Android Demo

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If your browser supports the video tag, below you will see a short movie of my first Android animation demo. Otherwise you will just see a boring text message. Let me know if this works for you; it seems an interesting new way of presenting features in my Android applications.

Comments

Will R said…
Works for me (Chrome 5.0.375.86 on a Windows laptop). And cool demo, Aart. :)

You mention that this is an interesting new way of presenting features in your Android app; can you elaborate? Was this video concocted in some clever new way?
June 30, 2010 at 10:58 AM
Aart Bik said…
Thanks Will. I just learned how to use gtk-recordMyDesktop and related tools on my Linux box, so it was new to me, but probably not to anyone else I am afraid :-)
June 30, 2010 at 11:09 AM
Elies Bik said…
It works for me as well, in Chrome on an iMac (Mac OSX, 10.5), with Flash Block on.
June 30, 2010 at 9:13 PM
Anonymous said…
Your chess game has a glitch
July 3, 2010 at 5:14 AM
Aart Bik said…
Sigh. Anonymous, I suggest you have a look at an earlier posting (http://aartbik.blogspot.com/2009/11/en-passant-and-castling.html) on the en-passant rule and castling.
July 3, 2010 at 9:40 AM
Norm said…
Just wanted to thank you for the Droid chess. Appreciate your work
July 10, 2010 at 7:26 AM
Aart Bik said…
My pleasure, Norm!
July 10, 2010 at 11:06 AM
Bruno said…
Hey thanks for the moving picture. Worked for me, Chrome/Windows
July 23, 2010 at 10:56 AM
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