Simon Willison’s Weblog

The TimeToLead.eu technical stack: Django and Flex. Nice case study of a site using Django’s i18n support along with django-rosetta.

# 11th September 2008, 8:33 pm / django, flex, i18n, jpstacey, python, rosetta, timetolead, torchbox

What the Heck is the Open Web? Brad Neuberg is seeking a two sentence definition. Bonus points for answering the following: “If Adobe were to open source Flex/Flash, or Microsoft Silverlight, would that be the Open Web? If so, why? If not, why not?”

# 22nd July 2008, 1:33 am / brad-neuberg, flash, flex, open-source, openweb, silverlight

VectorMagic. Neat online tool (with a Flex frontend) for tracing bitmap images in to vectors, based on research at the Stanford AI lab.

# 28th October 2007, 11:46 am / flash, flex, graphics, images, stanford, vectormagic, vectors

Dell to Offer Ubuntu. That right there is why I find Flex more interesting than Silverlight.

# 1st May 2007, 6:39 pm / dell, flash, flex, linux, silverlight, ubuntu

Adobe open sources Flex. Ted Leung says that this might indicate the possibility of Adobe open sourcing Flash itself in the future.

# 26th April 2007, 11:24 am / adobe, flash, flex, open-source, ted-leung

Flash vs. Ajax: It’s time to expand your toolbox. Dan Webb offers his smart, pragmatic take on the Flash vs. Ajax permathread.

# 20th March 2007, 9:49 am / ajax, dan-webb, flash, flex

Adobe wants to be the Microsoft of the Web. The base platform technology for RIAs is too important to be controlled or designed by any single party.

# 2nd March 2007, 1:01 pm / adobe, flash, flex, rias, ted-leung