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Here’s site to test your favorite browser. See how well it implements HTML5.

http://html5test.com/

Loos like Safari outscores Firefox.

http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2010/04/return_of_the_b.html

http://theflashblog.com/?p=1888

I was thinking about when to use a div over another tag. You want to use a div to divide your page and create sections. Often you run into a situation where you’re not really creating a whole new section but you need a tag to mark up an element.

It occurred to me that I use the div tag when the element will contain more than one type of content. For examples, pictures and text. I use the paragraph or other tag when the element contains only one type of content.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20000037-264.html

This is test post that is used for no reason.

Looks like Steve has an agenda and he’s pushing it hard. Obviously he was trying to pull a fast one on a group unfamiliar with the technology to imply that you could easily replace Flash with H.264.

http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/24088/

Looks like the iPad doesn’t support Flash.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/7087088/Apple-iPad-review.html

Here’s some thoughts on Flash and the iPhone:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/10/AR2010011003065.html

Writing your AS becomes easier if you develop a few good habits. Defining and naming variables is something you will find yourself doing often. Here some conventions that I always follow:

I always name private variables beginning with an underscore. For example:

private var _radius:Number;

I never define the value for a variable in the declaration. Instead I define initial values in the constructor of the class or a function that is called from the constructor. If I am passing an argument variable that will set the value of a class variable I use the same name, without the underscore. For example, the following defines a simple class with two private variables which are passed as arguments in the constructor:

package {
	import flash.display.*;

	public class Ball extends Sprite {
		private var _radius:Number;
		private var _color:uint;

		public function ball( radius:Number, color:uint ) {
			_radius = radius;
			_color = color;
		}
	}
}

Here the class defines both _radius and _color. These are private so they begin with the underscore (_). They get their values from the two argument (or parameter) variable radius and color (note that these names lack the underscore). Then I set _radius = radius and _color = color in the constructor.

You can come up with your own system, this is what I use. Best is to have a system and use it the same way every time. I like this system because the naming system is very clear.