Google Gmail and Gmail Notifier
Google came up with Beta of GMAIL, its email service. Thanks to my friend Abdul, I got a mail ID some time back. One of the great thinks about Gmail has been ease of usability and huge space it provides (1000MB).
I got the following link for the Gmail Notifier which is a Windows application that alerts you when you have new Gmail messages.
Too cool an app....those of you using Gmail, check this out...
http://toolbar.google.com/gmail-helper/
Windows XP update and Macromedia
Microsoft released the new Windows XP Service Pack 2 few days back. The SP2 is quite an update (almost 260MB) and offers WinXP to a host of new security and performance updates.
There was a new article posted on the Macromedia Developer Center on the new changes in Windows XP SP2 and how some of them relate to Macromedia. Definately worth a look if you are working on Flash or other Macromedia products with WinXP.
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/logged_in/wanbar_sp2.html
Have you updated to Flash MX 2004 7.2 ?
I know of a lot of people have already updated to 7.2 and I wonder if they are feeling better!! I mean, the first time I saw the update, the fact that the update was of over 66MB scared me more than anything....after a while I was like "Thank god, they got the software completed ;o)".
Having said that, I know a lot of developers and from posts on Macromedia Forum about some of the issues not fixed. Have you guys encountered any of them yet?
Congratulations and Best of Luck, Abdul !
A good friend, Abdul Qabiz (www.abdulqabiz.com) who was working with Tata Interactive Systems, Mumbai just left his job and joined Macromedia development center in Bangalore.
I knew Abdul just through the Flash blogs and posts till I met him at the MAX conference which happenend sometime in March'04 in New Delhi. He had flown in from Mumbai with one of his friends, Rahul. It was a pleasure meeting and talking to him. We shared a lot of ideas and experiences from our professional lives.
Best of Luck, Abdul. Hope you do a great job as always!!
Flash MX 2004 7.2 Update available
Macromedia released a new version of Flash MX 2004 a few days back. Code-named Ellipsis, the update brings Flash up to version 7.2. The details on the update can be found on:
http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/special/7_2updater
I don't know how if many people knew this was coming, but I was following some blogs regularly which was talking about this release. Some of the blogs like Flash Team Blog, Mike Chamber's Blog and Mike Downey's Blog had a whole lot of details about the new update and the issues it fixed.
Have updated on Flash 7.2 and hope to see a lot less issues and crashes popping up. Happy Flashing !!
Welcome to my blog
I wish I had done this earlier, but well as they say, "Better late than never". So, here I am with this all new blog (not neccessarily with all new content :o). I hope to see you more often and please mark in all the comments/feedback you have for me.
