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- Over one million Flash developers worldwide. The book supports the new version of Flash, due later on this year
- The only up-to-date book that focuses on usable Flash design
- Mimics Dan Cederholm’s best-selling Web Standards Solutions—broadening the Solutions series
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introducing Flash Usability
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Putting The Pieces Together
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About this book
Flash Application Design Solutions shows you how to harness the power of ActionScript 2.0 and make the most of the improved design tools of Flash 8 to create usable, intuitive Flash interfaces.
In this book, you’ll find a number of concrete Flash usability solutions that use elements such as navigation menus, data filtering, forms, content loaders, Flash liquid layouts, help tips, and many other features. You’ll learn how each of these solutions actually improves on what is possible with HTML and JavaScript. In each case, you’ll see how users interact with the website feature, and how it gives users the most intuitive, enjoyable experience possible while using your application. You’ll get a step-by-step analysis of how to program and build each solution, and how to make it scalable, maintainable, and reusable.
The book concludes with a case study that showcases the solutions developed in the previous chapters, all working together in a single application. This example puts all the pieces together and highlights just how, with some thought and consideration, Flash can improve usability on the Web.
This book is essential reading for all Flash designers and developers, from beginners seeking valid solutions to veteran Flashers looking for a fresh perspective on application design, interaction, and reusability.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"This is a great book, not just in terms of the subject, which integrates usability concepts with an application framework, but in terms of clarity and organization. … The main goal is to explain how to develop complex applications with a rich and efficient user experience. … Each chapter has an introduction to the topic discussed, and then proceeds to tackle the code. … I recommend this book as a tutorial for new developers, and as a companion for experienced developers." (Jose M. Ramirez, ACM Computing Reviews, September, 2008)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Flash Application Design Solutions
Book Subtitle: The Flash Usability Handbook
Authors: Ka Wai Cheung, Craig Bryant
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0132-8
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Apress Access Books, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Copyright Information: Nick Cheung and Craig Bryant 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-59059-594-7Published: 02 March 2006
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4302-0132-8Published: 22 November 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 352
Topics: Computer Graphics, Popular Computer Science, Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems