Flash User Experience Best Practices with: Robert Hoekman Jr. was recently published in the lynda.com Online Training Library™.

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Flash User Experience Best Practices defines the common user experience issues that Flash designers and developers face every day, and explains why having solutions to these issues is vital to the success of the application. This tutorial shows you how to solve many of these issues, including making the browser Back button work with the Flash Player, handling state management, implementing effective Flash detection with useful alternate content, improving “scanability” and workflow in your applications, and helping users maintain context while working with your applications. Throughout the training videos, Robert Hoekman, Jr., shows you real-world examples and demonstrates techniques for improving the experiences you create. Exercise files accompany the training videos, allowing you to follow along and learn at your own pace.

Topics include:

• The importance of user experience with regard to Flash content
• How to design an effective workflow
• Flash detection best practices
• When to require Flash Player upgrades and how to handle them
• Designing effective forms
• How to get the Back button working with your Flash application
• Creating unique URLs to enable bookmarking
• Maintaining application context
• Improving “scanability”
• Duration: 4 hours

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