[thelist] [OT] - I'm not a flash fan, bu tI've fallen in love with this...

[Ben Joyce]

Personally I try to avoid flash at all costs, both viewing and developing.

I just think it looks nice.  :)

On 4/19/07, Christian Heilmann <codepo8 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > It's not often I see any Flash worth looking at, let alone commenting
> > on... this is a delightful exception.
> >
> > Love it :)
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> Jesus, this is an out-of-the-box solution and was explained in several books:
> http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2004/09/03/flashhacks.html
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> http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=flash+book+turning+pages&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
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> Personally I find it flashy for three seconds then the fiddly
> interface, its memory consumption and obvious accessibility flaws make
> me leave.
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> This is the web, interaction concept of the real world don't work as
> well as we are not using our fingers but a small mouse pointer or a
> keyboard. Puma had their whole online catalogue like that but changed
> it very quickly:
> http://writerresponsetheory.org/wordpress/2005/06/02/puma-e-catalog/
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> Then again, the book started it all:
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=xFAWR6hzZek
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