The document summarizes a presentation given by Michael Dabydeen about Flash and multimedia as an interface concept for a course on user interface design. It introduces the speaker, describes the topic as looking at Flash and multimedia for a class focused on engineering user interfaces and understanding user experience. It then outlines how to create Flash and ActionScript files, discusses what Flash is and how it integrates with the web, and addresses some questions and criticisms about using Flash.

1. Presented by:
Michael Dabydeen
(@firelinks)
UG Berbice Campus 2012

2. • Speaker
• Michael Dabydeen – Developer/Student from Guyana living
in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Find out more at
http://www.michaeldabydeen.com/about/michael
• This Talk
• Designed for Students studying CSI 225 – Internet
Computing at the University of Guyana, Berbice Campus.
Presented via online conference using Google Hangout ™ (as
an experiment)
• Topic
• Talk is about Flash & Multimedia as an interface concept, as
course of study is focused on engineering User Interface (UI)
Design, and understanding User Experience (UX).

3.  How to create Flash Files
◦ Takes too long
◦ You can learn from good tutorials sites provided.
 How to create ActionScript Files
◦ Beyond the scope of this presentation and your
course

4.  All about Flash, Multimedia and RIA
 Understanding Flash Content, Content Types.
 How it integrates with the World Wide Web
 How to place flash content on your webpage
 All your questions you may have about Flash

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8.  Closed Sourced. Proprietary technology to
Adobe Corporation ™.
 Security loop holes.
 Doesn’t well supported on all Operating
Systems
◦ Unix based not well supported.
 Mobile Disaster
◦ Steve Jobs
◦ Apple vs. Adobe
 Performance/Load time (SLow

10.  Good option for creative multimedia.
 Able to create rich internet applications (RIA)
 Stream media (Audio/Video)

11.  Flash
◦ Adobe Flash Professional
 Flex
◦ Adobe platform for building flash content for
mobile websites
 Air
◦ Adobe platform for “platform independent”
applications
 ActionScript
◦ Programming Language used to create interaction
with Flash content

12.  .FLA – Workspace file created when using
Adobe Flash Professional
 .SWF – Flash Movie Format
 .FLV, F4V, .MP4 – Flash Video Format

13. SWF Movie file
User request Flash
Browser

15.  Internet History Inforgraphic - http://www.dr4ward.com/dr4ward/2011/02/the-history-of-internet-
user-immersion-infographic.html
 Adobe Official Flash Tutorials - http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-flash-professional-cs4
 Much Simpler Adobe Flash Tutorials - http://thenewboston.org/list.php?cat=45