Synopses & Reviews
Design Creative
and Highly Usable Flash Web Sites
Within the professional Web design community, nothing is as important as attracting visitors and keeping them informed, happy, and ready to visit again. Flash is a key player in this equation, with the capacity to either transform your Web site into an engaging one, rich with motion and life, or mire it in overwhelming design and navigational difficulties. By exploring the relationship between the designer and usability expert, Award-winning Flash designer Kevin Airgid and widely respected information architect Stephanie Reindel present a solid program for conceiving, designing, testing, and succeeding with Flash design. Flash 99% Good: A Guide to Macromedia Flash Usability shows you definitively how integrate eye-popping visuals with friendly, easy-to-follow navigation.
- Explore key standards and theories that can best serve both designers and information architects
- Achieve optimal results with the right mix of design and usability
- Reference fast facts to review material and quickly apply useful techniques to your Flash development
- Discover expert approaches to typography, graphics, and animation
- Understand your target audience and define site and user goals
- Test and incorporate feedback on accessibility, usability, and design
Includes Interviews with:
Kevin Lynch, Chief Software Architect, Macromedia
James Baker, WDDG
Andries Odendaal, Wireframe Studio
Sebastien Chevrel, Second Story
Table of Contents
1: Yin and Yang of Design and Usability
2: Design and Usability: The Pros and Cons
3: Know Your Goal, Know Your Audience
4: Flash Navigation: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
5: Good Content Design: Ahhh, That Creamy Filling!
6: Making Sure It Works
7: Case Study: ICON Multimedias Web Site
8: The Future of Flash