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Time to move towards secure hosting
There's a general movement to secure the web. That means encouraging the use of secure sites - where the address starts with https... Read more
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Answer your own performance questions with measurements
Often on the forums people ask questions along the lines of "Which is faster: Option A or option B?". There's no need to ask this... Read more
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Using lerp with delta-time
Recently on the forums came up the question of how to use dt (delta time) correctly with lerp. This turned out to be a surprisingl... Read more
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Don't let the government break TLS
I was very worried to read that the UK Prime Minister David Cameron is pushing for more Internet surveillance powers . In particul... Read more
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published on 13 Jan, 2015
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HTML5 gaming in 2014
We have always been impressed how fast the web platform is improving, and as an example of this it's interesting to review some of... Read more
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published on 23 Dec, 2014
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How render cells work
One of the most important optimisations in Construct 2 is the collision cell optimisation . In short Construct 2 divides up the la... Read more
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published on 5 Dec, 2014
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Chrome and Android push HTML5 further
While the recent iOS 8 update did a lot to improve HTML5 on Apple devices, Google just announced Android 5.0 Lollipop , and it has... Read more
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published on 21 Oct, 2014
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HTML5 does not have a new best friend
Readwrite recently published an article titled "HTML5 Has A New Best Friend—And It's Apple, Not Google" , which caught my at... Read more
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published on 4 Oct, 2014
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Nobody is updating Windows 8.0
Lately I've noticed something odd about the release of Windows 8.1. It's a free update to Windows 8.0, all you need to do is click... Read more
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published on 29 May, 2014
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How the Construct 2 WebGL renderer works
A post came up on the forum asking some technical questions about how Construct 2's WebGL renderer works. I wrote a brief overview... Read more
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published on 26 Mar, 2014