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The Designer Tools LandscapeAndy Hood
AKQA PROVIDES DIGITAL BUSINESS SOLUTIONSWe focus on providing our clients with a return on investment
New York, San Francisco, Washington, London and Singapore.
FOUNDED IN 1995, WE EMPLOY 450 STAFF
AKQA CLIENT RELATIONSHIPSBMW Group (7 years)Microsoft (7 years)Sainsbury’s (7 years)Nike (7 years)Orange (7 years)Xbox (4 years)Yell.com (4 years)MSN (4 years)
British Council (3 years)Otto Group (2 years)Domino’s Pizza (2 years)Sky (2 years)RAC (2 years)Unilever (2 years)Norwich Union (2 years)The Coca-Cola (1 year)Company
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• The 3 main areas:– Technology– Creative– Delivery
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• The 3 main areas:– Technology– Creative– Delivery
• Creative Development– sits between Creative
& Technology
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• Creative Development– Rich front-end technology– Works closely with designers to
implement graphic look & feel– Works closely with technology team to
integrate front-end with server-side components
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• If you work in design, or in server-side technology, then the development of rich user experiences impacts you
The Old Designer Tools Landscape
• Everything is Flash!– Applications– Websites– Cd-roms– Screensavers– …and the rest
The New Designer Tools Landscape
• Flash• Flex• AJAX• Laszlo• WinFX
Flash
• Traditionally, an animation based environment
• Good for exploratory navigation, complex animations, transitions, innovative use of video
• Still the choice for “experience websites”
• Axe Clickmore, PG Tips World Cup game
Flex
• Created for RIA development• Targets Flash Player (9)• Provides various components that
makes capabilities such as web services, remote objects, drag & drop, charting etc, simple to develop
• Layout defined in MXML• Reduced development timescales for
RIA’s
AJAX / ATLAS
• Asynchronous JavaScript And XML• Is a group of web development
technologies combined to allow developers to create interactive web apps
• Minimises page re-loading• Google Maps
OpenLaszlo
• RIA focussed• Targets Flash Player• Coming soon – deploy to DHTML• Uses LZX programming language,
similar to XAML or MXML• Pandora, Laszlo Mail
WinFX
• … is a set of API’s included as part of Windows Vista O/S, and can be downloaded for Windows XP
• …includes the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
• On the desktop, there is no ‘player’ for WinFX applications
WPF
• …utilises the power of Direct3D• …is vector based• …allows true 3D models to be
integrated seamlessly into applications
• …uses XAML mark-up language to describe rich graphic elements
WinFX applications can run as standalone applications installed
locally on a PC or as browser-based applications running thru Internet
Explorer, (WPF/E)
Expression Graphic Designer
• Vector & bitmap graphics editor• Live effects• Export as XAML
Expression Interactive Designer
• The tool you use to build applications on the Windows Presentation Foundation
• True 3D animation, camera control, texture mapping
• Video (including HD), can render on any surface
• Full range of UI components
Expression Interactive Designer
• Code in C#, VB or XAML• Open EID projects in Visual Studio• Seamless workflow between creative,
front-end & server-side technology teams
The Designer Tools Landscape
• Evaluate each project on it’s merits and requirements
The Designer Tools Landscape
• Evaluate each project on it’s merits and requirements
• Become familiar with each tool available
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