Flash User Experience Best Practices offers solutions to common user experience issues that Flash designers and developers face every day. Topics shown include: 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.

1. Introduction
    
       
    
       Welcome      
    
0:31
    
3 MB
   
  
    
2. Overview
    
       
    
       Why user experience is important      
    
10:23
    
12 MB
   
     
    
       How Flash applications differ from HTML      
    
13:37
    
18 MB
   
     
    
       Examples of problematic Flash user experiences      
    
7:28
    
13 MB
   
     
    
       Examples of effective Flash user experiences      
    
7:01
    
9.8 MB
   
  
    
3. Designing Workflow
    
       
    
Using wireframes and screenflows
    
11:04
    
12.7 MB
   
     
    
Standard UI widgets vs. Flash UI widgets
    
7:10
    
13.9 MB
   
     
    
User-testing essentials
    
4:04
    
5.3 MB
   
  
    
4. Effective Flash Player Detection
    
       
    
When to instruct users to update their Flash Players
    
6:32
    
5.3 MB
   
     
    
Implementing the Flash 8 detection scripts
    
8:07
    
15.4 MB
   
     
    
Choosing appropriate and effective alternate content
    
9:40
    
13.7 MB
   
     
    
Using Flash Player Express Install to handle upgrades
    
11:39
    
22.2 MB
   
     
    
Using Express Install events to your advantage
    
7:44
    
8.9 MB
   
  
    
5. Effective Flash Forms
    
       
    
User feedback
    
8:32
    
14.3 MB
   
     
    
Setting focus to the first input control
    
4:45
    
6.7 MB
   
     
    
Storing reusable user information with Shared Objects
    
6:51
    
9.8 MB
   
     
    
Setting the tab index
    
6:22
    
9.9 MB
   
  
    
6. Making Flash Behave Like HTML
    
       
    
Generating browser history using a hidden frame
    
6:28
    
11.5 MB
   
     
    
Updating the history from within Flash
    
4:21
    
7.5 MB
   
     
    
Forcing compatibility across browsers
    
4:02
    
5.3 MB
   
     
    
Handling back/forward button updates
    
9:35
    
15.7 MB
   
     
    
Why creating unique URLs is important
    
8:17
    
12.7 MB
   
     
    
Using Shared Objects to manage states
    
5:43
    
8.1 MB
   
  
    
7. Usable UI Controls
    
       
    
Fitt's Law of Human Psychomotor Behavior
    
5:20
    
4.3 MB
   
     
    
Applying Godin's ''Banana'' Principle to guide users
    
7:29
    
11.9 MB
   
     
    
Using clear naming conventions and using copy as interface design
    
5:36
    
6.4 MB
   
     
    
Advice on skinning widgets for usability
    
5:49
    
9.6 MB
   
  
    
8. Improving ''Scanability''
    
       
    
Explanation: Users don't read; they scan
    
7:27
    
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Separating controls and content
    
6:37
    
11.6 MB
   
  
    
9. Automating Commands
    
       
    
Single-screen reservation and shopping cart systems
    
5:35
    
9.9 MB
   
     
    
Using UI widgets to improve context continuity
    
5:23
    
9.8 MB
   
  
    
10. Designing Simplicity
    
       
    
Removing unnecessary design elements
    
5:35
    
9.4 MB
   
     
    
Justifying what's left
    
8:30
    
14.1 MB
   
     
    
37signals: Designing half of an application
    
5:46
    
5.1 MB
   
  
    
11. Flash Video: A Better User Experience
    
       
    
Flash video vs. Real, QuickTime and others
    
6:16
    
10.4 MB
   
     
    
The Flash 8 Video Import Wizard
    
8:10
    
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12. Conclusion
           
    
Essential resources
    
5:55
    
10 MB
   
     
    
Goodbye
    
0:25
    
2.3 MB

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