In the last few days I’ve been experiencing weird rendering problems in some websites while using the latest stable version of Firefox (3.0.1) in MAC.

Searching google I found more people having similar issuses like blinking pages when using SWFAddress for Flash in FF3 MAC.

• SWFAddress Help Forum
• Firefox 3 + Adblock = disaster (asfusion blog)
• FF3 breaks SWFAddress (sometimes) on OS X
• Firefox 3 and SWFAddress

In all the cases the solution given for the problem is to add a small delay between the visual transition and the JavaScript interaction of SWFAddress.

After reading all this posts I thought the problem was specific for SWFAddress but my surpsise was when I found similar problems in one of our projects which is not using SWFAddress at all and it is almost 4 years old (AS2). In this specific project we were using ExternalInterface extensivelly.

I have done a small test with just a gradient background and three round corner buttons using ExternalInterface call method to call three different javscript functions and the results are scary:

1) First button (left) calls an alert in javascript using a timeout:

JAVASCRIPT: setTimeout(”alert(’test 1 with timeout’)”, 1000);
FLASH: ExternalInterface.call(”test1″);

2) Second button (middle) calls an alert in javascript:

JAVASCRIPT: alert(”test2 no timeout”);
FLASH: ExternalInterface.call(”test2″);

3) Third button (right) calls scrollTo in javascript:

JAVASCRIPT: scrollTo(0,100);
FLASH: ExternalInterface.call(”test3″);

Second and third button in FF3 MAC makes the flash movie to behave in a weird way when the javascript action is executed.

http://www.lessrain.com/projects/luis/as3/bugs/ff3mac/deploy/

Looking at this results and considering that SWFAddress uses ExternalInterface I can say for now that part of the problem is caused by using the ExternalInterface call method in FF3 MAC (looking at the problem from a flash developer point of view, I don’t know what is happening behind the “Cocoa Firefox” scenes), but maybe the problem goes deeper than this, I don’t know yet, this is only my first attempt to find out the causes of Flash blinking and behaving bad in FF3 MAC.

As a practical add-on for our loyal Flight Lab users we created a mini hangar widget that users can embed on their blog, social platform profile etc.

We happily used Clearspring as the platform for our widget, just click “Get this and Share” and take it away. If you enter the e-mail address you registered with at Flight Lab, the widget display your own planes to show off your flight machine building skills.

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We’ve recently completed the website for the German/Italian property investment firm Stofanel Investment AG.

A subtle use of Flash and Papervision 3D creates an abstract, dreamy and atmospheric paper space to reflect the company’s vision of a harmonious relationship between nature, architecture, community and self.

The corporate identity we developed in collaboration with yippieyeah is based on botanic patterns (Phyllotaxy) as you would find in the growth patterns of sun flowers for example - it underlines the companies dedication to nature and community.

Regular readers will be pleased to find the site equipped with our usual technical treatment: fully dynamic, browser-button- and deeplink enabled (thanks to SWFAddress) and HTML-version for search engine optimization.

Shortly after introducing the world’s thinnest notebook Apple is surprising us with another superlative, the world’s thinnest CD rack - the new iShelf touch. It’s ultra thin, and ultra unlike anything else.

Now you can really show off your CD collection, not just on your tiny iPod touch screen or your notebook, but mounted on the wall in your stylish living room.

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Epic, large-scale depictions of mass conflict by Andrew Morrow. His paintings, are inspired from varied ages, genres and media, assembling images reflecting the potential for, or actualization of, beautiful violence and power.

www.andrewmorrow.com

We have put together a nice set of photos where you can see the Red Bull Formula 1 cars in detail.

See Photos.

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• Red Bull’s ‘Fans Car’.
• Faces For Charity.

[UPDATE]: Click here to see some nice photos of the race.

After months working in this project, finally is taking a physical shape. Red Bull Racing team is already preparing the two Formula 1 cars for this weekend’s British Grand Prix.

Over 30,000 pictures have been uploaded onto the livery of Mark Webber and David Coulthard’s cars, raising over a million dollars for the spinal injuries charity, Wings for Life.

Read more here.

See more pictures here (totkat flickr).

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Beautiful set of light photos, and here the gear.

Hyperousia is a Californian streetwear brand that has just launched a series of t-shirts designed in cooperation with Shin Tanaka, who had exhibited his work in our Berlin office before.

Hyperousia is a foundation that wants to help poor children through streetwear fashion. The kiku flower featured on the shirt symbolizes death and pays tribute to those kids who died from poverty and struggle. You get a Spiky Baby included when you purchase the tees online.

Check out their online store on http://www.hyperousia.com/

We’ve recently launched the online portfolio of photographer Uli Heckmann who specializes in car photography and portrait / fashion photography.

An interface that transports letter masking into the 21st century, making use of full browser-size images and an ant-trail overlay navigation gives the site a fashion feeling which is the Uli Heckmann edge to car photography.

The next Red Bull F1 team strikes back with a brand new website. Our intention was to involve the user in such a way that he is really feeling close to what is happening on the race track.

The relaunch shows the usual Less Rain tuning (friendly Search Engine Optimization (SEO) , Alternate HTML version optimized for ScreenReader, Back Button, Deeplinking).

Crazy chicken sound design by Taeji Sawai, straight from Japan.

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Not sure what to wear this summer? Jay’s Funky Duds t-shirt blog is here to help you choose. If that’s too much choice, how about this one: