All flash sites for local businesses? Really?
Flash is a fantastic tool. We use it frequently as an ELEMENT in the websites we develop. Flash is the best way to show online video and it is a great presentation tool for telling the story about your client through a short animation or some sort of interactive tool. It is not something that [...]
Adobe Flash vs. Microsoft Silverlight 2008
I was browsing and I came across a website that required me to download Silverlight. I have Silverlight running on my primary machines already but I didn’t even realize until today I didn’t have it installed on my backup laptop. This got me thinking, how popular is Silverlight? I have heard about it more and [...]
University of Northern Colorado Promotional Video
This morning we released a fun and engaging Flash/video promotion for the University of Northern Colorado which I thought some of you may enjoy. Zipline completed the project in conjunction with MagnerSanborn advertising. The project builds on the earlier success of another MagnerSanborn/Zipline joint project, InspiredSeason.com. InspiredSeason.com is a viral video project which promotes Gonzaga [...]
Embedding Flash with JavaScript for Quality and SEO
When I first started using Flash I used the standard object embed code that I used for video and other embedded elements at the time. As Flash and Macromedia evolved, I started using the code generated by Dreamweaver. When Internet Explorer 7 was released that simple Dreamweaver embed code created a problem. Elements like Flash [...]
Using mailto in Flash with Actionscript 3.0
Generally I try to not to use mailto links under any circumstance because many users particularly non business users do not have a default email service and it becomes difficult or impossible for those users to utilize these links. In addition, I don’t like to subject myself or my customers to email hunters. That being [...]