Pudding, now with Smart Printing

I got an email from Kathy King at UThinkIt Graphics, and she was incredibly disappointed in the way Pudding printed out her creative pieces. (Pieces = proofs/concepts/mocks) The printing in Pudding was so bad that under some circumstances the image wouldn't even appear on the page!

I never paid attention to printing before. I figured everyone would want to view everything through their browser. Now, even if I did take the stance that printing isn't the main focus of the application, there's no excuse for how wretchedly (that's actually a word?) terrible the printing in Pudding was, so I fixed it.

Let's say you've got the Greatest Client Ever, and you create them logo. This is what it looks like when you upload it and view it in Pudding. (Awesome logo design, huh? I did it myself. :) )




Originally when you printed it, all the navigation would show up , the form elements, etc...

Now, when you hit the print button in your browser, this is what you'll get.

I want to show you another view. Let's say you upload another version of your piece, it is approved by the Greatest Client Ever, and you decide to hide the comments. This is what you'll see in Pudding.


And this is what you'll see when when you print from your browser.

I call the improvement, Smart Printing, and it's now live in Pudding.

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"ThumpThumpThumpThumpThump, I'm not dead yet!" - Pudding

I've got some great news regarding Pudding. It's heart is beating strong!

I've found someone to work with to continue developing Pudding! He doesn't want to be revealed until he has contributed some more work, which knowing him won't take too long.

I'm currently adding a small feature that I feel a product like Pudding needs, and General Tomfoolery is plugging away at the new UI of Pudding.

I've got the spark again for the project. I'm really excited and I can't wait to start seeing my sketches come to life in code!

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CaseDetective To Flex

Ian M. Jones, a long-time microISV blogger, is re-inventing his application, CaseDetective, with Flex. He recently posted an update on how he likes working with Flex Builder and Flex 3.

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Adobe getting into hosted applications

Word processing
Adobe is acquiring the company that makes Buzzword, a word processor that runs in the Flash player. I found Buzzword through Flex.org's showcase. It isn't quite as feature-rich as Google Docs, but I think the documents look better compared to Google Docs. Read the press release.

Document share/viewing
Adobe is also working on a document sharing and viewing application called, Share.

If anyone is building a spread sheet in Flex, you better let Adobe know about it! :)