21 Jan, 2010
WTH is that? – you asked?
Well, the Principles of User Interface Design are intended to improve the quality of user interface design. And this has nothing to do whether you are an expert programmer, hardcore developer, famous designer and etc.
This article is merely to share with you all out there that trying to develop or design something for client or end-users. Consider yourself by following at least 1 or 2 of this principles as helping mankind. Well enough chatter, and let us begin..
The principles of UI I was yapping about are as follows :-
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4 Dec, 2009
Every wonder that, there’s something to display your run-time variables smoothly without using the laggy trace. Not to say trace command is useless, but at times is much less cpu intensive to debug values especially on enterFrame run time to an on screen textbox instead of using trace.
But, lately I stumbled upon a good console interface like debugger called Flash Console in a form of as3 class package!
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10 Nov, 2009
Need more sound effects for your multimedia or game project ? More and more sites are turning into commercial based sound clip previewer rather than free sound resources. Having to find the correct sound for your project but, later to find out the sound is copyrighted or for sale is indeed frustration at times.
Fortunately enough , this site – freesound.org offers royalty free and free for all sounds recordings from various content providers around the world. You can safely use some of these music, sound effect found there to use for your projects. Besides that, you can create an account and contribute too.
Go ahead check it out here.
27 Oct, 2009
This article will help you understand what DLL errors are, how to understand DLL error messages and how to resolve them on your own.
What are DLL files?
To understand DLL errors, it is essential to know what DLL files are and why are they required on a Windows computer. DLL is the acronym for Dynamic Link Library. These files are used in Windows to save program codes that can be dynamically loaded in the system memory when a particular program on your computer wants to use it. These files can be shared among multiple applications and thus help in the efficient use of system resources.
What causes DLL errors?
There are several DLL files on a single Windows computer. Out of which, some like mfc80.dll and shtml.dll are usually shipped with Windows, while others like wmp.dll (Winamp) are copied when you install additional programs on your PC. The following are some of the common reason for these errors:
- One or more DLL files are overwritten by older or incompatible versions.
- A required DLL files gets deleted from the computer.
- A buggy program or device driver is installed on the system.
- Your computer is infected by a malware.
- Windows registry is damaged or comprises invalid entries.
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26 Sep, 2009
One of my favorite class I used to include when developing games for flash is my FPS and Memory Counter Package. I use this to check my fps and memory consumption for my games.
This helps to identify which of my methods I wrote is taxing the CPU or not. Simply import package to your main.as and add it into the stage
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WTH is that? – you asked?
