[PLUG] Eye candy Web pages

[Benjamin Watson]

Being that I'm a Computer Based Training developer part time, I'm a
bit biased towards Flash because you can use it to do just about
anything you can imagine.

In terms of some of the creativity you can offer, sites such as
www.cavemanscrib.com and www.27bobs.com comes to mine.  But there are
a bunch of examples that would just blow your mind.

Unfortunately, the Flash IDE is built for Windoze and MAC.  However,
you might want to check out www.osflash.org (Open Source Flash).  It
is a site deditacted to providing free examples and 3rd party open
source (free) products.  You can get around the IDE using things such
as HAXE and SwfMill.

Ben


On 5/3/07, Ed Sawicki <ed at alcpress.com> wrote:
> Rogan Creswick wrote:
> > On 5/3/07, Ed Sawicki <ed at alcpress.com> wrote:
> >> I'm updating some web sites so they don't look like
> >> they were designed by an oaf with no eye for style (me).
> >> For the BizNix site, for example, I'd like something that
> >> scrolls words and phrases in some sexy way. If you look
> >> at the main page (http://biznix.org/) now, I have a
> >> Javascript text scroller that minimally does the job.
> >> It doesn't look great.
> >
> > Just because I can't resist...
> >
> > Does the site really have a problem that's solved by animation?
> > Movement is generally a bad thing, unless you really want your users
> > to be focused on the moving stuff.  (is a scrolling marquee really
> > that much different from a blink tag?)
>
> I'm a technical geek happy to look at static and understated
> content. I prefer function over form. But lately I've been
> paying more attention to what other people, such as my
> customers, think. Animation and sexy graphics make a big
> difference to them. A company with inferior products can
> easily gain the edge with a good looking Web site.
>
> Ed
>
> > Apologies for not providing references, I'm a bit short on time at the
> > moment.
> >
> > --Rogan
> >
> >>
> >> I see that the Javascript scroller places quite a demand
> >> on the CPU at the browser side (of course). I'm wondering
> >> whether Flash would be a better choice. I have no
> >> experience creating Flash content. What does it take to
> >> create Flash content on Linux or the iMac?
> >>
> >> Or should I consider some other way of producing this
> >> content?
> >>
> >> Ed
> >>
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