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Re: SIGIA-L: IA for Flash environments and beyond
From: Natasha Lesser (natasha.lesser_at_fuelna.com)
Date: Fri Feb 16 2001 - 10:18:19 EST
I worked on a project all in Flash and we ended up basically creating
storyboards for every single screen and every single action on the whole site.
No small task! But it also needed to be a much more collaborative process with
the designers/Flash designers because the actions and the designs were so
interconnected. We also needed to do this in order to get client sign off -- to
make sure that they understood how all the actions would work.
Shawn Smith wrote:
> I'm wondering how the growth of Flash and the emergence of rich media will
> affect Information Architects and Usability experts -- in physical rather
> than philosophical terms. In other words, what will our documents look like?
>
> As technologies converge and the web continues to drift away from a modal
> (page or file-driven) medium, toward an environmental and task-oriented one,
> the conceptual models created by IAs, et al, will have to change.
>
> In the last two years, for example, my IA job requirements have shifted
> significantly. Whereas I used to focus mainly on site maps and page layout
> specifications for content-driven web sites, I now spend much more time on
> process flow diagrams and UI specifications for complex web applications and
> processes (many of which end up having their interfaces built in Flash, by
> the way).
>
> I don't think there's any question that Flash and rich-media will be a big
> part of the near future of the web, and I'm curious about how IAs will
> tackle things like interactive video and other environment-based interfaces.
> Right now, the IA documentation I'm used to seeing (and producing) would not
> easily apply to these new and emerging products.
>
> I'd appreciate any thoughts on how IAs are approching this new territory...
>
> Disclaimer -- this is my first post here, and I apologize if this ground has
> been treaded bare.
>
> --
> Shawn Smith
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