My Interest

  WHY FLASH? A BETTER QUESTION MIGHT BE WHY not FLASH? THE KEY TO FLASH'S POPULARITY,THOUGH,IS ITS POWERFUL MULTIMEDIA CAPABILITIES-FEATURES THAT HAVE ENABLED FLASH TO TRANSFORM THE WEB FROM TEXT-GRAPHICS MEDIUM THAT IT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO INTO THE MULTISENSORY,INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE IT HAS BECOME TODAY.A PAINSTAKINGLY PRODUCED FLASH MOVIE CAN BE AS ENJOYABLE AS A WELL ORCHESTRATED SYMPHONY. AND LIKE A SYMPHONY, IT BRINGS TOGETHER A NUMBER OF ELEMENTS-SOUND,MOVEMENT,INTERACTION-TO PRODUCE EXTRAORDINARY RESULTS. ONE ELEMENT THAT MAKES FLASH SUCH AS INCREDIBLE WEB DEVELOPMENT TOOL IS ITS USE OF VECTOR GRAPHIC AS THE DEFAULT GRAPHICS MODE. VECTOR GRAPHICS ARE OBJECTS DEFINED BY MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS,OR VECTORS, THAT INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE OBJECT'S SIZE, SHAPE,COLOR,OUTLINE,AND POSITION. THIS EFFICIENT MODE OF HANDLING GRAPHICS KEEPS FILES RELATIVELY SMALL-EVEN WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH COMPLEX DRAWING. A FINAL-AND PERHAPS DEFINING-FACTOR IN FLASH'S ABILITY TO CREATE FAST-LOADING MULTIMEDIA OVER THE WEB IS ITS ABILITY TO STREAM CONTENT.IT MEANS THAT EVEN LARGE FILES WITH SOUND,ANIMATION,AND BITMAPS CAN BEGIN PLAYING ALMOST INSTANTANEOUSLY.