In many situations web designers should avoid Flash and prefer usual text-based presentation. For instance, in most tasks related to pure text presentation Flash is neither necessary nor user-friendly, and it also has some serious accessibility problems: in fact, “pure” text is easier to maintain and easier to copy and paste. However, if you’d like to present some multimedia-content, particularly images, Flash can often be a feasible solution, with flexible image management for web designers [...]

If you want to “go big” visually with a website, delivering complex interaction and a rich experience across a wide range of browsers, Flash is the only way to go. Right? Nope. Given the widespread adoption and advancements of modern browsers and JavaScript libraries, using Flash makes little sense. But it does have its place on the Web, considering the need for progressive enhancement. In the current landscape of technology and accessing the Internet through [...]

You are going to learn, how to easily load fonts apply a css stylesheet to a textfield. Until now, it has always been a big mess dynamicaly loading fonts. With the new fontloader from etcs.ru the process got easy as pie. All you need to do is to create a flash file, add dynamic textfields with the fonts you want and change the font weight and/or style to your needs. Then you just need to [...]

Introduction: By the end of this tutorial, you will know how to make a Tic-Tac-Toe Flash Game like this (without ads of course): // This tutorial will teach Flash authoring techniques as well as programming in CS3. This tutorial is designed for simplicity and object oriented programming is not applied. The entire game is made with the Flash authoring timeline. Although I don’t recommend this method, this is the quickest and easiest way to get [...]

Creating mp3 Player Body Start Flash (I’m using flash CS3 and ActionScript 3.0) and create a new file any size you wish, just make it wide enough for 400px wide rectangle. Mine is the default size. In a new layer called body create a black rectangle with a black stroke that is 400px wide and 28px high, we will adjust the width later if necessary, and add the following style colors: Please note the black [...]

Adobe Flash is an excellent technology that allows developers to add interactivity and smooth animations to web pages. Its popularity is so immense that you’ll find many websites dedicated to helping developers interested in Flash. In this article, you’ll find 12 wonderful websites that’s worth a bookmark if you’re looking into sharpening your Flash development skills. For each entry, you’ll find three tutorials from the website so that you can see what’s in store for [...]