Acknowledgments

Thanks to my fellow team members, Eric Ott and Ray Bourdin, for bringing this dream along, arduous way to reality. It's been a high-energy project right from the very beginningI'm grateful that I had two partners who, simultaneously, stoked the engine and hung on for dear life, all the way to the end.

Mark Fletcher is a pure magician when it comes to Captivateand he's prepared a great-treat for all with his Recipes Test Drive found on the CD-ROM. I'm happy to have had the opportunity to work with Mark on this project and look forward to many more.

I really appreciate all the hard work put in by everyone at Macromedia Press, notably editor Wendy Sharp and copy editor Hon Walker.

One last special thanks to Debra and Margot who had the good grace to give me a little-breathing room during the day and fill my nights with images of a technologically infused and socially adept generation side-by-side a meta-physically moving, always moving one.

Joseph Lowery

All projects undertaken at WebAssist are collective efforts, and this book is no exception.

Joseph Lowerythe team's expert authorspearheaded the effort. Joseph transformed our computer files and code snippets into a book you can hold in your hands. Ray BorduinVP of Technology at WebAssistspent countless hours developing the recipe source code for the book. Julie Ottmy sistervolunteered her creative talent to produce the web designs included with this book. And our team of tech editors provided great support and critical feedback that was needed.

Some of the recipes and techniques in this book are based on work and direction outside the core team. Thanks as well to the following individuals: Hieu Bui, Kurt O'Donnell, Tim Sweeney, Dave Hoffman, Matt Eastling, Tom Gade, Neal Hansch, Sho Kuwamoto, Amit Kishnani, George Comninos, Dave DeVisser, Eric Wittman, Rob Christenson, Joe Marini, Eric Lerner, Matt Lerner, Mike Sundermeyer, Ken Sundermeyer, NJ, Heidi Bauer, and Daniel Taborga.

Eric Ott