Comments on: Skip Intro back with a different Face? http://brajeshwar.com/2005/skip-intro-back-with-a-different-face/ Brajeshwar is an ardent believer of KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid), he envision pushing the technical envelop time and again for the betterment of commercial and practical applications. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:27:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://brajeshwar.com/2005/skip-intro-back-with-a-different-face/comment-page-1/#comment-1674 Anonymous Mon, 05 Dec 2005 12:43:40 +0000 http://www.brajeshwar.com/wp/2005/skip-intro-back-with-a-different-face/#comment-1674 To put the whole issue in biblical terms - What Would Strongbad Do? To put the whole issue in biblical terms -
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]]> By: Anonymous http://brajeshwar.com/2005/skip-intro-back-with-a-different-face/comment-page-1/#comment-1673 Anonymous Sun, 04 Dec 2005 10:52:42 +0000 http://www.brajeshwar.com/wp/2005/skip-intro-back-with-a-different-face/#comment-1673 BitmapData has really opened a new door in gaming. Allowing blitting greatly increase the bredth of what you can do. Thousands of objects rendering on 1 bitmap vs. thousands of sprites... that's a big deal! Secondly, ExternalInterface, to me, is more about integration with things OTHER than JavaScript, like C and .NET. Good stuff. BitmapData has really opened a new door in gaming. Allowing blitting greatly increase the bredth of what you can do. Thousands of objects rendering on 1 bitmap vs. thousands of sprites… that’s a big deal!

Secondly, ExternalInterface, to me, is more about integration with things OTHER than JavaScript, like C and .NET. Good stuff.

]]> By: Anonymous http://brajeshwar.com/2005/skip-intro-back-with-a-different-face/comment-page-1/#comment-1672 Anonymous Sun, 04 Dec 2005 10:23:37 +0000 http://www.brajeshwar.com/wp/2005/skip-intro-back-with-a-different-face/#comment-1672 Some good points, but I think there's a distinction between experiments posted on somebody's blog, and a "Skip Intro" launched on a real commercial website. I think the little experiments help demonstrate possibilities and inspire others. As for Flash-based navigation or blogs, why not? Sure, it can be considered a waste of time to create them, as they usually don't provide any real value. But it's only when and if they are worse than the HTML alternatives that I really get annoyed. Some good points, but I think there’s a distinction between experiments posted on somebody’s blog, and a “Skip Intro” launched on a real commercial website. I think the little experiments help demonstrate possibilities and inspire others.

As for Flash-based navigation or blogs, why not? Sure, it can be considered a waste of time to create them, as they usually don’t provide any real value. But it’s only when and if they are worse than the HTML alternatives that I really get annoyed.

]]> By: Anonymous http://brajeshwar.com/2005/skip-intro-back-with-a-different-face/comment-page-1/#comment-1671 Anonymous Sun, 04 Dec 2005 05:40:03 +0000 http://www.brajeshwar.com/wp/2005/skip-intro-back-with-a-different-face/#comment-1671 you make some great points there Brajeshwar ÇƒÓ though I believe the whole ǃÚskip introǃ٠phenomena is often unjustly blamed on Flash whereas it is actually an example of poor usability rather than necessarily a bad use of Flash. With MacromediaǃÙs ǃÚExperience mattersǃ٠slogan in mind I believe Flash introǃÙs do have a role to play and BitmapData and the huge performance improvements in AS3 will help tremendously with this. What it comes down to, is the right tool for the job ÇƒÓ if youǃÙre building a site that has as goal to provide easy access to information then that would not be a good candidate for a Flash intro, if on the other hand youǃÙre trying to convey emotion this same Flash intro could be an invaluable tool. IǃÙm a strong believer in what I call Flash experience environments, which is essentially a type of old-school intro that seamlessly integrates with the Flash interface of the site or application and takes advantage of this to show context-sensitive animations, transitions etc. What probably is most exciting is that as the Flash platform evolves it is not considered something that needs to run exclusive and is self-contained but plays nice with technologies like AJAX which is refreshing to see with the ongoing battle of what defines Web 2.0 you make some great points there Brajeshwar ÇƒÓ though I believe the whole ǃÚskip introǃ٠phenomena is often unjustly blamed on Flash whereas it is actually an example of poor usability rather than necessarily a bad use of Flash.

With MacromediaǃÙs ǃÚExperience mattersǃ٠slogan in mind I believe Flash introǃÙs do have a role to play and BitmapData and the huge performance improvements in AS3 will help tremendously with this.

What it comes down to, is the right tool for the job ÇƒÓ if youǃÙre building a site that has as goal to provide easy access to information then that would not be a good candidate for a Flash intro, if on the other hand youǃÙre trying to convey emotion this same Flash intro could be an invaluable tool.

IǃÙm a strong believer in what I call Flash experience environments, which is essentially a type of old-school intro that seamlessly integrates with the Flash interface of the site or application and takes advantage of this to show context-sensitive animations, transitions etc.

What probably is most exciting is that as the Flash platform evolves it is not considered something that needs to run exclusive and is self-contained but plays nice with technologies like AJAX which is refreshing to see with the ongoing battle of what defines Web 2.0

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