Re: FLASH: Frequently Asked Questions

[Patrick Alexandar]

Put my "Yea" in for the production of a FAQ...puleeeze!


patrick

--- "Byer, Mark" <

mbyerCarlson [dot] com

> wrote:

> To all,

> Out of curiosity, I scanned through the previous

> month's messages, about

> 1500, to see what kinds of questions were being

> asked on this list. I was

> interested in determining if this list warranted the

> production of a FAQ.

> Keep in mind that my goal is NOT to reduce the

> amount of traffic on this

> list, nor is it to "prevent dumb questions." In

> fact, what I discovered is

> that the members of this list are very educated and

> professional in their

> questions. (With a notable recent exception, but I

> left those messages out

> too!  :-D  ) My goal was to see if we could be a

> little more efficient in

> disseminating the kind of information people seek

> here.

> 

> Basically I ignored all replies focusing on initial

> thread messages. I also

> attempted to quickly categorize the general question

> being asked in the

> message. I ignored the messages requesting site

> checks (since a FAQ would

> have no value there). I also ignored highly specific

> or technical questions

> that would not be realistic for a FAQ. Some of the

> categories listed below

> maybe could be combined into a single

> question/answer on the FAQ. Also, I

> think there are some issues that pop up later in the

> thread such as the

> question of mime or the like. But let's use this a

> starting point.

> 

> Here are my results:

> 

>  #	Question

> ----	-------------------------

> 10	Integrating Flash with HTML (backgrounds, resize,

> mime, etc.)

> 10	Variables in Flash (3 or 4, literal vs

> expression)

> 10	Migrating between Flash 3 and 4

> 8	FSCommand tutorial (or, how do I control one movie

> from another or

> HTML?)

> 8	Browser detection

> 7	QuickTime (import and export)

> 7	Scenes

> 7	Event sounds vs streaming sounds (source requests,

> compression,

> formats)

> 6	Online example sites & tutorials

> 6	3D in Flash (gradients, utilities, importing)

> 5	MP3

> 5	Navigator/Explorer Compatibility

> 5	Bitmaps in Flash

> 4	External communication (getting info in and out of

> Flash)

> 4	Creating loading animations (pre-loader sequences)

> 3	Buttons

> 3	Flash vs Director

> 3	Properties (getting and setting)

> 3	Text issues(stroking, rotating text fields,

> skewing)

> 3	Layers (visibility, loading into)

> 2	Flash Books, workshops etc.

> 2	Merging Flash files

> 2	Optimization (file size considerations, test

> movie, etc.)

> 2	Using Movie Clips (MCs)

> 2	Loading sequences and issues

> 2	Drag and drop (onto MC, onto guide)

> 1	Hidden code showing on web page

> 1	Fonts and graphics jaggy (Autohigh vs High)

> 1	Use of GetTimer

> 1	Menus

> 1	Background fade

> 1	Small line selection bug

> 1	Get rid of loading image browser displays

> 1	Frame rate

> 1	Right mouse button

> 1	Keep elements contained on stage

> 1	Flash Chat

> 1	Go back one frame at a time

> 1	Preventing looping of movie

> 1	Generator

> 1	Custom fonts in Flash (i.e. Fontographer)

> 1	Flash and ASP/ColdFusion

> 1	PNG

> 1	Drag and drop movie clips

> 1	Importing from Illustrator, Freehand, Photoshop

> etc.

> 1	Masks and masking techniques

> 1	Tweening along paths

> 

> At this point I'm not sure a FAQ is warranted. The

> questions really run the

> gamut and I'm not sure but it would be more work

> than it's worth. But this

> is interesting information anyway so I offer it to

> the list.

> 

> Take it for what it's worth!

> 

> -M-

> 

> P.S. Should we get a consensus to actually proceed

> with a FAQ, I will be the

> first to step up to volunteer to assist in putting

> this together... any

> others?

> 

> -------------------------------

> 

> Mark Byer

> Sr. Communications Analyst

> Carlson Marketing Group

> Client Communications

> (612) 212-4339

> _________________

>

mbyercarlson [dot] com

> 

>

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