Topics: Code: Flash
Designing and programming in Macromedia Flash. Making Flash content accessible. Embedding Flash content while supporting web standards. Embed Flash content using only valid tags and attributes. Flash MX, moving toward accessible rich media. Building games, e-commerce sites, and rich applications using Flash ActionScript and server-side technologies. (9 articles)
Flash Satay: Embedding Flash While Supporting Standards
by Drew McLellan
Issue 154November 09, 2002
By default, Macromedia Flash generates HTML that is invalid (but it works). Can you have your Flash and web standards, too? Drew McLellan has found a way to embed Flash content using only valid tags and attributes.
Flash MX: Moving Toward Accessible Rich Media
by Andrew Kirkpatrick
Issue 143April 26, 2002
Andrew Kirkpatrick of the CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media tackles Flash MX from the developer’s perspective, showing how authors can more easily generate accessible Flash content, and where roadblocks remain.
Flash MX: Clarifying the Concept
by Joe Clark
Issue 143April 26, 2002
In a detailed survey, accessibility obsessive Joe Clark evaluates Flash MX (authoring tool and player) in the context of the often confusing WAI and Section 508 guidelines, finds some things to cheer about, and draws a roadmap for future improvements.
The Flash Aesthetic
by Ross Olson
Issue 123October 12, 2001
Scaling, 2-D style, cycle-free motion, and heavy strokes. They’re not just web design trends any more. Join Olson on a cultural scavenger hunt as he tracks the ways Flash design techniques have crept into non-web media.
Game Design in Flash 5, Part II: Heroes & Villains
by Peter Balogh
Issue 113June 08, 2001
Flash artists and ActionScripters, roll up your sleeves for Part Two of Peter Balogh’s well-written tutorial on Game Design in Flash 5. Thrills! Chills! Math skills!
Flash’s Got a Brand New Bag
by Michael Cardenas
Issue 104April 06, 2001
Consumers love shopping. Designers love Flash. You do the math. Developer Michael Cardenas shares tips to help you get started building Flash-based e-commerce sites.
The Declination of Independence
by Ryan Holsten, Michael Krisher, Brandon Oelling
Issue 102March 23, 2001
Three web designers discuss trendiness and innovation in design, and list 15 sites that made a difference in the year 2000.
Flash Access: Unclear on the Concept
by Joe Clark
Issue 90December 01, 2000
Accessible Flash looks great on paper. But can Macromedia really pull it off? And do enough designers care? Joe Clark offers insight into Macromedia’s press release and poses questions for Macromedia to consider.
Sympathy for the Plug-in
by Peter Balogh
Issue 67June 09, 2000
If Flash is indeed a cancer on the Web, how come so many artists (and viewers) adore it? The much-maligned multimedia plug-in bites back, with help from Flash artist Peter Balogh.
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