Select Project > Properties > Flex Compiler and under the Additional compiler arguments add ‘-default-background-color #yourcolour’. So if you want a plain white background it would look like:

-locale en_US -default-background-color #FFFFFF

I have just set-up and started using Protonotes - a free javascript web based service that allows you to add notes to your prototype that allows project team members to discuss system functionality, design, and requirements directly on the prototype.

It takes about 4 mins to set-up and get started. Project team members don’t have to install anything or sign up for anything to use it. It just works. Simple….easy… just what I like.

If you want a simple clickable moveClip use the following code. The first line means that the movie clip will act like a button and the cursor will change when the mouse is hovering over.

movieclip_name.buttonMode = true;
movieclip_name.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick);

function onClick(event:MouseEvent):void{
trace(”Yes, this works!”)
}

After a quick search I decided that Charles met my requirements. I have had a quick play with it and the interface is well designed, it has a Firefox extension and most importantly I can test my Flex preloaders are working! It also works on OSX which means I can use it on my home machine as well. Its seems to be a great bit of software and well worth testing.

Update – I couldn’t figure out how to get it to throttle my bin-bug folder which resides on my local drive. To get around this I created a new workspace on my local server (http://localhost/flex/….) which solved the problem. This probably isn’t the correct way to set-up your Flex development environment….. any advice appreciated.

Screengrab! 0.95 is a superb Firefox extension developed by Andy Mutton that makes it easy to save a web-page as an image. You can save anything that you can see in a browser window – from a small selection, to a complete page.

The book is beautifully designed and illustrated and leads the reader through the process and concepts of creating a visually compelling presentation. Easy to read sections with insightful case studies from some of the world’s leading brands (Adobe, Hewlett-Packard, Mozilla) help convey the message that you need to create a meaningful relationship between you, your slides and your audience rather than a barrage of slides full of nested bullet lists.

Key areas of the book include:

• Why is a good presentation important and where do you begin
• Planning, research and brainstorming
• Displaying data – diagrams and infographics
• Thinking like a designer – color, grid systems, typeography, layout, templates
• Movement and animation
• Interacting with slides
• Manifesto – The five theses of the Power of a Presentation

The book isn’t about Powerpoint, Keynote or Google Docs, its about concept, storytelling and engaging your audience. It should be read and re-read by anyone responsible for brainstorming, creating, designing and presenting in any organisation who truely cares about their brand.

display:inline-block;

display:block;

The alternative method is to remove all space between tags within your html document, however this makes the mark-up hard to read and edit!

overflow:auto;

Add the following to your stylesheet and hey presto!

html {
min-height: 100%;
height: auto;
}

The solution is simple.

<img src=”image.gif” width=”100″ height=”100″ onerror=”this.src=’error.gif’;”>

If the correct image doesn’t exist the image named error.gif will be used instead.

Credit goes to Rob Gonda for this tip.