DAY-5 IN MACROMEDIA FLASH

TODAY WAS THE FIFTH DAY OF MY LECTURE IN MACROMEDIA FLASH.UPTO NOW I ENJOYED MY LECTURES BUT HONESTLY NOT THE PRACTICAL SESSIONS BUT ANY WAY SO FAR SO GOOD.

THE THEME FOR THE LECTURE TODAY WAS "HCI".THE LETTERS HCI STANDS FOR "HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION".THIS WAS ALL ABOUT HUMAN COMPUTER INTERPHASES WHICH MEANS MORE SIMPLY HOW THE HUMAN COMMUNICATES WITH THE COMPUTER.ACCORDING TO THE LECTURER,IN AMERICA THIS IS WELL KNOWN AS "CHI" IT SEEMS.HOW EVER THOUGH THAY HAVE JUST CHANGED THE ORDER OF THE TWO WORDS THE MEANING IS THE SAME.SO,IN THE LECTURE THE LECTURER MENTIONED ABOUT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF INTERPHASES SUCH AS "GNOME,MAC & WINDOWS".BUT OUT OF ALL THESE THREE INTERPHASES I HAVE USED ONLY THE INTERPHASE "WINDOWS".THEREFORE I CANT COMPARE WINDOWS WITH ANY OTHER INTERPHASE, HENCE IF SOMEBODY ASKS ME WHAT MY IDEA ABOUT WINDOWS,THEN MOST PROBABLY MY ANSWER WOULD BE IT IS A USER FRIENDLY INTERPHASE.IT IS VERY EASY TO HANDLE ONCE U GET USED TO WINDOWS.

FURTHER IN THE LECTURE THE LECTURER MENTIONED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MENUS THAT WE COME TO KNOW DAY TO DAY IN OUR LIVES WIH THE COMPUTERS.SOME OF THE EXAMPLES THAT WAS MENTIONED IN THE LECTURE WERE:

• FIXED MENU
• PULL DOWN MENU
• POP-UP MENU
• WALK THROUGH OR CASCADING MENU

BEFORE ATTENDING THE LECTURE I KNEW ONL ABOUT THE FIXED MENU AND AFTER THE LECTURE ONY I GOT TO KNOW ABOT THE OTHER TYPES OF MENUS.NOW LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THESE MENUS ARE.FIXED MENU IS A MENU THAT LINKS THE MAIN OR THE HOME PAGE TO THE OTHER PAGES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOME PAGE.PULL DOWN MENU IS THE MENU THAT APPEARS ON THE TOP OF THE PAGE AND THIS HAS TABS SUCH AS FILE,EDIT AND VIEW ETC.THEN THE POP UP MENU IS THE ONE THAT APPEARS WHEN YOU RIGHT CLICK THE MOUSE AND THE CASCADING MENU IS THE ONE THAT TAKES YOU TO OTHER PAGES BUT ULTIMATELY RETURNS TO THE HOME PAGE.SHE ALSO SAID ABOUT THE WEBPAGES THAT SUCK AND THE ACTUAL FACT IS THAT THEY REALLY DO SUCK AND THEY ARE NOT AT ALL UP TO THE STANDARD.

THIS WEEK AT THE END OF THE LECTURE,THE LECTURER SHOWED US A WEB SITE AND IT WAS BASED UPON COLOUR BLINDNESS.THERE WAS A TEST IN THAT NAMED "ISHIHARA TEST" AND THERE WERE SOME NUMBERS WRITTEN AND ACCORDING TO THIS TEST THOSE WHO ARE UNABLE TO READ THOSE NUMBERS PROPERLY ARE SUFFERING FROM COLOUR BLINDESS.WHEN I CAME TO MY ROOM AFTER THE LECTURE I TRIED THE TEST AND LUCKY ME I WAS ABLE TO READ ALL OF THEM CORRECTLY.WHAT A SUPRISE,NOW YOU CAN SEE ON LINE WHETHER YOU ARE COLOUR BLIND.........................

THIS WEEK'S PRACTICAL SESSION WAS NAMED AS "TWEEN IN TWEEN ".THAT WAS NOT MUCH DIFFICULT AND FOR THE FIRST TIME I WAS ABLE TO FINISH THAT DURING THE SESSION IT SELF.I FELT SO HAPPY FOR THAT AND NOW I THINK THAT I HAVE GOT IT.AT LAST!!!