Flash Player 10 has been out for a while now, so I decided to test the claims that Google and other search engines can now effectively crawl the Text inside a SWF. Historically, I found that a SWF would be identified but would not be displayed correctly in the search results. This has now been solved. More »
Anyone who has used Firebug for developing web pages knows how good it is. Lately I find myself using it for checking style cascades and trying out certain styles “on the fly”. Below are a list of links to Firebug and some of the equivalent tools for other browsers:
- Firefox: Firebug
- Safari: Web Inspector
- Opera: Opera Developer Tools
- Internet Explorer: Microsoft Developer Toolbar
Google Chrome has developer tools built into it, which is nice 
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Part 1 – Creating a Shadow Site
Creating a beautiful web 2.0 website in Flash/Flex is very satisfying. I really enjoy the development time savings of Flex versus that of general HTML/javascript solutions and the crispness of the interfaces created. The pleasure of Flex development is something I can talk about for hours and I have even been known to evangelise in my local bar on a Friday night.
It’s not all roses though, as Flex solutions do come with one major flaw; They are not search engine friendly (for a number of reasons). Part 1 of this article explores a solution using a “Shadow Site“, which is a term I surfed across recently and feel it accurately describes the subject. More »