Adobe Flash is a multimedia-development software system. Since its introduction in 1996, Flash has become a popular method for adding animation and interactivity to web pages; Flash is commonly used to create animation, advertisements, and various web page components, to integrate video into web pages, and more recently, to develop rich Internet applications. Focus_Groups A focus group is a form of qualitative research in which a group of people is asked about their attitude towards a product, service, concept, advertisement, idea, or packaging. It is one of a series of usability and user-centered design research methods.
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This article is for those who are new to ARIA. You need an understanding of HTML and the potential difficulties that people with disabilities can face using the Web. It is useful to be familiar with some Rich Internet Applications from a user's perspectiveAfter reading this article, you'll understand what ARIA is for, how to integrate it into your sites, and how you can use it now to make even the simplest of sites more accessible.
Lemon, Gez. Opera (2008). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Flash
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Captions for Video with Flash CS3 (Part Two)
In this article, we’re going to look at a method of captioning a Flash video file: embedding the XML directly into the FLV file. In very simple terms, the XML document will contain the cue points for the captions. When one of those cue points is reached, the caption appears over the video.
Green, Tom. Digital Web Magazine (2007). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Flash
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Captions for Video with Flash CS3
In the exercise that follows, and in the second part of this series, we are going to add captions, using both methods, to the same video. For those passionate about web standards, the first method involves the use of Timed Text captions. If you go this route, you need to follow the standard laid out by the W3C. There is a lot to it but, in a nutshell, it requires you to create a specific type of XML document using the required tags.
Green, Tom. Digital Web Magazine (2007). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Flash
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Flashmo.com provides FREE flash templates, flash photo gallery, 3D Photo Gallery, 3D thumbnail gallery, free flash intro, flash MP3 player, flash websites or .FLA source files.
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Modeling User Workflows for Rich Internet Applications
As Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) become more advanced, the tasks, problems, and processes they address become increasingly complex, making it more important than ever to accurately model user workflows. Early Internet applications were often narrowly focused in scope, and the steps were relatively simple and sequential, for example, purchasing items through simple e-commerce, reserving hotel rooms, or renting cars. But as productivity applications move toward a web-based distribution model, the tasks become more complicated.
Hogue, David. Adobe (2008). Articles>Web Design>User Experience>Flash
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How to Convert to High-Quality MP4 and Display in Flash on Your Site
This basic guide will show you the steps how to convert any video to high quality flash video, MP4 with H264 and AAC audio, and put it on your website with a Flash video player using free software only.
VideoHelp (2009). Articles>Multimedia>Video>Flash
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ActionScript 2.0 to 3.0 Migration Cheat Sheet 
This cheat sheet covers both ActionScript 2.0 and ActionScript 3.0 and is organized to help those who need to switch to 3.0. The functions and classes of ActionScript 2.0 are to the left of each section, followed by their equivalents in ActionScript 3.0.
ActionScriptCheatSheet.com (2009). Resources>Web Design>Programming>Flash
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HTML 5: Could It Kill Flash and Silverlight?
HTML 5, a groundbreaking upgrade to the prominent Web presentation specification, could become a game-changer in Web application development, one that might even make obsolete such plug-in-based rich Internet application (RIA) technologies as Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, and Sun JavaFX.
Krill, Paul. InfoWorld (2009). Articles>Web Design>Flash>HTML5
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Ten Common Mistakes When Building AIR Applications
Adobe AIR has grown immensely popular over the past months. With its popularity, many new applications have been released. During this period, the following 10 issues have been the mistakes I have seen most often among developers. Hopefully, this list can help you avoid the same mistakes when building your next AIR application.
Tucker, David. Adobe Captivate Blog (2009). Articles>Web Design>Multimedia>Flash
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Best Practices: Six AIR Features that May Annoy Your Users
I get to see and play with a lot of really cool AIR applications (even when they’re still being developed). Every now and then I come across an app that totally ignores any best practices or usability rules. AIR provides developers with a lot of features that could potentially annoy users if not used wisely. I thought it was a good idea to write this article. I’m not saying you shouldn’t use these features, I just want you to think about them before you add them to your application.
Jespers, Serge. Web Kitchen (2008). Articles>Web Design>Multimedia>Flash
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Five Tips For Documenting Code
If you want to get better at documenting your own code then this is the post for you. I have 5 simple tips to follow while coding to make the process easier.
Inside RIA. InsideRIA (2009). Articles>Documentation>Programming>Flash
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What Technical Communicators Need to Know About Flash 
What is Flash? It's a vector-based format for moving images. Adobe technology via Macromedia Proprietary FLA for Flash development files. SWF for compressed files.
O'Keefe, Sarah. SlideShare (2008). Presentations>TC>Multimedia>Flash
