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#14555
Flash and Web-Based Applications
In usability tests of 46 Flash applications, we identified several basic issues related to Web-based functionality's ephemeral nature. Some findings restate old truths about GUIs; others reflect the Net's new status as nexus of the user experience.
Nielsen, Jakob. Alertbox (2002). Design>Web Design>Interactive>Flash
#20564
The reason to use Macromedia Flash is usually to provide a solution or to satisfy the need of the Web site owner. Typically, Flash is used to create a company image through animations and special effects in the splash page or even throughout the site, establish better user understanding through demonstrations and simulated processes, and/or entertain or educate through animated cartoons and games.
Kurtus, Ron. School for Champions (2002). Design>Web Design>Multimedia>Flash
#24831
Flash Design: Does It Really Deliver What Is Promised?
Flash design? Is it all it's cracked up to be? In this article, we'll be confronting all the questions head on: What is Flash? What's good about it? What's bad about it? And, most importantly, what will it do for your online business?
Hatton, Jody. Flash DJS (2004). Design>Web Design>Software>Flash
#28708
'How can you best embed Flash content?' It should be a simple question, but is likely to evoke a lot of different opinions and arguments, as each of the many available embedding techniques have their own pros and cons. In this article, I will look into the complexities and subtleties of embedding Flash content and examine the most popular embedding methods to see how good they really are.
van der Sluis, Bobby. List Apart, A (2007). Design>Web Design>Multimedia>Flash
#24491
Flash MX : Import and Compress Video
One of the most exciting upgrades in Flash MX is the fact that you can now compress and playback video within Flash. In the previous version of Flash you could import but then could only export the video as a QuickTime movie. You did not have the ability to playback or compress the movie within Flash. If you want to incorporate video into your Flash movies, then Flash MX should be your tool of choice!
Berg, Debbie. WebDeb (2002). Design>Web Design>Streaming>Flash
#19438
When usability expert Jakob Nielsen proclaimed Flash was 99 percent bad, he was right on at least one account: accessibility. Until the release of Flash MX and the Flash 6 player, about 41 million disabled Web users could not take full advantage of Flash Web sites (According to World Bank in 2000). Even with Macromedia's move to support Section 508 guidelines, the government's plan for Web accessibility, the majority of Flash developers have not adopted the necessary best practices. Advertisement In previous versions of the Flash player, disabled Web users were unable to view any content generated by Flash. The Flash 6 player took a big step in this regard by retroactively providing text equivalents to the application's content. This change has allowed assistive Web browsers such as screen readers to view or speak Flash content. Many Flash developers question the need for Flash accessibility since proper accessibility requires a text-only version of existing Web content. This is a myth: images and animation can actually help users with nonvisual disabilities such as dyslexia. Flash can also benefit the blind by incorporating sound to notify the Web surfer of events.
Perry, Jason Michael. O'Reilly and Associates (2002). Design>Web Design>Accessibility>Flash
#18426
Flash MX: Clarifying the Concept
The new Flash MX authoring environment and the equally new Flash Player 6 solve a few accessibility problems. Screen reader compatibility is the first Macromedia access milestone. Screen readers—which, by the way, are not called “voice browsers” or “text readers”—are software that reads web pages, and anything else on your computer, out loud. (I’d show you a picture, but apart from a few uninteresting configuration screens, these programs have no overt visible form.)
Clark, Joe. List Apart, A (2002). Design>Multimedia>Web Design>Flash
#24489
Flash MX: Control Projector Files with the fsCommand
Flash provides a way to create a projector file—a self-executable application that doesn’t require the Flash player.
Berg, Debbie. WebDeb (2003). Design>Multimedia>Interactive>Flash
#24483
Use the Sound Object to control sounds that are stored in the Flash Library as well as load sounds that reside outside the Flash movie. Controlling sounds includes starting and stopping the sound, adjusting the volume or the right and left balance while a sound is playing.
Berg, Debbie. WebDeb (2003). Design>Web Design>Multimedia>Flash
#14897
Flash Satay: Embedding Flash While Supporting Standards
I’ve worked with Flash for several years and have always been slightly dissatisfied with the markup needed to embed a movie in web pages. When I recently published a site in XHTML, my dissatisfaction with the markup grew as I realized that it simply wasn’t valid in this context and was bloating my pages to unacceptable levels. A leaner, standards-compliant method of embedding Flash movies was called for.
Mclellan, Drew. List Apart, A (2002). Design>Web Design>Interactive>Flash
#14195
Flash Strikes Back: Creating Powerful Web Applications
Flash is a powerful tool that offers developers huge capabilities. Until recently, developers mostly utilized Flash's strengths to create complex animations or fast-loading movies. However, the most recent versions of Flash offer developers power that's far beyond the tool's original scope. With the advent of Flash MX, we've seen that developers have the power to create web applications with more sophisticated client- and server-side interactivity. When integrated with sophisticated server-side software like ColdFusion Server and JRun, Flash delivers the power and flexibility to become a serious contender in the web application space.
Perfetti, Christine. User Interface Engineering (2002). Design>Web Design>Interactive>Flash
#24486
Transitions are a very popular technique used in Flash, and they're typically used to let your audience know that a change in content or scenery is coming. They're usually displayed using fading effects and dissolves, and there are two ways to implement this type of effect: an alpha tween and a brightness tween. Let's take a look at both of these techniques.
Berg, Debbie. WebDeb (2002). Design>Web Design>Multimedia>Flash
#25202
This guide provides an introduction to Flash Video, including information on how to create and publish Flash Video.
Adobe (2004). Design>Multimedia>Streaming>Flash
#11866
Although multimedia has its role on the Web, current Flash technology tends to discourage usability for three reasons: it makes bad design more likely, it breaks with the Web's fundamental interaction style, and it consumes resources that would be better spent enhancing a site's core value.
Nielsen, Jakob. Alertbox (2000). Design>Web Design>Multimedia>Flash
#24832
This site is for Flash designers who want to skip the piss and vinegar of the so called 'usability' experts and get right to the solutions for your Flash usability problems. Named in response to Jakob Neilsen's influential 2000 article Flash: 99% Bad.
#24487
Flash: Create a Disjointed Rollover
While image rollovers are the standard for navigation, they do have some limitations. Would you like to create a rollover that doesn't have to be the same size as the original image, nor does it need to be stacked on top of the original image? That's what disjointed rollovers are all about, and Flash makes it easy to create rollovers that load quickly and look great!
Berg, Debbie. WebDeb (2002). Design>Web Design>Interactive>Flash
#24488
Flash movies stream, so when the Flash movie contains several frames or scenes, the movie should be preloaded so that it will play back smoothly. Let's set up the animation that will play while the main movie (the presentation from a previous lesson) is loading behind the scenes. We'll create a movie clip for the preloader animation.
Berg, Debbie. WebDeb (2002). Design>Web Design>Multimedia>Flash
#27157
Macromedia Flash is spreading rapidly across the Internet and many web designers and developers believe Flash, as it is commonly called, is the future of Internet design. The use of Flash includes moving graphics, sounds, motion, and interactivity. These are great from a graphics standpoint although the areas most important to web surfers are content, speed and simple navigation. Of course, Flash has its benefits it has its drawbacks as well and an evaluation of both the pros and cons of Macromedia Flash will help you determine whether Flash is your website's friend or foe.
DevBay (2005). Design>Web Design>Software>Flash
#24490
Want to load one movie at a time into a main movie? With Flash MX, you can load a SWF or JPEG file into the Flash Player while the original movie is playing. The loadMovie action lets you display several movies at once and switch between movies without loading another HTML document or a separate Flash movie.
Berg, Debbie. WebDeb (2003). Design>Web Design>Multimedia>Flash
#29994
Flash animations have become popular on the Web. But popularity is not often a good measure of useability or effectiveness. So what are the pros and cons of using Flash on a Web site?
HyperWrite (2003). Design>Web Design>Usability>Flash
#20014
The home for Rick Turoczy's Flash and Powerpoint tutorials.
#25207
FlashHelp: The Ideal Online Help Format for Web Applications
As the web transitions from a relatively static, information-oriented environment to a highly interactive, task-oriented environment, web developers must provide on-demand user assistance to ensure the usability of their applications.
Sibley, Jake. Adobe (2004). Articles>Documentation>Multimedia>Flash
#28484
Generate Flash Movies on the Fly with PHP
Rich Internet Applications is the new buzz-phrase for Web 2.0, and a key component of the substance behind Web 2.0 is Adobe Flash. Learn how to integrate Flash movies into your application and generate Flash movies dynamically using the Ming library.
Herrington, Jack D. IBM (2006). Design>Web Design>Multimedia>Flash
#25204
Getting a Handle on Web Services in Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004
So you have heard that Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004 has built-in support for web services. Great! But is this unconditionally true? Are all web services now supported in Flash?
Fleischer, Vera. Adobe (2004). Design>Web Design>Server Side Includes>Flash
#22814
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