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Flash: 99% Bad (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)

Flash reduces usability for three reasons: it makes bad design more likely, it breaks the Web's fundamental interaction style, and it consumes resources that would be better spent enhancing a site's core value.

Usability of Ephemeral Web-Based Applications (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)

Usability tests of 46 Flash applications identified basic issues related to the ephemeral nature of Web-embedded apps. Some findings restate old truths about GUIs; others reflect the Net's new status as nexus of the user experience.

RIA (Rich Internet Applications) Usability: Design Guidelines for Web-Based Functionality

117 best practices from research on how people use tools, applications, and functionality on the Web. Free report, 225 pages.

Accessibility and Usability of Flash for Users with Disabilities

Report from user testing of Flash sites and tools, with 21 design guidelines for improving ease-of-use for users with disabilities.

Web Usability - Flash And Accessibility

As the Web has evolved, new software and applications have been developed for use on Websites. Many of these new applications are proprietary products that don't use standard features recognised by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The use of non-standard formats can cause significant accessibility problems for some people.

Flazoom.com - Developing User-Friendly Flash Content

Flazoom.com - Flash Usability and More!, is a blog covering issues relating to Flash, Live Motion and SVG content on the web with a focus on usability. This site contains news, reviews, books and more.

Skip Intro - Macromedia Flash Usability and Interface Design > Reviews > Flash Magazine

Interface design has a great influence on application usability, and that is why both Apple and Microsoft publish length tomes filled with advice on how applications should be designed to make them useable. Developers who follow such advice and use standard user interface components have an easier life than Flash developers, who have to design every piece of the user interface themselves, create their own look and feel, and make the whole thing intuitive and useable.

Powell's Books - Skip Intro: Macromedia Flash Usability and Interface Design with CDROM (Voices) by Duncan Mcalester

Learn the theory and application of effective Flash User Interface Design with real world examples broken down step-by-step with full working code included, ready for immediate implementation into Flash projects....

GOusable - Flash components, usability services, flash design and programming.

GOusable - custom flash components, usability services. Flash design and programming. Redesign and optimization for websites.

Ted On Flash: Flash Usability - Pop-up blockers

Ted On Flash - Ted on Flash is a blog dedicated to the Flash Platform and all related technologies, Flash, Flex, and AIR. Go Flash Go!

Visually Impaired Flash Usability Tool - www.jars.com

Free html tutorials and help, images, color codes and more for the web developer. Featuring tutorials on HTML tags, programming, basics, JavaScript, frames, hex codes and more. Our weekly newsletter provides the latest information for developers.

Usability Testing for Flash Applications

This white paper highlights the various approaches for Usabiliy Testing of flash applications, including the following: Content Proofing, Animation Testing, Synchronization Testing and Interactive Testing.

The Flash Usability Guide: Interacting with Flash MX : Chris MacGregor : ISBN 9781590592014 - Buy.com

This book takes the role of the user's Web experience seriously and shows them how to best use that knowledge when designing. Readers will discover how to succeed with Flash in the business environment that demands economy, efficiency, and effectiveness from a Web site.

Flash usability and UX testing - Ultrashock Forums

Hi, we are developing a tool called "Use It Better", designed to analyse the usability of Flash websites. I invite you to give it a look and