I’m struggling with my Flash class. Oh, I get the assignments done and I expect I’ll do fine in the class … that’s not it. The problem is that Flash is fun. Steve says I’m “becoming a convert”. I’ve always dissed Flash sites. “Flashturbation”, I’ve heard them called. Silly splash screens with long load times and irritating animations which don’t work if the proper plug-in isn’t installed on the viewer’s computer. Inaccessible to folks surfing with screen readers. All still true and yet … Flash is fun.
Here are my first attempts at Flash animation and web design. Turn on your speakers (special thanks to my sound engineer, Steve). Don’t expect much … these are homework assignments and as such, projects that only a mother (and probably a sister) could love. I doubt Disney will hire me any time soon …
And now I better stop playing with Flash and get to work on Dad’s project. His deadlines are much tighter than my instructors!
Yep – you called it – your sister loves them. Hey, now you can make your own e-cards with all that cool stuff. I want to learn flash but then again, I don’t want any more classes unless I am teaching them!
Looks fun Laura!!!!!! and sounds great Steve!!!!!
Hey! your work is great here and on Elmhurt site. Is the needlework from your friend, Lynn? Your sound guy does great work also!
love you both
I like the flash stuff, very cool! I can also see the shared Laura and Loren qualities in the elmhurst56 site. One note though: In paragraph 1 on the home page it says “It doesn’t be possible, does it?” I imagine it should say “It doesn’t seem possible.” Loren, I think you owe me a Coke for that one. =)
Michele, it was so nice to get your message last night! I wish I’d been here (we usually don’t get home until 6:30, so 9:30 your time). However, you are welcome to call me on my cellphone, (831) 419-3835, as I have thousands of minutes that are going unused right now (no more long commutes to school!) and no state-to-state fees.
Love y’all!
Thank you, thank you. ‘Tis so nice to have my work appreciated … at least by my audience of three. Dad’s pretty excited about his web site too; in fact, he is meeting right now with the “committee” to plan for the reunion. They’ll no doubt have ideas to expand and improve it, and to give them a jumping off point — and to satisfy my taskmaster father — I did a midnight stint working on it. It’s changed since you looked at it, Westi. Go look again. And tell me if (or when) it breaks. It would be especially useful to know how it does on a Mac, and in a variety of browsers. This site will eventually be used for one of my final class projects so it has to meet certain requirements, some of which are forward thinking rather than backwards compatible. I expect something will break in an older browser but it would be nice to know what, and how badly. BTW … the typo is fixed. Mom actually found it first so dad owes both of you a Coke.
I really thought the animation words were great!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How did you do that?
I’m glad you liked them, Jill! Animation is a simple concept but it takes a looooong time, even using the computer. It’s easier to show you than to tell you. Guess I’ll have to come to Michigan, eh?
My dearest, sweetest, most adorable, beautiful, intelligent, gracious Westi, I would love to buy for you a great big Coke, to go with that delicious cheeseburger at MacDonalds!
And sounds like you won’t need any sugar in that coke based on the sickening sweetness that Dad is caking on in that last comment!!!!!!!
Ha, got yah to post, Loren! To me, that’s success. (I knew correcting his Website text would drive up the wall. hehehe).