Author Archives: Jeremy

Why AS3 gives me the warm fuzzies

Sometimes we get media specs that stipulate Flash Player 8, AS2, and this makes me think there is much work to be done spreading the word about why it is time to switch to AS3.

Action Script 2.0 was useful for its time, but now that 99.9% of all computers have Flash Player 9 or higher, and that sites like YouTube have already been requiring Flash 10 for some time, I think the moment has come to let the old timer go and stamp the RIP2.0 marker above its resting place …