http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Design/Multimedia/Software A listing of the most recently indexed works about Design and Multimedia and Software in the field of technical communication. en-us Copyright (c) 2005-08 by the EServer. All rights reserved. tclib-editorial@eserver.org (TC Library Editorial Board) webmaster@eserver.org (Geoffrey Sauer) http://tc.eserver.org/images/newlogo.gif http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Design/Multimedia/Software http://tc.eserver.org/25425.html http://tc.eserver.org/25425.html Have a character you want to animate? Let Jose show you how to use your Illustrator art to create SWF animations. http://tc.eserver.org/21166.html http://tc.eserver.org/21166.html Shared objects allow for data persistence in Flash applications, like cookies do in Web pages. Learn to leverage shared objects to create more robust apps. http://tc.eserver.org/19318.html http://tc.eserver.org/19318.html Amongst Internet developers, Macromedia Flash is certainly something of a hot potato. On the one hand, many designers see Flash as a powerful multimedia tool that encourages originality and dynamism on the otherwise 'static' web. Proponents of usability, on the other hand, have argued that the presence of Flash on a website is a 'usability disease', '99% bad' and have even branded it as 'evil'. They ask the obvious question: why do the biggest, most well known and profitable websites in the world decide against using Flash? However, the reality is that although Flash presents many usability issues, it is not inherently unusable. It can be used to create usable websites - but this requires designers to follow strict implementation guidelines.