Reality Macromedia Flash Communication Server MX : Strategic Solutions for Online Interaction

by Sanders, William B.

• ISBN13: 9780321179142
• ISBN10: 0321179145
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-23
• Publisher: Macromedia Press

Summary

The Reality series is your invitation to be part of real-world Flash Communication Server MX development teams as they tackle real-world problems. Sit in on the application-design process, listen in as the engineers discuss development problems and brainstorm possible solutions, and observe the actual implementation. Reality Macromedia Flash Communication Server MX: Strategic Solutions for Online Interaction introduces the new interactive online opportunities made possible by the marriage of Macromedia Flash MX and the Flash Communication Server. New features in the Communication Server, coupled with the power of Macromedia Flash, make it easy to create solution-oriented, highly interactive online applications. Each of the four applications is built in real time, starting with defining the project requirements and articulating design considerations, all the way through deployment and post-delivery analysis, providing the reader with real-world case studies and best practices that may be used as is or adapted as needed. All of the applications show how both client-side and server-side shared objects can be employed to solve real-world problems without having to rely on pre-built communication components. Book jacket.

Author Biography

William B. Sanders is the author of over 50 books in the fields of technology and sociology. He is a professor of Interactive Information Technology at the University of Hartford and is involved in the field of human-computer interaction (HCI) and the use of technology in social interaction aYo Binitie, artist, multimedia designer/developer, is Creative Director for DesignStreet, London UK, a New Media design company. A former lecturer in fine art, his search for new forms of expression has resulted in experiments with digital media and interactive technology. His search continues...

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xv
testBench: a Comm Server utility	p. 1
Product Requirements	p. 3
New Tools	p. 4
Initial Thoughts	p. 7
Development	p. 11
Utility Layout Sketch	p. 15
Connections, Initial Settings, and Feedback	p. 16
Server-Side Script	p. 35
Delivery	p. 38
Visiting Professor	p. 39
Product Requirements	p. 41
The Problem	p. 41
Requirements	p. 44
Initial Thoughts	p. 47
Content-Input Module	p. 51
Dual-Camera Video	p. 60
Audio Control	p. 65
Flowchart	p. 67
Development	p. 69
Programming Tasks	p. 70
Speaker Module	p. 72
Audience Module	p. 87
Final Testing, Intercontinentally	p. 94
The Solution	p. 95
The Presentation	p. 96
Adding Enhancements	p. 102
Delivery	p. 109
Consultancy and Installation	p. 109
Postmortem: Ends and Beginnings	p. 118
Video-Talk Mail	p. 121
Product Requirements	p. 123
The Problem	p. 123
The Requirements	p. 129
Initial Thoughts	p. 131
Test Balloon	p. 132
Assumptions and Plans	p. 136
Development	p. 143
Development vs. Design	p. 144
User Interface	p. 146
RecordVT Layout Sketch	p. 152
Basic Video and Audio Settings	p. 155
Bandwidth Component	p. 156
Recording, Appending, and Reviewing FLV Files	p. 160
vtMail Viewer Layout Sketch	p. 164
Component Design Script	p. 167
The Solution	p. 171
Quality/Bandwidth Tests	p. 172
Completion Decisions	p. 182
Delivery	p. 185
Installation	p. 186
Reviews	p. 188
Conclusion	p. 195
Rash Decisions	p. 197
Product Requirements	p. 199
The Problem	p. 199
Early Response	p. 203
Action List	p. 205
Initial Thoughts	p. 209
Requirement/Technology Pairs	p. 210
Security	p. 217
Text Chat	p. 218
Contact and Control Elements	p. 218
Flowchart	p. 220
Development	p. 221
Object Sketch Sheet	p. 222
Video and Audio	p. 223
Streams	p. 231
Connection	p. 232
Information Returning to the Client Side	p. 237
Alert	p. 242
Buffer Reset	p. 244
Mute	p. 245
Chat Feature	p. 246
Complete Server-Side Script	p. 248
The Final Test Run	p. 250
The Solution	p. 251
Initial Tests	p. 252
Fixing the Problems	p. 254
Second Presentation	p. 262
Usability Review	p. 264
Second Response	p. 266
Delivery	p. 269
Creating the Module Pairs	p. 270
Contact Menu	p. 273
Postmortem	p. 275
Radio Free Flash	p. 277
Requirements	p. 279
The Project Request	p. 280
Initial Thoughts	p. 285
Technology Options	p. 285
Design Prototypes	p. 290
Development	p. 293
The New Look	p. 294
Making the Radio Script	p. 295
Creating the RFF Script	p. 301
Testing 1,...	p. 304
The Solution	p. 307
The Presentation	p. 308
The Road to Repair	p. 310
Second Presentation	p. 317
Delivery	p. 319
Working with Chaos	p. 320
Post-delivery Feedback	p. 322
Future Streaming MP3 Applications	p. 324
Index	p. 325
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