The main reason I decided to write this was foxtrot: The “community” is bringing out so-called enemies of flash. But I think the web is what it is today to a great part because of flash. I hope apple will one day open up and actually make the best web experience possible by putting flash [...]
Tag Archives: web design
Apple and Flash and HTML5 | Flash not dead
Posted in review Also tagged actionscript, apple, blog, css, flash, html, open source, review 1 Comment
CSS3 Tool, CSS3Please
With all the buzz about new improvements in CSS3 I’ve been meaning to write about it, but… I couldn’t find any excuses when I stumbled on Paul Irish’s new css3please.com: a cross-browser css3 rule generator. Just had to do a quick post to spread the word. It’s great for cross-browser testing as well as generating [...]
Posted in review Also tagged color, css, css3, design, html, interactive, javascript, website 1 Comment
Flashvars and as3
Flashvars and actionscript 3! Flashvar is a way that in your html embed codes (object tags) you can send variables and values into your swf file. These variables can then be grabbed internally and used your programming! Examples of these could be images that you want to use in your swf but don’t want to [...]
Posted in tutorial Also tagged actionscript, as2, as3, color, download, experiment, flash, html, open source, tutorial 10 Comments
Stomper999
Interactive Design project for StomperNet’s tease of the announced reveal on 09/09/09 at 09:09:09! “Online Marketing Changes Forever!” Wanted it to be unexpected, and I think we hit it! Check it out live at stomper999.com! Details: For this project I used flash, html, css and javascript. Tweener for the fading effects. Found a nice stock [...]
Posted in portfolio Also tagged abstract, actionscript, activeden, animation, as3, color, css, flash, flashDen, html, interactive, javascript, open source, physics, website, work Leave a comment
Forthcoming Actionscript Image Scroller Tutorial
Here is a preview of a file I’m writing a tutorial for. It’s nothing groundbreaking, but it deals with many normal tasks and will show my process a bit. This tutorial will show how to create a horizontally scrolling image viewer. It will cover xml loading & parsing, loading & resizing external images to fit [...]
Posted in tutorial Also tagged actionscript, animation, download, experiment, flash, interactive, open source, portfolio, tutorial, usability, xml 7 Comments
StomperNet FormulaFIVE Launch Web Design
StomperNet relaunched the popular FormaulFIVE and I was responsible for the design of the landing pages. Here are screenshots from the launch, FormulaFIVE was teased with a couple video trailers and even packaged with some bonus videos called the Cash Booster series. Go to stomperf5.com to view the page.
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Web Hosting Search Review
I recently stumbled across a site that could easily help with your web hosting needs. They are called Web Hosting Search and as the name indicates, they don’t offer hosting, but offer a database of different hosting companies which make it easy to search and compare rates and services. I found my current host and [...]
Actionscript Drag & Drop Tutorial | Vertical and Horizontal Flash Sliders
A specific use of drag and drop which is a bit more complicated than your average drag & drop needs is a slider. You can use components, but I usually prefer using my own graphics and code, partly because the components tend to bloat the filesize of the swf and partly because that’s just how [...]
Posted in tutorial Also tagged actionscript, AIR, animation, as3, flash, flex, interactive, open source, tutorial, usability 5 Comments
Stomping2 Design
Stomping2.com is the Stomping the Search Engines 2 relaunch by StomperNet. I was responsible for the design and html/css implementation. Site makes use of the custom stompernet video player I created as well.
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Flash Video Issue: loadbar (size) vs playbar (time) usability
This deals with some issues I’m having with the seekbar of a player. The seekbar is the area that displays the video time as a bar that shows your current position/percentage of the video, it can also display the loaded portion of the video among other things as well. Including the video players I’ve made, [...]
Posted in other, review Also tagged actionscript, as2, as3, experiment, film, flash, flex, graphic design, interactive, movie, usability 3 Comments
Lori Newman