The Flash Usability Guide

Interacting with Flash MX

Chris MacGregor, Crystal Waters, David Doull, Bob Regan, Andrew Kirkpatrick, Peter Pinch

460 pages, parution le 16/09/2002

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Résumé

"Usability makes everything easier, except the job of the developer. Usability is not easy. There are no macros to run on Macromedia Flash projects to apply usability. Applying usability requires a change in the development process. It requires a new method of thinking about a project from start to finish." - Chris McGregor, Macromedia Usability White Paper.
With the latest MX release, Flash has taken a significant step towards becoming the standard tool for delivery of web content. This brings with it a whole range of new challenges for those working with Flash, the biggest of which is making sure that their Flash material can be easily used by everyone that it is intended for.
This book isn't about stifling flair and creativity, this is about making sure that your viewers stick around to appreciate the fruits of your creativity (and your hard work), and that your skills stay current in a quickly changing web landscape.
As suggested above, Usability is not an easy topic when you depart from crass dictatorial statements and into the real world. This book exists to take the role of the user's web experience seriously and to show you how to remember them when designing. As such, it could be the most valuable Flash MX book you'll read this year.

Contents

IntroductionFlash vs. Usability
Whose contribution counts where?
Choosing Flash
Choosing usability
Conventions and metaphors
Structuring Flash 6
Usable interactions
Showing users respect
Think Accessibility
First impressions
Offline Flash User testing
Appendix: Resources and Articles on the Web

L'auteur - Chris MacGregor

Chris McGregor is the author of Macromedia's Usability White Paper and the man behind flazoom.com.

L'auteur - Bob Regan

Bob Regan is the Senior Product Manager for Accessibility at Macromedia

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Friendsof ED
Auteur(s)	Chris MacGregor, Crystal Waters, David Doull, Bob Regan, Andrew Kirkpatrick, Peter Pinch
Parution	16/09/2002
Nb. de pages	460
Format	18,7 x 22,8
Couverture	Broché
Poids	785g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781903450253
ISBN13	978-1-903450-25-3