Url shortening services are getting popular, especially now that microblogging networks are extensively used. Since the length of a microblogging post is usually limited, a shortened url comes handy for it saves precious characters. A shortened url is a sort of “compressed” url. For example if you point your browser to: http://is.gd/2 you will be …
Posty 1.6 is out
Posted by CesareA new version of Posty has been released today. This is the best release of Posty ever with a lot of new features! Automatic updates. Upon confirmation Posty downloads and installs new versions. Improved usability of login forms (which show up when needed) Clickable in-text links Url shortening (via http://is.gd/) Support to Twitter Direct Messages …
As you know the Adobe Air framework enables the addition of a drop shadow to applications. I happened to get into this issue when I was trying to add a dropShadow to Posty. The WindowedApplication Flex tag includes two intuitively named tags: dropShadowEnabled, which is boolean, and dropShadowColor which expects an hexadecimal color. So it …
Sometimes I have the need to associate two different actions to the same button. It is not always a good solution. Indeed, good user interfaces should have a clear layout and buttons should always do the same thing. Sometimes, but very rarely, you can disregard such a rule and associate different actions to the same …
