I am currently in the process of learning Actionscript 3.0 and Flex. Flash seems to be a very malleable medium so it seems great to design and test out new widgets and new UI behaviors.
I find Flex hides some of the complexities of Actionscript even though you need actionscript if you want to be really creative. Lynda.com helps a lot. BTW, adobe (labs) is creating Adobe Thermo which is supposed to allow designers to create Rich Internet UIs without coding. These Uis will then be able to be incorporated in the Flex environment so that programmers can do their magic. This is similar in goal to Microsoft Expression Designer. http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Thermo Pierre -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lorelei Brown Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 5:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [IxDA Discuss] why is flash so awesome? [user focused flash] Hey everyone - I'm coming back to consulting from working as an innie, and have not really thought about Flash since 2002. Things have changed! My new company sells a lot of flash - our clients love it, and love the idea of it. I want to think about how to use Flash strategically, as part of a greater experience, instead of that little fancy blinking thing on the homepage. So, why is flash so awesome? What does it do that nothing else does better? How can we use Flash to improve an interface or an experience? What makes it better than, say, Ajax or DHTML for interactivity? What is Flash particularly good at as a development platform? Any resources, ideas, thoughts on user-focused flash are greatly appreciated! thanks! Lorelei ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help ---------- etfs inc. The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you have received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Unless otherwise stated, opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the author and are not endorsed by the author's employer. etfs inc. L'information transmise ne s'adresse qu'au particulier ou a l'organisme a qui il est dirige. Il peut contenir des renseignements de nature privilegiee et/ou confidentielle . Si le lecteur de ce message n'est pas le destinataire vise, ni l'employe ou le mandataire charge de la livraison au destinataire vise, il est par la presente avise que toute dissemination, distribution ou transcription de cette communication est strictement interdite. Si vous avez recu la presente communication par erreur, veuillez nous en aviser immediatement par courriel et detruire le document de tout ordinateur le contenant. A moins d'avis contraire, toute opinion exprimee dans le present courriel est celle de son auteur et n'est pas endossee par l'employeur de la personne qui l'exprime. ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
