MDCFUG TeraTech, Inc Adobe Flash 9 By Michael Smith TeraTech

ActionScript 3.0  object-oriented programming language for Flash runtime  Based on ECMAScript  complex applications, large datasets, and object-oriented, reusable code bases.  Uses the new ActionScript Virtual Machine (AVM2) in Flash Player 9

ECMAScript  ActionScript 3.0 is ECMAScript Edition 3 standard compliant  ECMAScript for XML (E4X) XML document processing  Regular Expressions.  DOM Level 3 Events.  Namespaces and Packages - improve code organization and encourage logical application structure.

New virtual machine  AVM2 highly optimized ActionScript Virtual Machine  full runtime error reporting  built-in debugging  binary socket support  legacy ActionScript support

Increased performance  up to ten times faster new virtual machine optimized compiler.  faster application startup times  50% reduction in memory footprint.  Accelerated rendering performance cached vector graphics.  Improve text readability and scrolling optimized text rendering routines.

Enhanced security  security sandboxes for applications, content, data, and URLs.

Display API  manipulating raw graphics  creating custom effects.  Create, manipulate, and remove objects from the display list on-the-fly.  File upload/download

Enhanced expressiveness  advanced compression technology – for low-bandwidth, high-quality video.  Create pixel-perfect text using the advanced text rendering engine.

Effects  Blur, DropShadow, Glow, Bevel, Gradient Glow, Gradient Bevel, Displacement Map, Convolution, and Color Matrix.  8-bit video alpha channels.  blend modes, radial gradient, and stroke enhancements.  Dynamically import additional image formats: GIF, Progressive JPEG, and PNG.

API  External API  Flash Player supports integration with HTML, DHTML, and Ajax applications through the External API.  Asynchronous communication model  Flash Player is based on an asynchronous client-server communication model, enabling rapid client interactivity without web page refresh

Universal  Browser independent  Express Install – auto update  Input Method Editor (IME) support Asian-language Flash applications.  Lightweight footprint 1MB 600 million Internet users within 12 months of release.