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Jermaine George Anderson
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MobTvG: Best Practices for Mobile Navigation
MobTvG, a mobile TV Guide, is an information-rich application that combines intuitive design and creative simplicity. The application won the Best Productivity application in the Macromedia Flash Lite 1.1 Content Contest and continues to generate interest in the mobile community.
One of the key contributing factors to the success of any application is good usability. Providing logical navigation and interactivity for your user is essential to achieve this. However, good usability doesn't have to be an art, and it isn't impossible to accomplish.
The aim of this article is to discuss the best practices for navigation on Flash Lite 1.1–enabled mobile phones and also to take a look at the implementation of the dynamically driven menu from MobTvG.
Requirements
To complete this tutorial you will need to install the following software and files:
Macromedia Flash MX 2004
Tutorials and sample files:
- tvguide_menu.zip (ZIP, 29K)
Prerequisite knowledge:
This article is aimed at experienced Flash developers with some Flash Lite experience and a working knowledge of Flash 4 syntax.
About the author
Jermaine George Anderson has four years experience in Macromedia Flash and web development. After completing an honors degree in chemistry at the University of Birmingham, he went on to gain a master's degree in computer studies in his hometown of Sheffield. Jermaine continually strives for innovation and sees a bright new world unfolding for Flash on mobile phones.
