Posted by Onideus Mad Hatter on 12/07/05 12:09

On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 10:06:27 +0000, Davémon <"davémon"@nospam.com>
wrote:

>mark | r arranged shapes to form:
>
>>
>> Hi there, hopefully Ive addressed everyones comments - id like a reappraisal
>
>Seeing what is what is much clearer now. Then again, I might have learned
>it from last time. The 'sales pitch' upfront is better, and I've got a
>handle on what its all about but I still need to be convinced the author is
>an authority.
>
>The news still isn't really news and is overly repetitive.
>
>> and review of the flash preview book (flash 8 click the red Virtual Book
>> slub on the left of the home page)
>
>Is that http://www.iparigrafika.hu/pageflip/ ? IMHO its gimmicky and is a
>poor substitute for getting real books made (ie its /obviously/ cheap). On
>a usability side, it has all the disadvantages of print with none of the
>advantages of it or new media.
>
>Personally, I don't think the BG is appropriate, it's heavy, dark,
>scratched, gouged, damaged. Similarly I find the leather-bound vellum book
>to has a medaeval gimoire / C19th Romantic feeling (Gothic), its all a bit
>materially rich and Satanic. It doesn't seem to match the mood of the
>otherwise new-agey icon graphics.

....well aren't you making some pretty big assumptions here? I mean,
that thing just screams Flash 8 prefab wizard...if that's the case, he
probably didn't have a whole lot of options as far as the look.

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