Adobe acquired Macromedia!

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Macromedia (Nasdaq: MACR) in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $3.4 billion.
Under the terms of the agreement, which has been approved by both boards of directors, Macromedia stockholders will receive, at a fixed exchange ratio, 0.69 shares of Adobe common stock for every share of Macromedia common stock in a tax-free exchange.
Based on Adobe’s and Macromedia’s closing prices on Friday April 15, 2005, this represents a price of $41.86 per share of Macromedia common stock.

This is a shocking news I never wanted to read!

more info here

XP Service Pack 2 and Flash…

Microsoft is introducing new Service Pack 2 for Windows XP users. ( more info at microsoft page )

This update should increase Internet Explorer’s security features. Also Macromedia seems have worked to support changes will arrive with this new service pack and provide a page with some FAQ about issue could happens after SP2 has been installed.
for example:
Flash Player content does not appear after a Windows Update
SWF files prompt a message when played back locally

read all the informations at http://www.macromedia.com/support/service/servicepack2.html

Flash Updater 7.2 available now!

Flash 7.2Version 7.2 of Macromedia Flash MX 2004 and Flash MX Professional 2004 is now available with improvements in performance, stability and documentation.

What’s changed?
* Faster initial launch time
* Compile times up to twice as fast
* More than 400 additional code examples
* Additional documentation on working with components
* Over 100 bug fixes. Read the details in the release notes.

The updater is available for the English version of Flash only, it seems others language we have to wait till end of summer.

Also a new class has been added: mx.utils.Delegate
and here a sample of usage:

import mx.utils.Delegate;
myDataGrid.addEventListener("change",Delegate.create(this,onMyDataGridChange));
myComboBox.addEventListener("change",Delegate.create(this,onMyComboBoxChange));
function onMyDataGridChange(eventObj:Object):Void{	trace("myDataGrid change event fired");}

function onMyComboBoxChange(eventObj:Object):Void{	trace("myComboBox change event fired");}