Tuesday, May 13, 2003

Flash Communications: new server, new possibilities Last week Macromedia announced the Flash communication server, which allows you to integrate multi-user data, audio and video into your flash sites or applications. I believe that the online training sector has a lot to gain from this technology. As someone who has worked in online training I can tell you that clients in this sector have always wanted video conferencing to be a part of their learner management system (LMS). Most companies have avoided providing this service because of the difficulty of setting up and maintaining a video conferencing service. Using flash communications it will become very easy to offer video conferencing, principally because the user doesnt have to do much, all they need to do is update their flash player and go to a web site and they are away. Which is considerably simpler than configuring and using a video conferencing product like NetMeeting. [Thinking in Flash] 8:38:59 AM     Denim DENIM is a system that helps web site designers in the early stages of design. DENIM supports sketching input, allows design at different refinement levels, and unifies the levels through zooming. 8:27:49 AM     Etch a Site as Easy As Pie Even in the age of computers, prying pencil and paper out of the hands of designers is harder than charming the tar out of a cat. That's why a team at the University of California at Berkeley has developed a software sketching tool that helps designers create fully interactive websites using just a graphics tablet or mouse. Denim is a website prototyping tool that magically brings alive sketches of sites without its users having to do any programming. 8:26:19 AM

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