![]() Although Google has been releasing a series of separate application programs, the company is starting to assemble the mosaic pieces into a bigger picture. According to the book description on their Web site, Google is not just about search: Search is merely one application you can load on its processor. The book is 11 chapters long and includes Google’s First Principle, Google Basics, Google Technology, Google Relevance Ranking and Search Engine Optimization, Gmail and Google Maps: True Virtual Applications, Google Clustering: News and Enhanced Search, Google Print and Scholar, Google: A New Force in Enterprise Search, Google APIs: Netting Developers, Google Goes Personal, and The Google “Legacy”. What Arnold has done with this book is describe the public and the not-so-public parts of Google. While Google is so “open” and “good” (“do no evil” is its motto), most of what it does in the background would make any secret service agency envious. Steve Arnold has been able to put together both a detailed and a lengthy, yet very readable, book. With Google in the news every day and so widely used, a book on the non-stock-market aspects of Google is most welcome. Available in on-line downloadable PDF version only. The Google Legacy: How Google’s Internet Search Is Transforming Application Software. This is a very useful and valuable book to have on your shelf. A companion CD includes the lesson files needed to complete the book’s projects as well as a trial version of the program itself. Simple step-by-step instructions and tons of screenshots guide you through the process of creating buttons and links, drawing and animating in Flash, formatting text, adding video and sound, loading data, and moresin short, everything you need to develop sophisticated, professional-looking Web sites. The projects in this book include graphics, animation, and video-to-ActionScript fundamentals. This book provides the key to learning the basics of Flash 8. With its breakthrough motion-graphics capabilities and powerful runtime effects, Flash 8 provides the tools, authoring power, and rich video capabilities you need to provide stunning interactive content. The Web animation tool has evolved from a cute application into a powerful platform for Web application developmentswhich means that, if you’re serious about developing for the Web, you need to get serious about learning Flash. In its 11 project lessons, this book focuses on Macromedia’s Flash 8 core features. This book, which has the official Macromedia seal of approval, is well written by James English, a wellknown authority in the field. Macromedia Flash is a highly sophisticated tool that one can use for a number of important tasks, such as designing e-learning and Web help systems. Flash is to Web animation as Chemical Abstracts is to chemical informationspretty hard to get along without, if you want to do a professional job. As I am sure readers know, Macromedia Flash is a really neat software program that can be used to create animations. 3, 2006 1533īOOK REVIEWS Macromedia Flash 8: Training from the Source.
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