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The Keys to Improving Flash Usability
Friday, August 3, 2001

The Keys to Improving Flash Usability

The Key to Usable Interaction

The Principle of Shortcuts

Blame HTML

Flash offers CTRL

The Key Facts

Letting the User Know

The Final Key

written by CHris MacGregor - chris@macgregor.net
Chris MacGregor is a usability consultant and Flash developer with MacGregor Media in Houston, Texas. He consults with clients across the world to improve the usability of their Flash projects. In addition to his award-winning work, MacGregor is recognized as a leading proponent of Flash and Usability. He is the publisher of Flazoom.com, a popular Flash critique site and author of a number of articles focusing on Flash and Usability. Earlier this year Macromedia published MacGregor's Flash usability white paper entitled "Developing User-Friendly Flash Content."