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Macromedia® Flash™ Enabled Flash Design and Development for Devices
By Christian Cantrell, Mike Chambers, Branden Hall, Robert Hall, Andreas Heim, Craig Kroeger, Steve Leone, Markus Niedermeier, Bill Perry, Fred Sharples, Glenn Thomas, Phillip Torrone
Publisher	: New Riders Publishing
Pub Date	: May 17, 2002
ISBN	: 0-7357-1177-1
Pages	: 552
	Copyright
		OUR CONTRIBUTORS
		ABOUT THE TECHNICAL EDITORS
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		Chapter 1.  INTRODUCTION TO MACROMEDIA FLASH FOR EMBEDDED DEVICES
			A LITTLE FLASH HISTORY
			THE EXPANDING POPULARITY OF FLASH
			WHAT YOU'LL FIND IN FLASH ENABLED
		Part I:  GETTING STARTED WITH FLASH ON DEVICES
			Chapter 2.  CREATING CONTENT FOR THE POCKET PC USING FLASH
				WHAT IS THE FLASH PLAYER FOR POCKET PC?
				WHY USE FLASH FOR THE POCKET PC?
				ON WHICH POCKET PCS CAN THE FLASH PLAYER FOR POCKET PC RUN?
				WHAT ISN'T SUPPORTED IN THE FLASH PLAYER FOR POCKET PC?
				CONTENT CREATION GUIDELINES
				VIDEO IN FLASH FOR THE POCKET PC
				MEMORY AND MEMORY MANAGEMENT WITH FLASH FOR THE POCKET PC
				DEVICE SPEED AND FRAMES PER SECOND
				DETECTING THE PROCESSOR SPEED ON THE POCKET PC WITH FLASH
				SCREEN ECONOMY WITH FLASH FOR THE POCKET PC
				ROTATING FLASH CONTENT FOR THE POCKET PC
				INTERNET EXPLORER FOR POCKET PC
				HTML AND THE INTERNET EXPLORER FOR POCKET PC
				USING JAVASCRIPT WITH FLASH FOR THE POCKET PC
				SNIFFING FOR INTERNET EXPLORER FOR POCKET PC ON THE SERVER
				DISTRIBUTING YOUR FLASH CONTENT FOR THE POCKET PC
				EMULATION OF THE POCKET PC FOR TESTING
				TEST, TEST, TEST, AND TEST SOME MORE!
				ADVANCED TOPICS
				SUMMARY…THAT'S ALL, FOLKS!
			Chapter 3.  INTERFACE DESIGN FOR DEVICES
				COMMON INTERFACE ISSUES
				SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR DEVICES
				CREATING STANDARD COMPONENTS FOR DEVICES
				OPTIMIZING INTERFACES
				SUMMARY
			Chapter 4.  TYPOGRAPHY IN FLASH FOR DEVICES
				WHAT ARE PIXEL FONTS?
				TYPE CONSIDERATIONS
				PIXEL PROBLEMS IN FLASH
				THE SOLUTION TO PIXEL PROBLEMS
				USAGE OVERVIEW
				MINIML FONT NUMBER SYSTEM
				MAKING YOUR OWN FLASH PIXEL FONT
				FONTS IN APPLICATION
				SUMMARY
			Chapter 5.  FROM START TO FINISH: UNDERSTANDING THE FLASH APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT WORKFLOW
				INTRODUCING THE EVENT GUIDE APPLICATION
				PLANNING YOUR PROJECT
				CREATING THE FLASH PROJECT
				SUMMARY
		Part II:  ADVANCED FLASH DEVELOPMENT FOR DEVICES
			Chapter 6.  CREATING MOTION GRAPHICS AND CHARACTER ANIMATION FOR THE POCKET PC USING FLASH
				PLANNING, ORGANIZING, AND OPTIMIZATION
				KEYS TO MOTION GRAPHICS
				KEYS TO CHARACTER ANIMATION
				SUMMARY
			Chapter 7.  CREATING INTERACTIVE GAMES FOR DEVICES USING FLASH
				CONSTRAINTS OF THE GAME PLATFORM
				GAME CATEGORIES WHAT WORKS ON THE POCKET PC, AND WHAT DOESN'T?
				MAKING A CARD GAME
				SUMMARY
		Part III:  CREATING APPLICATIONS FOR DEVICES WITH FLASH
			Chapter 8.  DATA PERSISTENCE WITH FLASH, JSCRIPT, AND HTTP COOKIES
				WHAT ARE HTTP COOKIES?
				DATA FLOW BETWEEN FLASH, JSCRIPT, AND COOKIES
				DISSECTING FLASHTONE
				SUMMARY
			Chapter 9.  STANDALONE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT USING FLASH AND JAVA
				DEVELOPING WITH AN N-TIERED ARCHITECTURE
				PLATFORM INDEPENDENCE
				WHY USE DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR A SINGLE PROJECT?
				THE TEXTTOOL APPLICATION WE ARE BUILDING
				JAVA ON THE POCKET PC
				FLASH ON POCKET PC
				BUILDING THE TEXTTOOL BACK-END
				UNDERSTANDING THE FLASH USER INTERFACE
				SUMMARY
			Chapter 10.  SERVER-SIDE DYNAMIC CONTENT FOR FLASH-ENABLED DEVICES
				WHAT IS MACROMEDIA GENERATOR?
				WHAT IS JGENERATOR?
				ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF USING A SERVER-SIDE TOOL FOR DYNAMIC CONTENT FOR DEVICES
				CREATING GENERATOR TEMPLATES: THE AUTHORING WORKFLOW
				TWO TECHNIQUES FOR SERVER-SIDE DYNAMIC CONTENT CREATION
				SUMMARY
		Part IV:  FLASH FOR TELEVISION
			Chapter 11.  FLASH CONTENT FOR TELEVISION
				GENERAL TELEVISION DISPLAY ISSUES
				INTERLACING
				FLASH FOR NON-BROADCAST TV: VHS, MINIDV, DVD
				FLASH FOR BROADCAST TELEVISION
				FLASH FOR TV BROWSERS
				PROBLEMS IN DEVELOPING ANIMATION FOR TV BROWSERS
				FLASH FOR ENHANCED TV
				SUMMARY
			Chapter 12.  DEVELOPING FLASH CONTENT FOR THE SONY PLAYSTATION 2
				THE THREE VERSIONS OF THE FLASH PLAYER
				FLASH DESIGN IN ACTION: OUR EXPERIENCE WITH LUCASARTS
				THE ADVANTAGES OF USING FLASH FOR SONY PLAYSTATION 2 GAME TITLES
				USER INTERFACE LOGIC FOR FLASH IN A GAME TITLE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT
				USER INTERFACE DESIGN ISSUES FOR SONY PLAYSTATION 2
				THE FUTURE OF FLASH DEVELOPMENT ON CONSOLES
				SUMMARY
		Part V:  THE FUTURE OF FLASH AND EMBEDDED DEVICES
			Chapter 13.  AFTERWORD: LOOKING FORWARD
				THE STATE OF DEVICES TODAY
				DEVICES IN THE FUTURE
		Part VI:  APPENDIXES
			Appendix A.  FLASH PLAYER FOR THE NOKIA 9200 COMMUNICATOR SERIES AUTHORING GUIDELINES
				SUPPORTED PLATFORMS
				LANGUAGES
				DEVELOPING CONTENT
				USING BITMAPS
				DEPLOYING CONTENT
				DYNAMIC CONTENT
				TRADEMARKS
			Appendix B.  FLASH DEVICE MATRIX
			Appendix C.  FLASH DEVICE RESOURCES
				GENERAL FLASH DEVICE RESOURCES
				TYPOGRAPHY/FONTS
				SERVER-SIDE DYNAMIC FLASH
				FLASH AND JAVA
				DEVICE RESOURCES
				AUTHOR WEB SITES
			Appendix D.  POCKET PC DEVICE DETECTION
				SERVER-SIDE DETECTION
				CLIENT-SIDE DETECTION
			Appendix E.  MICROSOFT POCKET INTERNET EXPLORER ON POCKET PC 2002
				HTML
				WAP
				DHTML
				Protocols
				Scripting
				ActiveX Controls
				Downloading controls
				XML support
				Cascading style sheets
				Font downloading
				Data binding
				Java
				Native file formats
				Recording file formats
				User-Agent string
				Cache
				Subscriptions, offline browsing
				Colors /resolution
				Auto-complete URL
				Link highlighting
				View HTML source
				Favorites
				Input devices
				Cookies
				User authentication
				Security
				Newsgroups
				CDF
				MIME type helpers
				Printing
				Web server
			Appendix F.  USING FLASH FOR DEVELOPING TOUCH-SCREEN KIOSKS
				PLANNING DEPLOYMENT OF FLASH MX ON A TOUCH-SCREEN KIOSK
				GENERAL TOUCH-SCREEN HARDWARE INFORMATION
				ALTERNATIVE TOUCH-SCREEN TECHNOLOGY
				SPECIFIC TOUCH-SCREEN HARDWARE NUANCES AND TECHNOLOGIES
				GENERAL TIPS FOR WORKING WITH TOUCH SCREENS
				TIPS FOR DEVELOPING FLASH APPLICATIONS ON TOUCH SCREENS
				EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITIES
			Appendix G.  WHAT'S ON THE WEB SITE
				Updates
				Source Files
				Resources
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