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Posted by on 24th April, 2008

Adobe Reader alternatives…

Adobe Reader alternatives…

It is no secret that I am not an admirer of the Adobe product line. "Bloated" is the first word that comes to mind… I know that Adobe does a couple products that are quite complex (Photoshop) and those we expect to be large in size, but, there is no reason for a simple rendering tool like the Adobe Reader to be so large, gobble up so much memory and take an eternity to fully launch. As an alternative, I use Foxit PDF reader and have used it for several years. I would recommend this one blindly as it is lightning fast, very light and does its job very well…it lets me read PDF’s….for free, with no ads or anything… [you can get it here] There are plenty of alternatives, some with more capabilities than others, but here is a long list of other options for PDF readers. [button link=”http://alternativeto.net/software/adobe-reader/” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...

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Posted by on 4th April, 2008

Chase Game in Silverlight 1.0

Chase Game in Silverlight 1.0

Another brief experiment in Silverlight 1.0: this time a simple game. Originally I wanted to have an object that the player would drag around, but apparently Silverlight 1.0 does not have a hittest method for objects. It does in the next version… As the instructions say, keep your mouse pointer away from the wall and the bouncing box… If you do touch anything, the wall you touched or the box itself will highlight with red. My next experiment will be in Silverlight 2.0, because it is quite a bit different and I don’t want to fall behind… [note color=”FFFFCC”] [/note] javascript code var mouseX = 0; var mouseY = 0; var moveX = 0.0; var moveY = 0.0; var X = 170; var Y = 10; //------------------------------ var canvas = null; var plugin = null; var ball; var txtTicks; var lineLeft; var lineTop; var lineRight; var lineBottom; //------------------------------ var gravity = 0.1; var interval; var seconds=0; var ticks=0; function onCanvasLoaded(sender) { plugin = sender.getHost(); txtTicks = sender.findname("txtTicks"); lineLeft =...

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