
For what it's worth, I work at a large US company that everyone on this forum has probably heard of.
We are in the process of deciding whether to use Flex or Silverlight for our platform. This is a one way decision: once made, for better or worse, that's what we'll be doing for the forseeable future.
I convinced my boss to put space in the budget for 10 FB licenses, in case we decide to go with Flex.
What I can tell you is that the delay and lack of any real news is making my case very difficult for moving forward with Flex. We have a project that we'll be starting on in the next few weeks. The guys who are backing Silverlight have a clear idea of what they'll be getting, when, and at what price.
I'm the only one backing Flex. Basically my argument is "well, there's a lot of really cool stuff coming Real Soon Now (tm)" and "oh, by the way, we've been hearing that for a long time with no update".
I'm sure you can see, this is making my position quite difficult.
Adobe may very well lose a potential long term customer, one of the largest privately held companies in the US, because of their lack of communication.
48. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?Frustrated Entusiast Mar 17, 2010 1:10 PM (in response to Fredrik Borgström)
I do not understand why beta licensing is an issue as if everything else is not enough. Why could beta releases not simply "call home" to some Adobe web service which would indicate if the beta product has already been released? Even then, why should such beta version not run for some 30 days after the commercial release, in order to give everyone some time to upgrade? While these are not developer caused issues, Adobe suits are in effect hiding behind their developers by not themselves being on these front lines, where most of our frustrations would be directed towards them.
When all is said and done, these discussion are quite frank and are surprising quite civil when one considers that they are reflections from users who are facing the clients right in the trenches. There is absolutely no damage that can be caused by such discussions. If one wants gory damaging examples then all one needs to do is to google for any combinations of words such as "adobe flex air silverlight html5 ria" and even "death". Some of the most damaging writings are written by people who claim to be long time Adobe/Flas/Flex/AiR users/developers.
There also continue to be two distinct types of Adobe Flex/AiR use cases out there. One is the more traditional business application developers and the other one is in all of the different artistic areas. While Adobe seems to want to cater to both, it is quite unfortunate that it's taken a BIG BANG approach by which neither get anything until both get everything.
I for one would have rather a stable Q4/2009 release of 1/2 to 2/3 of the features, with everything else showing up even a full year later. While multi threading is important it is a perfect example of non visible functionality that could most likely get delayed with a simple "working on it" promise.
>> Adobe may very well lose a potential long term customer, one of the largest privately held companies in the US, because of their lack of communication.
Somebody higher up in project management needs to be fired, not "any time now" but right now ! Oh, but that would be too disruptive for the stock price, so the dead wood gets to inflict more damage.
49. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?matt_chotin Mar 17, 2010 2:19 PM (in response to Frustrated Entusiast)
I wouldn't recommend taking a guess as to what I'm thinking because you're wrong. Maybe we should be thick-skinned as a bunch of corporate lackeys, but the truth is we do take this stuff personally. Just like you take the feedback from your clients personally because you put your own time into something, we take pride when we get compliments and we feel bad when we get criticized. We're the first to admit when criticism is well-deserved, but when that criticisim comes with a harsh tone we're more likely to ignore it then take it seriously. I actually do agree with the silly saying "you'll catch more flies with honey than vinegar.". Polite and civil will make us more likely to want to help you. You know when it is that I have to get involved in these kinds of threads? When the tone goes out of control. When things are polite you can get faster answers from the people who actually read this all the time. And since I'm less likely to be involved in the future I can tell it like it is :-) (http://blogs.adobe.com/mchotin/archives/2010/02/flex_pm_updates.html).
50. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?matt_chotin Mar 17, 2010 2:26 PM (in response to claytongulick)
I don't get how you can say there haven't been updates. We've said Early 2010 for a long time. When we made the change from Fall 2009 to Early 2010 we blogged about it and tweeted about it and we said why we were making the change and folks thought we were making the right decision.
Some companies announce specific dates, some don't. There are different reasons for doing so and it depends on how it affects your own revenue (yes, we're in this business to make money), competitive considerations, making sure that the press will actually write about something on the day we believe it will have the most impact, etc. We have a public beta available, nightly builds of the SDK available (which if you watch checkin notices and more you can see has totally wound down, indicting finality), and a ton of active community members talking about how to use said beta and SDK. I'm pretty disappointed if the release date is affecting your decision as opposed to the merit of the technology itself (which you can already demo).
51. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?matt_chotin Mar 17, 2010 2:29 PM (in response to Frustrated Entusiast)
>> Somebody higher up in project management needs to be fired, not "any time now" but right now ! Oh, but that would be too disruptive for the stock price, so the dead wood gets to inflict more damage.
You think we're not supposed to take this personally? Take a guess as to why I'm more likely to help someone like Glenn resolve issues (perhaps assisting him with selling to clients) over you.
And since I think this topic has been beaten to death please don't expect further Adobe response in this thread.
52. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?claytongulick Mar 17, 2010 2:41 PM (in response to matt_chotin)
One thing I feel is important to not lose sight of:
The reason I'm pushing so hard for Flex instead of Silverlight is because it is my favorite development platform.
This isn't out of any loyalty to Adobe, or "fan boy" stuff. I code in everything from AVR assembly, to django, to PHP and .Net. I choose Flex purely on the technical merits, I think the team at Adobe has done a fantastic job and created the best client side platform on the market.
I'm a huge fan, and looking forward to Flex 4.
There isn't much I can do about the Flex/Silverlight debate at my company other than point out the relative strengths/weaknesses of each platform.
My earlier post was intended to communicate the real world ramifications of Adobe's chosen approach to releases. This isn't a theory thing, it is what is happening, now, at my company.
We are trying to make plans. The most common question is "When is the next version going to be released?"
This has real consequences on our decision of what platform we use to code, today. The Microsoft folks can answer that question. I can't.
I'm trying to provide some real feedback here in an attempt to help Adobe improve its process.
53. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?Frustrated Entusiast Mar 17, 2010 2:59 PM (in response to matt_chotin)
Sorry Matt !
If you are saying that you have personally made the decision to delay the release, which resulted in the current mess, then you have screwed up big time.
However, I could never phantom that Adobe is so flatly organized that executives suits are doing what you are doing. If so, then that would in itself explain all of the problems. If not so, then why are you so thin skinned on issues that are most likely out of your own control? Why are you jumping out to take all of the blame, instead of letting your own executive earn their upkeep? Many participants showed a lot of sympathy, based on assumptions that you "developers" are sharing our sense of frustration.
These comments are not meant to be part of some popularity contest. Unfortunately, they *are* part and parcel of everyday business realities.
54. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?everynerd Mar 17, 2010 3:05 PM (in response to Frustrated Entusiast)
Stop posting, Frustrated "Entusiast," you've cocked up the thread enough. You clearly haven't the slightest clue what you're talking about.
Thanks for the clarity, sorry for the boo-birds. Don't really follow the dev blogs or twitter accounts for details, so I figured the main forums were the best bet.
It should be great praise to think people have enjoyed the 60 day trial so much that they want to own it right now. I know I did, but I'll suck it up and wait for the big day.
55. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?Flex harUI Mar 17, 2010 3:10 PM (in response to claytongulick)
I'm just a developer, but if you work for a company we've all heard of, and
your company represents significant revenue to Adobe, and Adobe Sales is not
working with your company directly, email me off-list and I will see if we
can make that happen (no guarantees of course).
We're in it for profit so "money talks...". It probably isn't truly fair,
but most large companies have special relationships with other large
companies and additional information is available that isn't available to
the general public. It has been that way for 25 years at 5 large software
companies. Not all customers are treated the same.
Another thing that has been true for 25 years at 5 large software companies
has been the publishing of "general release timeframes". It too is also
about the money. Quite annoying to many, but that's also the nature of doing
business in the US. If you put down a specific date and miss it or change
it too often, your credibility goes out the window or someone tries to sue
you. The bigger the company, the more general its release timeframes are.
Fear of lawsuits are why you take off your shoes in US airports and why
McDonalds wastes paper publishing the nutritional breakdown of a BigMac,
just in case the diet-conscious want to add it to their meal plan.
That a couple of you haven't figured this out is kind of surprising...
56. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?Frustrated Entusiast Mar 17, 2010 3:56 PM (in response to Flex harUI)
I have *always* met my release dates ! Always !
However, I have *never* managed to include everything that I was hoping to be part of any one release. Each release always consisted of *two* lists. On one were the core must have items and on the other was everything else. This way everyone knows what they will get and what they might get and I have always published both.
Successful product and project management is *never* about having the best possible product. It is *always* about setting a certain level of expectations that customers can count on. Most people will choose a lesser quality product that they need today, instead of forever waiting for that perfect one - which quite often does not even exist.
BIG BANG releases are the wrong way to go because they can quite easily get out of control. Every shop is lot better at making smaller, more manageable improvements. As far as revenue streams are concerned, there is no evidence to indicate that one would sell lot more licenses because everything comes in one big release and that users would not end up upgrading within the same time frame to a newer version that ended up being lot better through a series of smaller releases.
What is the difference between charging twice as much for an upgrade, every couple of years, instead of charging half as much, every year. In fact, if you tried it, you might find out that smaller incremental charges are lot easier for many to absorb - not only financially but technically as well. Instead of having to learn a new way of life, for most people, it is lot easier to evolve in smaller incremental steps.
That a couple of you haven't figured this out is kind of surprising...
57. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?pauland Mar 17, 2010 4:17 PM (in response to Frustrated Entusiast)
Corridors of power: "Doh! why didn't we think of all that?"
Write that down - "Don't miss release dates".
Write that down - "Forget about the best possible product"
Write that down - "No big bangs"
Write that down - "Charge less, release more"
OK, now file under "WPB".
58. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?Frustrated Entusiast Mar 17, 2010 4:45 PM (in response to pauland)
You are playing quite loosely with the truth of what was said.
>> Write that down - "Don't miss release dates".
Especially not when you are the only one who determines your own deliverables.
>> Write that down - "Forget about the best possible product"
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
>> Write that down - "No big bangs"
Betting other people's farms is quite irresponsible.
>> Write that down - "Charge less, release more"
You got that wrong because I said ... Charge less, charge more often !!!
>> OK, now file under "WPB".
Web Project Bankruptcy ?!?
59. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?mjonkman Mar 17, 2010 5:19 PM (in response to Frustrated Entusiast)
Dear Frustrated Entusiast
I'd like to begin by saying that I am just another developer like you who makes a living developing Flex and Flash projects for a living. I'm not sure why you feel you need to rip Matt specifically about the release date of Flash Builder 4. You can use the existing beta from labs and you can use the nightly release SDK or you can use Flex Builder 3 and the Flex 3 SDK. Nothing is stopping you from using any of those items. If you take a look back at what was available late-summer of 2009 in terms of SDK functionality and quality, you too would understand the need for holding off the release until the team got a few of the major issues taken care of - especially those involving mixing of mx components and spark components. Back in late summer it was a complete nightmare to work with Flex 4 SDK, every time you turned around you were spending hours working around idiosyncrasies. Adobe heard the development community and took a few extra months to get some of these issues worked out. The end result is a much more robust and far more stable system.
If you read between the lines, Matt already told you a significant amount of information. SDK has wound down and has been finalized, suggestion that it should be reasonably safe to buy Flash Builder 3 hinting you would be within the free upgrade window. Emphasis on very very very soon. Stating that this release will be 23 months from Flex Builder 3 release. Start doing the math. Free upgrade window is usually < 4 weeks. Since the thread has run into its second week, I'd hazard to guess that the release will be within the next 3 weeks. Corporate rules prohibit him from stating exact dates so there is no reason to continue crapping on him.
The only thing that you accomplish by screaming and yelling the way you are is to alienate yourself from the dev team. I'll be the first to say I'm far from perfect and I've blown my top at least once on a topic I was extremely passionate about as well. Honestly, while you may feel justified today, wait a week or two and look back and see what a horses *** you were at the time. Unfortunately it's hard to undo damage done. And if you plan to continue to develop in Flex, it's probably a better idea to be on friendly terms then to alienate yourself from the team.
Mark R. Jonkman
60. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?Flex harUI Mar 17, 2010 6:00 PM (in response to Frustrated Entusiast)
I think these statements are generally correct, and Adobe and all the major
companies I've worked for act along these lines. Except for BIG BANG
releases. They are not always the wrong way, otherwise Windows would still
be 16-bit and we'd still be using far heap pointers.
In fact, there are exceptions to every rule and money, time and resources
factor heavily. The larger companies generally can't move as fast as the
small ones so shorter major release cycles generally don't happen.
Otherwise there would have been a Windows 99.
Maybe there is no exception to the rule that there are always people who
think the world is always black-or-white and don't know to treat people with
61. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?David_F57 Mar 17, 2010 6:43 PM (in response to Flex harUI)
Hi All,
This thread has drifted quite a bit from the original question which I feel was answered as best as it could.
For me the release will only result in 1 change, and that is a reduction in my bank balance. When I get out of bed the morning after release my day will only differ due to the time it takes to install a shiny new copy of FB 4 , I won't need to worry about my code as I did the right thing kept up to date with all those annoying changes that occur during the beta life cycle.
I know 1 big thing and that is I placed my trust in Adobe with the FB3 beta, that trust resulted in one of the best photo-imaging products available online and increased the clients turnover by 3000% in the first few months after release.
So I continue to place my trust in Adobe and the great group of guys that have put the effort in to make my life easier.
Matt, Alex, Peter, Ryan, Chet, Corey, Sunil, Shongrunden, Jason, Mayank, Gaurav and Vera who has peeked over the fence to be part of our world and offer her voice, these are the people that make the frustration all worth while and since this thread has gone totally of topic I may as well use it to offer my thanks to this group rather than wasting effort bagging out the good guys.
So.... don't want to know about NasDAQ, not interested in SEO ( since when did Ferrari Dino change from a classic sports car into a steriod boy humping a silicon bimbo, so much for search engine optimisation), Not interested in how many point releases there will or won't be, I just want to see a product I enjoy using continue to improve the way it has been.
62. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?SpaghettiCoder Mar 17, 2010 9:55 PM (in response to si-robertson)
Mama always said "Don't feed the troll..."
For I believe the troll is dancing under the silver light casted by the blue moon...
Flex 4 will be out when it's out. Beta is available, and SDK nightly builds are always there...
I think I read somewhere that charting is now available free with SDK?
like O M G!
I would've never picked up RIA development or ActionScript AT ALL if everything was still done in Flash CS4. That's like programming in MS paint!
Flex has opened the door and INTRODUCED me to programming in general...and I'm digging it.
Thanks guys!
63. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?si-robertson Mar 17, 2010 10:39 PM (in response to si-robertson)
My poor little thread has been beaten to a pulp
Matt, thanks for your replies and, more importantly, your patience. Just so you know, my original question wasn't intended to been seen in a negative light by you guys, I appreciate what you guys do and the amount of work you do. Flex/Flash builder is, in my opinion, the best environment for ActionScript 3.0 programming available, and I love working with it.
Some frustration has been caused though, not because of a lack of information from Adobe, but because the new technology ( new FLA file format and iPhone related goodies etc ) were demonstrated too early. Imagine being told, as a child, that you are getting a really cool present from Santa on Christmas day, then the day before Christmas you are told Christmas is canceled and you'll have to wait another year for your cool present. That's pretty much how a lot of us programmers/developers end up feeling when new technology is demonstrated too soon before it's released.
This tread has gone completely off-topic so I thought I would post that while I was here, not in order to slam Adobe or yourself, but in an attempt to highlight one possible reason why this thread has headed in such a negative direction.
Anyway, enough said. Thanks again.
64. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?Overlord1191 Mar 18, 2010 8:04 AM (in response to si-robertson)
I'm so thrilled to see Flash Builder 4 hit release and using it for all my clients going forward!! And I would much rather have it release, "when its ready" and not a moment sooner because i rely on developing in this IDE as my primary source of income.
Thanks for the feedback Adobe Devs, it was the wink i was hoping for.
65. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?matt_chotin Mar 18, 2010 9:42 AM (in response to si-robertson)
I certainly understand the frustration when we show stuff that you can't play with. And I don't mind people asking when something will release though we try to keep that information out there to the best of our ability. And of course we feel bad when we show something that we think will be available soon and then due to whatever reason (like realizing we have more work to do) don't get it out there. As others say, we'd rather put out the right product late than the wrong one on-time. I think there are plenty of folks who would point to a previous release that we've done (not of Flex) where it took a long time to gain back some credibility after we released too early (and had to do 2 dot releases just to get back to functional).
So we'll all take a deep breath and move on. And I guess I'd just ask that everyone make sure their credit cards have room on them pretty soon
66. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?claytongulick Mar 18, 2010 10:28 AM (in response to Flex harUI)
Thanks for the response, I'd love to have an Adobe sales person help me out.
I'm not sure what you consider "significant revenue", but I know that at least 10 FB developer licenses are in the budget for this year, and it would be a great "foot in the door" for Live Cycle Data services etc...
My personal email is claytongulick at yahoo dot com, we can chat off forum if you like.
Thanks again!
67. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?tinylion_uk Mar 18, 2010 10:37 AM (in response to Frustrated Entusiast)
Can we drop this already?
I did reply to you about my comment. And took it on that I may have miss read you.
No need to keep this subject live now I hope
(sorry I didnt catch your name)
tinylion development & design
68. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?Richard Dusenbury Mar 18, 2010 12:25 PM (in response to si-robertson)
As a "suit" and small CEO who works with global CEOs and CFOs, I'd like to give the "suit" view… and we pay full ticket for all our Adobe software.
Release dates matter to Wall Street… OMG release dates slipping… sell, sell, sell…
"Suits" NEVER want rushed software bugs to make them look bad to their customers. Law suits are bad suits. Rushing to meet release dates NEVER makes software better. Getting lots of programs to work well together takes lots of time and effort. When it finally gets to us, we need it to work smoothly as a system. "Suits" suspect that programmers don't know the current version of the software as well as they should anyway.
As a CEO "suit", you want the system to MAKE YOU MONEY, make customers happy, work well, save you time, and be supported well on all major hardware. All the tools need to work smoothly as a system, not a rough patchwork.
I just paid for 55 hours ($5,500) of programmer time to get the newest version of wxWidgets compiled, tested, and reviewed on only Snow Leopard. wxWidgets is great open source software. Customer had to have it done. Very costly. Think how much faster and better Flex, Flash, Dreamweaver, and AIR could have done the same job on more hardware for less money.
Adobe's competitive advantage to my company jumps out when I imagine that I couldn't use Adobe for a major project, but my competitors could.
Even when "forced" to deploy using other systems, we always prototype using Adobe tools. How quickly can you use Flex, Flash, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, AIR, … to mockup, build and refine services for customers? We get Adobe's QA, testing, security, browser compatibility, backward compatibility, … all those costs shared by thousands of Adobe customers. Return On Investment using Adobe is compelling to "suits".
Release dates don't matter to "suits" when PROFITS are on the line.
Matt, I'm impressed with how well you've represented Adobe AND helped customers like me in the forums. Hard to do when dealing with very frustrated/frustrating customers. Good job. Adobe hides mind-bending complexity behind a quick and easy system. Makes us look great to our customers. Thanks.
69. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?ControlSystemPE Mar 18, 2010 7:15 PM (in response to matt_chotin)
Thanks for the updates Matt, The have helped me plan work for my staff and provide answers to customers who are anxiously awaiting our new product. I'm a licensed engineer, not a programmer, and we are just starting out with our first flex product and your updates have helped me decide to wait patiently until flex builder 4 is released. I can have my guys work on something else for the time being, instead of starting now with Flex 3 and then being outdated "very, very soon" as you say. . We are also deciding whether to hire our own employee or outsource it to an expert, and this forum has been a real eye opener for the varied type of people out there who are programmers. As a type-A person, I can relate to the passion in this thread, but I don't understand the need for some people (not you of course) to make it so personal - I don't think it serves any purpose. I'm just trying to feed my family and put food on the table best I can.
Our employees have contacted adobe 2 or 3 times using various methods and have had varied success. I know I filled out a online form for information and nobody ever called me, but I think my co-worked had good luck calling one day. So, for example, when we have a specific question like; there is some real confusion on our part on what is happening with the charting and what exactly we need to buy. As a general rule of thumb, what is the appropriate avenue for us to direct these type of questions? Forums? Tech Hotline? Or should all technical questions wait until 4.0 is released and then be asked.
I hope this posting is appropriate for this thread. If not I apologize.
Thanks. Have a nice day. I hope to read more updates from everybody.
70. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?John Hall Mar 18, 2010 9:47 PM (in response to matt_chotin)
Wow. Just took the time to actually read this thread. I must say as a person who started with BASIC programming on an HP 2100 mainframe (actually assembly language but wow was that a drag and time-consuming) that I'm amazed at how folks complain about the lack of immediate gratification. IMHO, it's called beta for a reason. One certainly doesn't develop in a beta tool until it's ready for release. We all whine when the company doesn't provide us with early alphas so we can provide feedback and then we turn around and bite them in the back. Certainly you wouldn't develop apps for a client in a beta, as much as it sounds like the features will be better than the currently available release.
I'm sincere; which capabilities are promised that are precluded by a little more work using Flex 3. If it's too heavy re: components, everyone here certainly has the talent and skills to program in Flash and keep filesize down. If it's the text layout framework, things can still look pretty nice with regular fonts. Maybe I'm missing the 'killer-app' portion of the new release, though I download every nightly build and certainly appreciate the seperation of logic, rsls and enhanced ease of use. But I think I can still create nice apps with just hard work, experience, and, I hope, a little talent in the old version of Flex or Flash (I'm sure my colleagues would disagree with my opinion of my skills).
Yes, I know it's been promised for a long time. I'm also sure Adobe hadn't planned to lay off the hundreds of folks that have been released during this time either. But really. Are your waiting apps so dependent on the new capabilities of Flex 4 that you have no future unless it's released quickly? Aren't the programming concepts pretty similar so you could accomplish work in most tools that have a similar syntax?
Oh my, I don't usually get upset over public posts for a variety of reasons, but I went to 360|Flex, saw some of the amazing things happening with an obviously-soon-to-be-released version of the Flash platform and I'm just happy to have access to tools anywhere near their sophistication. And besides, didn't Matt promise that it would be released Friday night. Matt, please look into that possibility. I'm starting to feel like I need this now, tonight, by Saturday at the latest.
Off soapbox - thanks Matt for all your contributions over the years. I've learned a lot from your posts plus many others in the Flex/AIR community, including the contributors to this forum.
Now you can slam me for a week or two instead of the dev team.
71. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?pauland Mar 19, 2010 3:03 AM (in response to John Hall)
Great post John.
It used to be that workmen blamed their tools.
In the age of Web 2.0 they move to the next level of blaming the toolmakers.
Of course, something that hasn't changed is that most people just get on with what they have.
72. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?matt_chotin Mar 19, 2010 9:51 AM (in response to ControlSystemPE)
As a general rule of thumb, what is the appropriate avenue for us to direct these type of questions? Forums? Tech Hotline?
For a beta product the proper avenue is the forums usually, though when it comes to pricing, which product has what features etc, we usually can't share that info because we often don't announce that stuff in advance. Once a product is released, the customer service folks should have been briefed and can answer those questions (as it gets technical you'd move to support). So you use the forums and you try to get lucky on an informed person answering, or you use the support hotlines and you hope you get through We're working on making the hotlines much better though.
73. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?Jason San Jose Mar 19, 2010 10:08 AM (in response to matt_chotin)
One more resource to add, the bug database: https://bugs.adobe.com/flex/. Throughout the Beta release, we've got great feedback and error reporting from our users through the bug reporting process as well as the forum. However, it's not the place to ask technical questions like "What's the best way to implement X?". Hope that helps.
Jason San Jose
Software Engineer, Flash Builder
74. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?Daniel Pride Mar 19, 2010 10:09 AM (in response to matt_chotin)
>So you use the forums and you try to get lucky on an informed person >answering, or you use the support hotlines and you hope you get through
and thanking every one of them.
This stuff seems harder than it ought to be.
Naming convention wording or it appears to me
lack of a quickly understood framework is a part of it.
When I compare what I am doing in Flex with whats coming out of Html5
The relative simplicity and power of commands and ease of use are really stunning.
Of course flex is now there and everywhere.
But really, this stuff is harder than it needs to be.
The variety and size of the command structure works against easy familiarity. As a programmer I almost feel like a master file clerk
to search the papers for just the thing that does this.
I am used to putting the Manual on the self one day and thereafter only rarely accessing it, and thinking out the solution rather than searching it out.
My 2 cents after learning a dozen languages.
Dan Pride
75. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?Frustrated Entusiast Mar 19, 2010 10:48 AM (in response to matt_chotin)
Has anybody at Adobe ever thought about using YOUR own industry
leading products with which to PRECISELY dispense such information to
everyone who wants it?
Travelling the world on bus and train tours is fun, lots of fun. You
even get to highly impress the small number of people that you come in
touch with. However, all of it is at the expense of the masses who
are getting sick and tired keeping their fingers crossed and hoping to
luck into talking to somebody who will know what they are talking
Before all of you good do-ers jump all over me, think about it for a
minute. Is it normal to have even one person on this forum who seems
to be involved, who works for a household name company and yet has no
idea and is in this forum leaving his email address just to get in
touch with someone just so an Adobe sales rep can sell them something.
76. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?David_F57 Mar 19, 2010 7:13 PM (in response to Frustrated Entusiast)
This thread is becoming something like a poor version of a Godfather Movie, I try to leave but I keep being drawn back in.
As I enter my 4th decade of being involved in I.T. in one form or another I see a change in the general development world that concerns me nearly as much as when Microsoft through VisualBasic decided to turned janitors into point and click developers. Has our world moved into this century as per everywhere else where the individual takes no responsibility ?. Is it so hard to consider that we as individuals need to put more effort into our owning desire to learn something ?
Webinars, social networks, video training, tutorials we have more information than we need available at our finger tips to get the job done. On top of all that software vendors provide support lines etc... these maybe at cost but just like the rest of us software vendors are not in the market place in an effort to provide altruistic services.
@ Dan, this is not a dig but I am not sure why you find flex such a struggle, I moved from Delphi after 2 decades of pascal programming and found that in a very short period of time I could produce highly exceptable code with flex, the transition to flex was so much smoother and easier than my previous efforts at java/C#, the only real hiccup was getting over the hump caused by the 'sandbox' this concept of being restricted by security concerns had me swimming a little against the tide.
@Frustrated, I guess all I can say to you is what can one expect for someone that can't spell enthusiast - Adobe use their own technology everywhere they also use technology from others if that is the efficient way to, have you had much experience with the internet ?.
Adobe staff offer their knowledge for free through blogs, webinars, online tutorials and forums, I am sure a lot of this is done in their own time and for this I appreciate the effort.
As for actual human interaction, normal people, intelligent people crave this, roadshows conferences etc are how we get to connect in a way that is normal among humans. Adobe try to cover as many of those that enjoy the 'real' experience but it is like any other part of a business, restricted by how marketing analysts perceive its value. Conferences are the true networking interface, unlike internet social networking, its hard to hide behind a curtain of anonymity.
77. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?Daniel Pride Mar 20, 2010 1:17 PM (in response to David_F57)
@ Dan, this is not a dig but I am not sure why you find flex such a struggle,
No offense taken. We live in a world of objectivity or should.
I think its the schedule I have been on.
I am Coming from a proceedural background, where command sets run 400 or 500,
and in six months you are thinking in it and writing with little use of reference materials.
I the last year or so I have gone through Flex 3, Cairngorm when it was in style, then Mate
before I discovered I really needed to be in Flex 4, and oh by the way the php 4 isn't going to cut it.
Time to learn Php 5 while you are at it. Did I forget to mention Actionscript?
... and a small orientation to OOD for a topping.
I may be a lot happier now that I have a small live client and can start producing something useful.
The stuff I did get to do in FB3 was pretty cool I must admit.
But the point remains the same.
The variety and size of the object command set seems to prohibit that type of familiarity you get in the client server world.
The thought process is different. Its "find the right part" for the most part. File Clerk more than creative logic.
I also find the nomenclature/naming convention a bit obtuse to be frank.
The power and simplicity of some of the upcoming competition looks like fresh air to a certain extent.
And if they ever get the universal reach of Flash, Flash could be in trouble.
Re the thread: its nice to have a place to kibbitz, important input into the process I think.
78. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?claytongulick Mar 20, 2010 2:01 PM (in response to Daniel Pride)
Hi Daniel,
Respectfully, I'm going to have to disagree with you.
In my opinion, ECMA Script is one of the most powerful and flexible languages out there. It is a functional language that can dress up like an OO language when needed.
Adobe is one of the primary drivers behind ECMA Script, and Actionscript is the showcase for the future of ECMA Script.
With AS3 Adobe has reached an amazing balance between two camps of development theory: the ability to use strict, strongly typed OO programming style while also maintaing the powerful functional roots of ECMA Script. Add E4X into the mix, and you have a language that is far and away the simplest, most powerful client side language on the market.
AS3 takes lessons learned from many of the languages that have come before it, Java/C#, JavaScript, C/C++, Haskell/OCaml - and combines them into a graceful and familiar syntax that is extremely powerful, while being very accessible to beginners.
If I could wish for any two different things about AS3, they would be:
1) Classes should default to dynamic and require a "strict" keyword instead of the opposite. This is purely a stylistic preference, but I find myself frequently having to derive or proxy a non-dynamic class in order to make it dynamic. I would prefer that everything be dynamic unless explicitly marked otherwise.
2) To extend the power of E4X into querying POJO's (Plain Ole Javascript Objects). E4X gracefully achieves what LINQ and Python list comprehensions only dream about. The advantage LINQ and list comprehensions have is that they can be used on pretty much anything, while E4X is limited to just XML types. To work around this, there are tons of libs our there to convert POJOs to XML and vice versa, but this seems like a waste of CPU cycles to me.
Clay Gulick
79. Re: Flash Builder 4 ETA?Daniel Pride Mar 20, 2010 2:10 PM (in response to claytongulick)
The input is useful.
I am about to take my first plunge in Java and J2EE soon
(the only part of Oracle I did not certify in of course )
so perhaps my appreciation will deepen.
Dan Pride


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Yet again we were lucky with the weather for our walk through the reserves belonging to Backwell Environment Trust. The reserves were looking lovely and the sharp eyed amongst the group spotted a corncockle flower, a first for the reserve, and a Spotted Flycatcher and its nest in the top of a broken off tree. The nest had chicks and the parents were visiting to feed.
We did not have time to take in the archeological sites on the reserve, but if you are interested there is a walk on Sunday, 13 July, starting at 10.00am. The earliest feature is a Burial Cave, going back 5,000 years, with Neolithic to Roman remains. From the 17/18 centuries there are many 'humps and bumps' from exploitation of lead and iron deposits and, from the 19th century, the foundations of a Warrener's Cottage and a restored limekiln.
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This month the walk will be on Monday, 28 July at 7.30pm, meeting at The Swan car park at Rowberrow. Chris Sperring will lead us on a Mendip Ramble around that area, possibly finding some nightjars. Summer walks are essentially for members but guests are welcome for a modest fee of £2.50.
News from Shapwick Reserve:
June's work day on the reserve was hot, hot, hot! The outside of The Badger Hide has now been coated, some of the surrounding area cleared of some of the lush growths and a log pile created The hedge along the drove is looking very healthy and has some beautiful dog roses in it. The new hedge planting around the car park has also been weeded. Visitors to the hides are increasing, as are the positive comments, which is very encouraging for the volunteers. The feeders are attracting plenty of the smaller birds.
The next work day is 26 July. For more details or to be put on the volunteer mailing list, please contact Barry on email@example.com
Other dates and items which may be of interest:
The Avalon Marshes Festival:
This runs from Saturday 12 July to Saturday 26 July.
Following a very successful first year in 2013, the Avalon Marshes Festival is a celebration of the rich diversity of wildlife and the 10,000 years of cultural heritage of the Avalon Marshes. The festival kicks off with the Avalon Marshes Day on Saturday 12 July, a day of activities, tours, talks, exhibitions and more based at the Red Brick Building in Glastonbury. Chris Sperring (MBE, BBC Radio presenter, and Hawk & Owl Trust Conservation Officer) will lead walks throughout the day.
Also in attendance will be Natural England, RSPB, Somerset Wildlife Trust, Somerset County Council's Heritage Service, Secret World Wildlife Rescue, Friends of St Bride's Mound, Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust, local heritage groups and more. There is a full programme of various activities, walks and talks throughout the two weeks including ' When Beavers Roamed the Somerset Levels Marshes – Animals of the Past' with Chris Sperring and Dr Richard Brunning at Cossington on 21 July. Further details on www.avalonmarshes.org/AMF_2014.
Barn Owls – The benign weather of May and June has been very favourable for Barn Owls and reports so far seem to suggest that it has been a good year for them. In many cases they have nested early and there is every chance that many will have a second brood. Things don't appear to have been quite so good for Peregrines though, with many regular sites not being used this year and those that have been have had only one, or maybe two, chicks. The notable exception is Portishead where four chicks were ringed.
Kestrel project – Results this year have been very encouraging, with 7 of our 31 boxes being used. We know that at least 23 young hatched. Seventeen of the young were ringed from five of the boxes.
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