stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
 
var myXML:XML = new XML();
var XML_URL:String = "http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=f207a19ea9a846e4ca242c5239a0d0df&_render=rss";
var myXMLURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest(XML_URL);
var myLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(myXMLURL);
//myLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete);
myLoader.addEventListener("complete", xmlLoaded);
var outXML:XMLList = new XMLList();
var rssOutput:String;
 
function xmlLoaded(event:Event):void
{
    myXML = XML(myLoader.data);
	if (myXML.namespace("") != undefined) {
		default xml namespace = myXML.namespace("");
	}
	myHead_txt.htmlText="Digg News"+"RIA News"+"MXNA News"+"MSDN News";
	for each (var item:XML in myXML..item) {
		var itemTitle:String = item.title.toString();
		var itemDescription:String = item.description.toString();
		var itemLink:String = item.link.toString();
		outXML += buildItemHTML(itemTitle, itemDescription, itemLink);
	}
	XML.prettyPrinting = false;
	rssOutput = outXML.toString();
	myText_txt.htmlText=rssOutput;
}
function buildItemHTML(itemTitle:String, itemDescription:String, itemLink:String):XMLList
{
	default xml namespace = new Namespace();
	var body:XMLList = new XMLList();
	body += new XML("<strong>" + itemTitle + "</strong>");
	var p:XML = new XML("
 
"+ "<!--[CDATA[" + itemDescription +"]]-->"+"
 
");//remove the CDATA tag this was only an attempt to correct fubared html
	//var img:XML = <img alt="" />
	var link:XML = <a></a>;
	link.@href = itemLink;
	link.font.@color = "#990000"; 
 
	link.font = "More...";
 
	p.appendChild(
);
	p.appendChild(link);
	body += p;
	return body;
}

Managed to fix some of my issues. You will notice when you send a yahoo pipe through a feed validation some pipes absolutely explode. So of course their not going to work with flash. One work around is an attempt to cleanse the pipe so to speak I have had good results sending a dirty pipe through the Dapper to clean it. It is a round about process but it seems to work just fine. I have to give the people at yahoo credit yahoo pipes is truly amazing. I am also confident in the final release they will have no issues. While looking for ways to clean dirty html / xml I managed to teach myself a great deal! I also found this article that discusses how to use pipes to send a feed through a web page to append information creating the clean output of an rss feed combined with an html web page chunk sound weird I know. This displays an interesting use of the HTML tidy service. Any way check it out here.

Adobe has also been rumored to be working on a Windows Platform Killer called Apollo. You may be wonder just what is Apollo?

Apollo will be used to create a hybrid applications that are truly cross platform (that Includes Linux). You will be able to use your desktop horse power to make changes to video and image files while saving them on-line. It will also have a host of other features as well. In short I expect this application to kill off applications like MDM studio and other methods of creating flash applications on the desktop. Apollo will also integrate more with the applications suites adobe already hasJ So Apollo is definitely worth checking out and I would expect to see some pleasant surprises in the Adobe Labs relatively soon! So check out some of the rumors for yourself:

http://news.com.com/Adobe+sees+its+future+on+the+Web/2008-1012_3-6164143.html?tag=st.num http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2544 http://www.whatisinthebox.co.uk/

Flash9 and Action Script 3

Well Action Script 3 is quite a revolution! Check out PaperVision3D! PaperVision is a 3d engine for Flash that uses XML or Collada files. It looks extremely powerful and you can now expect flash to boldly go where no other web plugin has gone before (Well no other plugin has that kind of penetration). It is also nice to see that Adobe has handed over the Flash Virtual Machine code to the FireFox foundation. Just what does this mean to you well for starters flash will truly be cross platform. I am also anxious to see it used in new ways that were previously not thought of. Thinking of FireFox Check out some of Alessandro Crugnola firefox extensions.

http://www.sephiroth.it/firefox/

Crugnola also has an extremely useful open source editor you can use to create .swf files if you good at coding Action Script it also has Motion Twin integrated into the application so you can actually build and test your .swf files. In short the web is looking better and better as a platform for applications, video, and interactive media. Adobe has some great things in store for us so keep a vigilant eye out on what is on the horizon.YouTube Apollo Videos

The end of the desktop has been upon us for awhile now but Adobe is really getting their ducks in order. If you have noticed lately they release Flex 2 which supports Action Script 3 and MXML (Introduced by Adobe/Macromedia for the Flex line). They have had the beta available for download for some time so if you didn’t take advantage of the Beta I guess it kind of sucks to be you.. (Kidding) If you have been paying attention to Microsoft and its sparkle (Interactive Designer) uses XAML. I guess I would compare MXML to XAML because they do share many similarities. The benefit of using MXML is of course you don’t have to have the windows presentation foundation running on your machine it just uses the flash player! Adobe had been focusing all of it energy toward the Apollo Project its goal to render the desktop obsolete. Flash has had the ability for awhile now to create executables that connect to the internet and gather information. When you combine Flash with Flex you have the ability to create enterprise level applications. I can see flex being used in the financial area soon it has a seemingly endless shelf life and a massive amount of potential. I am also excited to see flex working with PHP relatively easily! They also demoed a Flex interface for Drupal recently. So the next wave of web applications is almost here in the next few years the web will rapidly change and hopefully become what it was originally intended for connecting us all easily and cost efficiently! I highly recommend getting a Flex server it has vast potential.

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