Macromedia Flash Interface Design: A Macromedia Showcase [Paperback]

Darcy DiNucci (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 24, 2002

Everyone knows that Macromedia Flash makes a Web site fun; Macromedia Showcase: Flash Interface Design shows how Flash makes sites more effective. Author and Web expert Darcy DiNucci dissects the interfaces of 12 exemplary Flash sites, showing how to use the technology in practical, innovative ways to make a site more usable and inspirational. While other Flash books focus on mastering basic Flash skills or advanced ActionScripting, this book wraps itself around the indispensable thinking that must happen before coding begins: how to make the site you're designing work for your client and its audience. Copious four-color illustrations reveal the intricacies of each site's design and how it functions. Detailed sidebars highlight innovative pieces of code. Along the way, you'll also learn Flash-specific interface design and production techniques. If you want to use Flash to create effective Web sites, learn from the masters in this showcase of fine design. Published by Macromedia Press, the official source of Flash information for designers and developers of all levels.

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Everyone knows that Macromedia Flash makes a Web site fun; Macromedia Showcase: Flash Interface Design shows how Flash makes sites more effective. Author and Web expert Darcy DiNucci dissects the interfaces of 12 exemplary Flash sites, showing how to use the technology in practical, innovative ways to make a site more usable and inspirational. While other Flash books focus on mastering basic Flash skills or advanced ActionScripting, this book wraps itself around the indispensable thinking that must happen before coding begins: how to make the site you're designing work for your client and its audience. Copious four-color illustrations reveal the intricacies of each site's design and how it functions. Detailed sidebars highlight innovative pieces of code. Along the way, you'll also learn Flash-specific interface design and production techniques. If you want to use Flash to create effective Web sites, learn from the masters in this showcase of fine design. Published by Macromedia Press, the official source of Flash information for designers and developers of all levels.

About the Author

Darcy DiNucci is an information architect and Web site consultant who has helped clients such as Netscape Communications and Bank of America get the most from their Web sites. She has covered trends in electronic design since 1984 for magazines such as Publish and U&Ic. A columnist on Web design for MacWEEK, eMediaWeekly, and Publish, she is also the author of Adobe Master Class: Web Site Redesignsfrom Adobe Press, and Elements of Web Design from Peachpit Press.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Macromedia Press; 1st edition (October 24, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321123999
• ISBN-13: 978-0321123992
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 10 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,878,687 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Long on Philosophy, Short on How-To, November 4, 2003

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This review is from: Macromedia Flash Interface Design: A Macromedia Showcase (Paperback)

I design interfaces in Flash, Director, and HTML, so I was hoping for a showcase of interfaces that would give me some ideas or otherwise provide something useful. This book profiles the developers' goals and philosophies in detail, which is fine, but the interfaces themselves are so specialized that there's no real-life (for me anyway) use for any of the information. I didn't even get inspired. I expected to learn more that I could put into use.