Thursday, September 13, 2007

IFBIN: (n) a tool where one could browse source code for various Flash and Flex examples, available as a subscription service. In case you have no idea what it is(was).


I was looking for some hockey gear and came across one of my older Macs in the basement, collecting dust. I found a few power cables and fired her up and noticed in the dock I have IFBIN. I haven't even thought about that in ages, is it still active at all? It was pretty cool and would be PERFECT for an AIR application now. I forget what the original was written in - I think there is some Python in it.

The URL is still active (link), and I downloaded the Mac client & fired it up. http://localhost:5505/flash/. There she is. I see Flash 8 (8ball) called out in the list (the good ole days), AS1! and AS2. No AS3. Not much Flex in this (on the Flex side of IFBIN).

Looks like this may have been gathering lots of dust. Copyright is 2005. Any idea of this might have life breathed into it again at some point? We don't have DevNet subscriptions anymore (how many even remember those? I have a drawer full of every single CD Macromedia released).

Here is a post Ted Patrick made about IFBIN 2.0 being written in Apollo [December 27, 2006]. Ah Central... I found a few copies of my Macromedia Central Developer Postcard (given out at MAX), #1 of series 1. I think there only ever was one series. My card has the MAX Conference Guide application on it (Site of the Day award).

Its nice to see Central has evolved into AIR thats for sure. Well done ;) I digress. Wondering if IFBIN has been shelved (lots of work to run that I am sure) or if we might see it come back again.

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