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Loaded with real-world examples, code snippets, and digestible text, this book opens up your eyes to the real power of QuickTime, which goes much farther than merely allowing you to create and play short videos. QuickTime is a deep, all-encompassing technology that can be used for displaying all kinds of things, including programmable functions and site navigation.

Nineteen chapters cover everything from how to download and install QuickTime to special features of the QuickTime Plug-in (you can limit the download rate of a movie so that users with a fast connection don't hog all the bandwidth) to streaming vs. nonstreaming applications. Other chapters discuss using QuickTime layers (text, Flash, and so on) and programming sprites for creating interactive QuickTime movies. There's a great example of a calculator created entirely in QuickTime by using sprites.

As an added bonus, the accompanying CD-ROM contains QuickTime 4 Pro for both Macintosh and Windows (which alone is worth the cost of the book); an assortment of tools for creating, editing, and converting audio and video; and most of the examples in the book. Leave it to Apple to come out with a technical manual that reads easily and is packed with more fun things to do than a boardwalk arcade. --Mike Caputo

This is the complete guide to creating QuickTime content and putting it on the Web. It covers everything-from the right way to embed a movie in a Web page to the best techniques for combining scrolling text, Flash animation, MP3 audio, live streams, and virtual reality-in an engaging and easy to follow style.

Written for multimedia authors, Web heads, and anyone who wants to include sound or video on a website, this book provides clear, detailed, and often humorous guidance. This book contains a wealth of information you won't find anywhere else.

The included CD-ROM contains QuickTime Pro for Macintosh and Windows (a $60 value). QuickTime is the industry standard for developing and distributing multimedia content. Its powerful, extensible software architecture lets you deliver state-of-the-art digital content over the Web or on CD-ROM. It works equally well on Windows (95/98/NT/2000) and Macintosh computers.

Other Books in the QuickTime Developer Series

Discovering QuickTime: An Introduction for Windows and Macintosh Programmers. A step-by-step introduction to QuickTime C programming, with code samples on CD.

QuickTime for Java: A Developer Reference. An inside look at programming QuickTime in Java, with a CD that contains installers for both QuickTime and Java.

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
Author: Steven W. Gulie
Release Date: 2000-05-01
ISBN/EAN: 012471255X / 9780124712553

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• Uses the VISUAL approach to cover new features of Flash MX.
• Teach Yourself VISUALLY Flash MX is the full-color tutorial with clear, concise, jargon-free instructions with over 500 color screenshots throughout. Jam-packed with information, this book goes beyond the basics.
• Book covers how to create musical tracks, sound effects, dynamic animations, and innovative interfaces; using timelines, adding text effects, and creating tweens.

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The power of the Web lies in the fact that anyone and everyone can access it, and this should also extend to users with disabilities. Accessibility is about making websites accessible to those with aural, visual, or physical disabilities, or rather, constructing websites that dont exclude these people from accessing the content or services provided.

This isn't difficult to accomplish and doesn't require anything more than your normal tool set-HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, or whatever else. All you need to do is use these tools in the right way, and bear in mind the guidelines that exist to help you keep your websites accessible and the laws that enforce web accessibility around the world.

This book gives you all you need to know about web accessibility, whether you are a web designer or developer who wants your sites to be accessible, or a business manager who wants to learn what impact the web accessibility laws have on your websites.

After an overview of the accessibility law and guidelines, and a discussion about accessibility and its implementation in the enterprise, the book goes on to show how to implement accessible websites using a combination of concise references and easy-to-follow examples, covering:

• Understanding assistive technologies
• Creating accessible content using XHTML, JavaScript, CSS, Flash, and PDFs
• Testing against WCAG (including 2.0) and Section 508
• Retrofitting inaccessible sites where necessary

The book concludes with an in-depth analysis of accessibility law around the world. If youre concerned about the legal and moral implications of web accessibility, then this book is perfect for you. It is written by some of the world's experts on accessibility, leaving you in good hands.

Summary of Contents:

• PART 1: THE IMPACT OF WEB ACCESSIBILITY
  • Chapter 1: Understanding Web Accessibility
  • Chapter 2: Overview of Law and Guidelines
  • Chapter 3: Implementing Accessibility in the Enterprise
• PART 2: IMPLEMENTING ACCESSIBLE WEBSITES
  • Chapter 4: Overview of Accessible Technologies
  • Chapter 5: Assistive Technology: Screen Readers and Browsers
  • Chapter 6: Accessible Content
  • Chapter 7: Accessible Navigation
  • Chapter 8: Accessible Data Input
  • Chapter 9: CSS for Accessible Web Pages
  • Chapter 10: Accessible JavaScript
  • Chapter 11: Accessible Flash
  • Chapter 12: PDF Accessibility
  • Chapter 13: Accessibility Testing
  • Chapter 14: Introduction to WCAG 2.0
  • Chapter 15: Retrofitting Case Study: Redesign of a University Website
• PART 3: ACCESSIBILITY LAW AND POLICY
  • Chapter 16: U.S. Web Accessibility Law in Depth
  • Chapter 17: Worldwide Accessibility Laws and Policies
  • Appendix A: Glossary of Terms
  • Appendix B: Guide to the Section 508 Standards for Electronic and Information Technology
  • Appendix C: Overview of PAS 78 Guide to Good Practice in Commissioning Accessible Websites

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• This book provides and in-depth examination of the core concepts and general principles of web application development, using examples from specific technologies.  This conceptual knowledge is critical when designing and debugging complex systems, and makes it easier to learn the new application programming interfaces (APIs) that arise in the rapidly changing Internet environment

• Split into three sections:

·            HTTP protocol as a foundation for web applications

·            Discussion of markup languages such as HTML, XML and CSS

·            Survey of emerging technologies

• Includes new coverage on technologies including:

·            Rapid application approaches Ruby on Rails and Spring

·            Application Primers

·            Search technology, including Search Engine Optimization

·            Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)

·            XML Path Language (XPath)

·            Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P)

·            User-generated content technology for community websites and online collaboration applications

·            Security and encryption

An in-depth examination of the core concepts and general principles of Web application development.
This book uses examples from specific technologies (e.g., servlet API or XSL), without promoting or endorsing particular platforms or APIs. Such knowledge is critical when designing and debugging complex systems. This conceptual understanding makes it easier to learn new APIs that arise in the rapidly changing Internet environment.

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