I got a ping from Dave over at PilotVibe.com. Flashbelt #3 is scheduled for the middle of June over in beautiful St. Antony main. For all y’all into Flash and the crazy things happening in that world locally, mecca has come to you.
You just created a flash web site. Good for you! Now you publish it online for everyone to see. Great! You’ve avoided having to worry about cross-platform / cross-browser issues. Wonderf… …wait a second. No, you just eliminated one of the only advantages flash had. Why publish in flash if you are not going to [...]
It’s been several years since I’ve religously read my design rags. A few months ago, I got an offer in the mail to subscribe to both Print and HOW for something like $25. Apparently, I wasn’t the only one that hasn’t been buying them lately. Well, the offer was too good to pass up, and [...]
Jonathan Snook has launched a new web site: fontsmack.com. Fontsmack is a repository of read-to-go sIFR files. sIFR files are small flash files that can be uses with the Scalable Inman Flash REplacement method of providing an (almost) completely accessible method for using custom fonts on your web page headers and headlines. Jonathan, a web [...]
We’ve done another version of the snowman maker this time for valentines day… and I was wondering if you might have any ideas on folks to contact to circulate links… I’d love to get the word out on this one… its better than ever. Check it out.. www.oco.com/lovebuddy/ its filled with more clay wonders ..just [...]
I get the impression all our local web designers are anxious to create all our websites in Macromedia Flash. Best I can figure, it’s because they haven’t embraced the web. Yes, in Flash, everything is possible – just paper. There are 5 major reasons to avoid building your websites in Flash: It Re-invents the Interface [...]