Re: FLASH: First web site. Beta site test.

[Tom Green]

JGL wrote:

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> Hey, isn't that one of the points of this list, sort of a QC. Shouldn't

> people learning Flash be allowed to use this list as Quality Check and not

> get lambasted for errors?


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Would you personally have posted a substandard site with that kind of error?

Isn't that the sort of thing that should be caught in the development process-

Test Movie? How would one of your clients react to it?


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> <snip>


> Anyway, I think this forum IS more about discussing the

> technology and how to make it work as opposed to design. Although design is

> a critical element, I didn't join this list to learn design, I joined to

> learn how to Flash - how to use the technology . . . And how else do we find

> if it works on various platforms, browsers etc. without the potpourri of

> that and the willingness of the kind souls we have available here?


No it isn't. It is about both the technology and the design. Just look at

people's reactions to sites. Most say it is gorgeous. That word is associated

with design, not tech.


Also I don't, for a second, believe you have ever had a client take you aside

and say " Love the tech."


The thing with Flash is that both have to be carefully balanced or you wind up

with exactly the situation that sparked this discussion.


One final point. A few of the comments on this subject revolved around not

getting the point. When that happens the tech takes precedence over the design.

Don't ever forget that what we do is communicate a message through this medium

called the internet. If someone doesn't get the point they aren't stupid. You

failed to communicate the message.




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