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ActionScript bug: XMLList and switch statements

I just ran into a disturbing bug today: declaring and assigning an XMLList in one line inside a switch statement fails. The best available description is here - note that enclosing the content of the...

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Adobe developer around? Help wanted!

I'm struggling with a very nasty performance issue. It appears to be due to calls (from javascript) to methods exposed through the ExternalInterface.addCallback ActionScript method. Well, numerous...

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CSS units wtf

This is probably the twentieth time I'm trying to make sense out of this marvelous piece of... errr, thing. I don't resist quoting the best part of it, for your unlimited reading pleasure: The pixel...

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Firefox 3.5 ExternalInterface bug

Something quite intriguing is happening with Firefox 3.5. When loading directly a local swf, Firefox creates an HTML document wrapper around it. So far, so good: you get (are supposed to get) exactly...

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