Flash Application Design Solutions

The Flash Usability Handbook

By: Ka Wai Cheung, Craig Bryant

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Paperback | 1 January 2006

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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.

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"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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Non-Fiction Computing & I.T.Graphical & Digital Media Applications Digital Animation Digital Lifestyle & Online World: Consumer & User Guides Digital Video Consumer User Guides Computer Science Image Processing Web Graphics & Design Information Technology General Issue Computer Programming & Software Development Graphics Programming

Illustration & Drawing Software Software Engineering

Flash : then, now, later	p. 1
Setting up your Flash environment	p. 13
A basic selection system	p. 19
Navigation menus	p. 41
Content loading	p. 67
Inventory views and selection devices	p. 109
Data filtering	p. 139
Forms	p. 163
State management and storage	p. 197
Help tips	p. 209
Browser history	p. 227
Liquid layouts	p. 247
Embedding Flash	p. 271
Planning for usability	p. 285
The usable bookstore	p. 299
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