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Hi. I'm a former journalist and Malaysian correspondent to CNet, ZDnet, Newsbytes (Washington Post-Newsweek Interactive wire agency), Nikkei Electronics Asia and AsiaBizTech.com. I also previously contributed to The Star, The Edge, The New Straits Times, The New Zealand Herald and various magazines. Currently, I train and advise managers and executives on strategies to optimize their use of social media and online channels to reach customers. My company, Trinetizen Media, runs media training workshops on social media, media relations, investor relations, corporate blogging,multimedia marketing, online advertising, multimedia journalism and crisis communications. You can connect with me on Facebook , LinkedIn, Twitter or Google+.

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

A story in Flash that doesn't suck

[via Lucas Grindley]



I have always been irked by stories in Flash that take so long to download. And when it finally does, it adds additional Flash layer after layer that also needs more time downloading. Worse still are designs where the Flash text is too tiny to read, and un-magnify-able or placed on backgrounds that make it difficult to make out.

Every now you and then you come across a story that reads well in Flash.

Like HeraldTribune.com's Broken Trust. A lot of thought went into the design and it's simple and clean and very easy to navigate.

Kudos to the designer and the multimedia producer! My one gripe is the inability to Print except via Flashpaper.

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