Mike Benner

The AIR Demo Promised

Apr 3 by Michael Benner

OK, so the new site (http://www.bennr.com) is not going as smoothly as hoped, so I moved the article and app here.

My wife has finally threatened to leave me for another developer if I don't get her site finished, oh yeah, and it has to be the "COOLEST" site ever...Well, damn, I am a keyboard cowboy who doesn't have the slightest flair for design (have you seen this site), and

she is in an industry all about design. Yup, she is a photographer, here is a sample of her amazing work (Blog and Flickr Account), but I digress, back to the "COOLEST" site ever. What can I do to impress her and not lose her to that Hip Young Flash guy?

I know, I can make it easy to use. What has been her biggest gripe, ah yes, file upload to websites. What about being able to do that from technology I know, or better yet, just really started toying with. Yup, AIR!!!

So, last week was Adobe's Online Developers Seminars and one of the best (that I attended) was AIR Native Drag n Drop. So why admittedly I highjacked some of the demo code he used, I took it in another direction. What if, as you dragged items into a little AIR box, they thumbnailed (just for appearances), queued up and began fading as they uploaded, ultimately disappering as they finished? I think that would get me some points, right?

Well, it got me a few, and then she said what about making the site pretty? Oh well, that will be next, in the meantime the app is below.

**This code is just a sample and is not intended to teach proper coding techniques, but more to demonstrate what can be accomplished after only a few hours with AIR.**

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Sounds like a really cool idea. Kudos. Where did you actually put the code- I can't see a link?

# Posted By Ben Davies | 4/6/08 10:42 PM

If you click the icon next the envelope above it is a the zip package, but here is the link all the same.

http://www.mikebenner.com/enclosures/airDragDropUp...

# Posted By Mike Benner | 4/7/08 12:31 PM

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