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Blake Shelton couldn't choose between the two contestants left on Team Blake. Fortunately for him, he didn't have to. On Tuesday night (May 1), America chose Jermaine Paul to be the lone representative from the country coach's team when the show begins its final descent next week.
The decision was a combination of viewer input and judge choice. Like the other three coaches, Shelton had 100 points to separate between Paul and Erin Willett, and he split them evenly.
"There is not an ego standing on that stage, besides Carson," he said, referring to host Carson Daly. "I don't want to be a part of this decision-making process anymore. They've done everything they can do. I've done everything I can do. Now it's up to America."
America overwhelmingly favored the former Alicia Keys backup singer to move on. Both he and Willett had delivered solid performances week after week, and both had stories that made them easy to cheer for.
"Jermaine took a huge step, walking away from a really good gig," Shelton said. "Erin has been through a personal hell and back, losing her father. But she stands there and she has so much strength."
Shelton also ranked the two as some of the top singers on the planet, and assured fans watching at home that they'd hear from Willett again. Next Monday is the final performance show, with the results being announced on Tuesday. Only one of the final four can be crowned 'The Voice.'
Though Team Blake's last standing isn't a country singer, fans of the genre should still tune in, as Lady Antebellum is scheduled to sing on Tuesday. 'The Voice' Season 2 finale airs in a special time on May 8 at 9PM ET on NBC.


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We're getting reports that Microsoft (and technically Nokia) are pushing out Map data updates to devices with Windows Phone 8 and while you'll eventually get a pop up notification telling you as much, you can get the data early by fetching it yourself.
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All of these were VIN-identified as 1965 designs, but numerous modifications were made at the conventional opening of the brand-new design year (start August 1964), consisting of the addition of back-up lights on some designs, the introduction of alternators to replace generators, and an upgrade of the V8 engine from 260 cu into 289 cu in. When it comes to at least some six-cylinder Mustangs fitted with the 101 hp 170 cu in Falcon engine, the rush into production included some unusual quirks, such as a horn ring bearing the 'Ford Falcon' logo underneath a trim ring emblazoned with 'Ford Mustang.' These attributes made sufficient distinction to necessitate designation of the 121,538 earlier ones as "1964 1/2" model-year Mustangs, a distinction that has actually endured with purists. Mustangs For Sale in Moffat CO are easy to find now with online shopping.
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A wave of new restaurants are opening in Fort Point this year, and from the looks of the crowds at Ming Tsai's three-month-old Blue Dragon on A Street, the neighborhood is ravenous for more.
Tsai, of "Simply Ming" fame on WGBH-TV, calls his new venture an Asian gastropub, a tapas-style take on the higher-end fare he serves at Blue Ginger in Wellesley. It's a clever concept, with small plates circling the continent, from Indonesian shepherd's pie to pad Thai to Vietnamese banh mi. And the setting is hip and casual: a long, triangular building with triangular tables, reclaimed barn wood, and wrought-iron light fixtures; rock music fills the air and the TVs are tuned to sports. An antique mirror transformed into a water sculpture makes it appear as if rain is pouring down outside one window, a feng shui element that gives the corner a cozy feel.
The wait to get a table is not so relaxing. Blue Dragon doesn't take reservations, and showing up on a Saturday night at 7:30 with six people could mean a three-hour wait. The usual happy-hour crowd is here on a busy Thursday evening — guys in sport coats, women in heels reading work e-mails on their phones — along with a gray-haired gentleman with a handlebar mustache and a guy with a mohawk, gold chains, and ear buds. Tsai is often in the house, working in the kitchen or bringing out plates.
The chef-owner plays it safe with some of the food, Westernizing Eastern dishes into a nondescript middle ground. The Korean chicken wings don't seem to have an ethnicity of any sort, although the fresh, crunchy kimchee on the side is a helpful hint. A heaping platter of buttermilk tempura fried chicken looks promising but tastes like regular fried chicken, heavy on the batter.
Adventurous offerings are much more appealing — and, with smaller plates all $13 or less, fairly accessible for the unsure. Miso-marinated hamachi kama arrives attached to its hulking collarbone, nicely browned on top and caramelized on the bottom, surrendering tender, meaty hunks of fish to dunk in a tangy ponzu sauce. Crispy pork tail is rather phallic-looking, but don't let that intimidate you: The pork is sticky, sweet, and slow-cooked, served with mango sticky rice wrapped in a banana leaf.
Other favorites: fresh, gingery garlic-chili octopus with crispy potato croquettes; shishito peppers dusted with nutty sesame powder, brightened by a squeeze of lemon; and Chinese broccoli, slightly crunchy with a pleasant crushed-chili heat. Al dente dan dan noodles brim with ground pork, Szechuan chili oil, cinnamon, and star anise, melding into perfect Asian comfort food. Garlic and just the right amount of heat infuse every heavenly bite of the udon noodles, which are paired with plump garlic-sake clams.
Less appealing are rubbery soy-pickled deviled eggs and pork and scallion wontons, whose gelatinous wrappers slide off when we attempt to pick one up. And the eight treasure fried rice is so bland it seems like a mistake. Could it be takeout from a cheap Chinese restaurant around the corner? Tiny cubes of edamame, carrot, zucchini, and red pepper are pretty but don't add much; unfortunately, the burnt bits of smoked ham do. Then my dining companion has the brilliant idea of pouring the garlic-chili sauce from the octopus on top, and it springs to life.
Shrimp banh mi on the lunch menu, on the other hand, bursts with flavor and texture: peppery shrimp, crunchy celery and cucumbers, pickled daikon, spicy chilies, fragrant basil, mint, and cilantro, and creamy black pepper aioli, all piled inside a crusty loaf. Thai beef salad, infused with grapefruit slices, strands of green papaya, lightly seared beef, and crispy mung bean noodles, is fresh and filling.
But, much like the un-Korean chicken wings, there's nothing Asian about the Asian sloppy Joe — the crispy onions are nice, but the sambal aioli is undetectable. It's just your average Joe, and a very sloppy one at that — although the spicy fries are a treat.
For dessert, the lone item is a warm chocolate chip cookie in a skillet with ice cream and soy caramel sauce. It's sweet and gooey (you can't taste the soy), a perfectly fine end to a meal at Applebee's. But at an Asian gastropub it sticks out like a, well, like a chocolate chip cookie at an Asian gastropub.
The service, like the food, is all over the place. When one member of our party tells the waiter she has celiac disease, he whisks away a plate holding an offending glutenous item, telling her that the kitchen has an "allergy bible" and can make almost every dish on the menu gluten free. Tsai is a big advocate for people with food allergies and has taught his staff to be aware of special dietary needs.
But the workers are not nearly as attentive when it comes to letting us know when our table is ready, even after we wait two hours and then watch that same table sit empty for 15 minutes. We have to flag down our server at lunch to get the bill, and a few nights later, the bartender is so intently focused on placing sprigs of mint in a row
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Servers tend to bring all the food at once, overloading the table on one visit with 13 plates of snacks, dim sum, noodles, and a huge plate of chicken. Thankfully, the table next to us is empty, and we pile the empty dishes on it as we make more room. Before long, my small plate is swimming in sauces and piled high with bones and shells, but no one offers a clean one.
Blue Dragon has a definite nightlife vibe, from food being served until midnight to the Michael Jackson and Rolling Stones on the stereo. But it's the delicious cocktails, which at $12-$14 are more expensive than many dishes on the menu, that cement the deal. A gimlet, with lemongrass-infused vodka and a cucumber slice, is shaken into creamy, limey refreshment. The Thai basil smash tastes like lemony ginger beer, without a trace of the basil-infused rye it's mixed with, and it goes down ea-sy.
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Durham University, Durham, UK
Friday, 23rd September 2011
Abstract submission deadline: 10th June 2011
The tradition of working across disciplinary boundaries has a long history: literature and visual arts, literature and philosophy, literature and psychology, all feature prominently in the field of literary studies. At present, when humanities face escalating funding challenges and a constant requirement to justify and validate the research carried out, literary scholars increasingly look at other disciplines, expanding their field of inquiry and contributing to a proliferation of research in areas such as literature and law, literature and science, literature and medicine, literature and ecology.
This conference aims to give postgraduate and early career researchers working on interdisciplinary projects an opportunity to present their work and contribute to the discussion on the developments of interdisciplinary research within literary studies. Alongside traditional panels, we will be offering workshops that deal with practical issues, resources and challenges of conducting interdisciplinary research within one of the five interdisciplinary fields at the core of the conference (Literature and Law, Literature and Science, Medical Humanities, Literature and Visual Arts and Literature and Music).
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Authors of selected proposals will be invited to submit an extended version of their paper for consideration by the editorial board of Durham's Postgraduate English journal. The papers will be considered for publication in the special issue of the journal focusing on interdisciplinarity, celebrating ten years of the journal, and coinciding with the launch of its new website.
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The Trojans' senior running back was hit on a punt return late in the first quarter and suffered a bruised left thigh. Mahoney could be seen off and on through the rest of the game trying to stretch out the muscles, but he wound up sitting out most of the second half.
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Get your kicks: Trojans kicker Garrett Glueck had only one field goal heading into the title game but started and ended C-G's scoring with boots of 32 and 30 yards.
Historically speaking: The Fox Valley Conference is 4-2 in state championship games: Woodstock is 2-0, Prairie Ridge is 1-0 and C-G is 1-2.
All-Staters: Marian Central quarterback Chris Streveler and Prairie Ridge quarterback-safety Sean Folliard were at the University of Illinois' Memorial Stadium on Saturday to accept their All-State plaques.
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Florida ranks number four on the list of top locations for victims stalked online - that's according to a new study by the organization 'working to halt online abuse.'
And the odds of you becoming a victim continue to increase.
The power of technology can be a beautiful thing. It can help save lives; it can help build communities, and it can help friends, separated by hundreds of miles, stay in touch. However, technology can also have an ugly, even dangerous side.
"If you were going to stalk before the internet, you actually had to go out and physically follow somebody, watch somebody and run the risk of getting found out," Kevin Wiggins, FDLE Cyber Security Analyst, said. "The internet makes it so you can sit in your living room and do whatever you want to do from the comfort of your home and the safety of your home."
Between social media sites, the web, and message boards, there's now more ways than ever for cyber stalkers to strike. "Who's stalking who" has also changed and become even more alarming.
"The incidents of strangers being stalked, by other strangers is significantly high and it's because of the ability to stalk somebody in another country, as well as somebody next door," Mary McLaughlin, FDLE Cyber Security Analyst, said.
It's an incident 22-year-old Heather Kelly from Cairo is all too familiar with. Kelly says she began getting harassed on Facebook and through text messages back in June 2011 from her ex-boyfriend, his new girlfriend, and their army of followers.
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Kelly says the harassment went on for more than a year, and although she sought advice from local police, says she never went though with pressing charges. Something experts say isn't uncommon.
"The problem comes in with the phrase, "to cause substantial, emotional distress," Mclaughlin said. "That's sometimes hard to define, and because of that, people are a little confused about whether or not they're actually being cyber stalked or are they just being annoyed?"
Kelly says after making some major privacy changes to her social media sites, the harassment eventually stopped. Her emotional scars, however, were still there.
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Experts say if you even have even the slightest inkling you're being victimized, the best thing to do is to keep records of everything.
"Keep every email," McLaughlin said. "Keep every text message; take screen shots of pictures posted, or things that are posted on Facebook."
McLaughin says law enforcement officials can take it from there.
According to that same study, the gap between male and female harassers has also changed over the years.
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Tommy Dee is joined by his regular crew of Dalen Cuff and Moke Hamilton as they discuss the winning ways of New York City basketball. Tommy chats with NBC Sports Network's Erin Sharoni about her Knicks' fandom, and Brian Geltzeiler discusses the Mike D'Antoni hire in Los Angeles.
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- J.R. Smith's partying ways are a thing of the past
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These and other technology trends has Dearborn Tool & Die driving toward innovation and facility upgrades, including employing virtual die development and tryout as much as possible. Results are impressive, according to UAW Local 600 Tool and Die Unit Chairman Jeff Laver.
"We used to take as long as two weeks to get a drawn shell—split-free—out of the press, following intensive time under the ram," Laver says. "Today, we spend just 1.5 to two shifts under the ram to produce a drawn shell in die tryout."
Since 2004, the plant has seen its hours required to build a die dramatically reduced. It's building more dies inhouse than ever before—20 percent more dies in 2009 vs. 2008. "That's due to simulation and machining technology," says Laver, "and better planning."
Even more dramatic are the timing improvements made since 2004—a nearly 300-percent improvement in die-build timing. This efficiency gain often allows the plant to avoid building soft prototype dies for early builds, finding that it can build some production dies quickly enough to use for early builds.
A Paperless Die-Development Environment
Several major enablers have gotten Dearborn Tool & Die to where it is today—white-light scanning, and developing a machine-intensive process, to name two. And, along with those enablers, much of the credit for its success, says plant manager Terry Henning, goes to the firm's wholehearted and widespread acceptance of the package of die-manufacturing planning software from Smirtware, Inc., Wixom, MI, a division of Vero Software. The software first made its into the facility in 2002, and Version 8 was installed earlier this year.
|Tom Morrison, Dearborn Tool & Die machining-department supervisor, demonstrates how a machine operator accesses the Smirt DieBuild operations on the shop floor, and then uses Smirt DieNC to create the required NC programs.
The ease of use of the software and its ability to provide a roadmap to the tradespeople on the shop floor to optimize the die-build process has led to eagerness by all to adopt the technology and ensure that the company can continue to perform to the level of excellence expected by Ford, stresses Laver.
"Our shop-floor skilled workers are highly educated, and really embrace new technology," Laver says, "such as white-light scanning and the Smirt software. They're committed to ensuring that our processes and procedures result in the most efficient and highest-quality die builds as possible, to keep this plant competitive in the global market. We've had great buy-in from everyone as we upgrade to new versions of the software, and continue to improve our efficiencies."
To see how the 71-yr.-old Ford die shop has moved into the 21st century with leading-edge die-management software, we visited the die-engineering center within the hailed halls of the 420,000-sq.-ft. landmark building that is Dearborn Tool & Die, built in 1938 by Henry Ford. There, dozens of trained tool and die makers have participated in a huge culture shift and embraced change, allowing the plant to rely on Smirt to develop its die-manufacturing plans. The plant's employees work from die designs in a completely paperless environment provided by the DieShop software. There was not a drawing or drawing table to be found.
With dies being more complex and larger than ever, this team's focus is on reducing build time and tryout, explains Keith Zobay, superintendent of the die-construction department.
"In the past, prints would hit the production floor and the diemakers would study them and work everything out," says Zobay. "We were relying on their skills and expertise, and individual judgment. Now, by working everything out in engineering, we save huge amounts of time and money—time in design is much less expensive then time on the floor. We can check for interference, redesign blocks on the computer, and be proactive rather than reactive."
A Bottleneck in Die Build? No
Machinists use Smirt DieNC, an add-on module to DieShop, to create their own programs, and derive tool paths for machined faces and drilled holes. "We get better awareness of available machine time, fewer rush jobs and we can more accurately plan for the work, and be proactive," adds Zobay.
As an example, he showed me a recent die designed to handle an advanced high-strength steel stamping. The die required a special coating and was so large that it would not fit inside the firm's coating tank, so engineers had to design it as a segmented die. "Joints in the die could not be straight, or we'd get excessive burrs," Zobay says. "So we designed it with angles, but this created fit issues after heattreat. Using the DieBuild software, we were able to develop a history for the project and a set of instructions that ultimately takes us step-by-step to successfully develop this die, and we can use those instructions for similar projects that come along later."
Machining instructions make their to the shop floor where operators have access to 20 computer workstations running DieNC. They can view in color every surface that needs to be machined. And, the fact that Smirt works with multiple CAD systems provides a common tool within the building to handle all of the die information required to build a die. Another six terminals in the die-tryout department provide access to Smirt to view project details.
"Smirt is the information container, it keeps the workers informed," says Jerry McLaughlin, area manager of die tryout, quality and NC programming. "Due to the performance improvements in die construction and machining, die tryout has become an even greater constraint than it was in the past. And now that die build no longer is a bottleneck, we're tasked with making the tryout process as efficient as possible."
One tool being used in the die tryout department is white-light scanning of first panels to gauge. "The panels are data to us—we store the white-light scan data,analyze, create new CAD, NC programs, and then remachine the dies," McLaughlin says. "By becoming NC-machine intensive in die tryout, we have been able to eliminate the bottlenecks created in traditional die-tryout work. The only the sheetmetal on the vehicles will look good is if we're good at designing, building and verification of these exact processes in our stamping presses with sheetmetal. We have made significant improvements in timing, quality, fit and finish of our vehicles, and white-light scanning has been the key enabler."
Faster Die Development Requires Optimized Shop Scheduling
The final piece in the die-development and production puzzle is efficient and accurate shop scheduling, and for a shop that is as dynamic as Dearborn Tool & Die is, scheduling is a critical function. Efficient shop scheduling allows the shop to keep up with the growth in throughput without adding vast amounts of resources, particularly now that design and build happen so seamlessly and quickly. Traditionally, scheduling systems fail due to poor information feed. The DieCost module of SmirtWare Version 8, recently released and implemented at Dearborn Tool & Die in September of this year, now can feed shop-floor data in real time into the plant's scheduling system. It also assigns time to complete each DieBuild operation.
"This makes the process visible and accurate," says David Gray, the manager of tool coordination. "And, we need to not only see what is happening now, but what is about to happen, to allow accurate forecasting for next week, and next month. The software helps us manage machine time, material flow and material availability."
As Smirt moved into the design and build functional areas of the plant, it became clear to Gray and his team that as processes on the floor were becoming more and more efficient, and the timeframe to complete the dies was being squeezed further and further, those areas were outpacing the plants current system for scheduling. "That's why automated scheduling through Smirt's DieBuild and DieCost programs will help, so we can stay ahead of the shop floor. We'll be able to take the time calculations and costs and add those to our current scheduling system (Primavera software, a project-management tool). Operators on the floor will go into the software after each operation and use a check-off feature. Then, merging the Smirt production data into Primavera will automate the scheduling function and take 80 to 90 percent of the manual work out of the equation," says Gray.
That closes the CPA loop, as the changes at Dearborn Tool & Die have been centered on people, processes and technology. Henry Ford's die shop has moved into the 21st century. MF
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Also, the link to the original ratings example should be http://www.alistapart.com/d/semanticflash/ratings/
It seems to me that the easiest, most cross-platform way to achieve the reflection is to do it server side with imagemagick or a similar library. It's trivial to do in your scripting language of choice (python, PHP, perl, ruby) and removes the requirement for flash on the client side.
While there may be legitimate uses of flash in an xhtml-based site, I really don't think this is one of them. In my opinion, flash should always be an option of last resort, when there is simply no other feasible way to achieve one's goals. sIFR, on the other hand, seems like a legitimate use. It's something that doesn't affect the accessibility of the site for those without flash, and does something that can't really be done well in any other way (you could render an image server-side, but that causes other problems and you lose the accessibility of the text).
Doesn't it make more sense to simply flip around the x-axis, rather than rotate 180°, then flip around the y-axis?
Maybe something like this is possible (and easier to implement) with the help of "swfir":http://www.textism.com ? Excellent timing with the article though, I just learned about swfir tonight :)
the correct link for "swfir":http://www.swfir.com/
flash is also useful for created scalable, smooth images when the user bumps up their font size.
Using Flash for for images, wouldn't that break the right click? Doesn't sound like a great idea.
As it happens there is a small Javascript file that can take care of image reflection (reflection.js)
The fundamental problem with Flash, and this is insurmountable, is that all the content is locked away in an unparsable proprietary format. This is so completely against the whole foundations of the internet that we should all think carefully before implementing a Flash solution.
One of the key features of the so-called Web 2.0 sites, that of easy exchange and enhancement of content would not have been possible if everything was locked away in an .swf file.
I really strongly disagree with what Ross was saying. Content is not *locked* away in a swf. The swf should/could be simply the way of displaying the content.
In the majority of my Flash projects all information/content is held externally and loaded as/when required.
By his reasoning php/asp/ruby or any other server side language is _locking away the content_ as you can not access its source.
Whereas we all know this isnt true as these server side languages simply facilitate the transition of information from your server to the client.
Which when used properly is exactly what Flash does.
Also for any Flash/Javascript/Clientside developers reading I recently "created a flash debugger script":http://foobr.co.uk/2007/02/debug_flash_with_firebug/ which links into "Firebug":http://getfirebug.com so you can easily see what is going on within the client.
That's simply not true, you use your server side language to produce your content which you can then view the source code for. If I use a server side language to create an image it's rendered as an image with an img tag and the same goes for any other created content.
How do you view the source of an swf file?
And how do you save the image as a JPEG file?
I'm on a 64bit version of GNU/Linux. There is no official version of flash that supports a 64bit OS. I use one of the FOSS flash players, which sometimes works, and sometimes doesn't. In this case it doesn't, which you think would be okay… except actually it removes the ordinary image too! Not only do I not see the pretty reflection, I don't see the cover at all.
This should not be acceptable for a public website.
with flash 8 you can easily create a right click "save image" menu
bq. And how do you save the image as a JPEG file?
There's always "Print Screen" - not ideal, but a very useful trick that everybody should learn!
bq. And how do you save the image as a JPEG file?
It may not be possible in the example, but I would think a few extra lines of ActionScript and you could customize flash's contextual menu and provide a much more descriptive link to a high res version, maybe even a zip version.
With Flash you could actually make the enhanced image "more" accessible to those with Flash leaving the default image and browser contextual menu for those without.
bq. How do you view the source of an swf file?
For some people this is an advantage, they don't want people downloading their images for use willy nilly all over the internet. If that doesn't fly though, my question is why do you need to view the source? When viewing the example source I see three images, which is what I see in the rendered page. Sure the inline images are not the fancy version, but for the large majority of internet users, who cares?
The only problem I have with this new method (and I checked out the swfIR page, it's the same there, not just in this example) is that the original image loads first and is displayed, before being replaced by the flash movie (at least on my setup). This may be confusing for some users, and reveals the "magic" behind the trick. I think for swfIR to catch on, even given all of the concerns raised so far, it needs to hide the original image before replacing it with flash.
My problem is that at work (government) all flash is blocked no matter what, even if we create it. Makes most sites unusable that have implemented flash in anyway even if the site checks for flash being supported. Our browsers support flash, but the firewall lets nothing through.
This solution looks o.k. in principle, but won't be one I'll be trying out.
I can do this trick automatically using RMagick or any other GraphicsMagick/ImageMagick wrapper. Unless I'm forced to deploy to a shared host that refuses to work with me on making these libraries available I don't need to add a potential browser compatability headache into this scenario.
One advantage I see to the flash method is that users with small screens that don't support Flash/JS such as PDA's and cell phone's aren't bothered by scrolling an extra 100px past a fade. They just see the plain unstyled image.
I love this technique, and think it has a lot of potential. Yes, there is some fleshing out to do, and sure some of these things can already be accomplished through imagemajick etc. This seems to be more of a designers answer to such a problem.
I don't like these kind of content-replace solutions because they show the original content first, causing an ugly flicker after the page has loaded and the enhanced content kicks in.
Most people probably don't worry about this flicker, but to me, it's too much of an irritation to implement such a solution.
Sure you can do work arounds, add accessibility or right click capabilities on top of flash. But why not render an html image and have those capabilities baked in?
Processing the images server side and rendering them inline provides all the accesibility and functionality that the browser/html/css provide. Each designer/developer shouldn't have to roll their own(potentially differing) solutions, and the user should get the same usage/functionality they expect from page to page and site to site.
I left HTML development for Flash development long ago, and have never looked back, so perhaps I am a tad biased, but then again, so is everyone here. "Traditional" Web developers' misconceptions about Flash are so old, so wrong, so ignorant, it's just sad and tired. I usually ignore it as white noise, but I'll rise to the bait this time. I guess I'm just bored.
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I think I had better stop. Oh yes, one more thing: the example in the article was just that: an example. It is not a definitive solution, nor is it the best solution, by the author's own admission. The flicker is not inherent to Flash, but to the specific way that solution was programmed.
In this example you the image is loaded twice, but in Flash 8 using BitmapData you can "clone" the original image, flip it, apply a gradient mask and place it under the original. Thus creating a reflection but only loading once.
I noticed the comments on serverside technology, but that is the problem right there. What happens if you want this technique on a localized kiosk? Working with clients in the corporate training enviroment I found one thing very quickly and that is these modules will never have access to the internet in its normal sense.
Overall this article is a great example of how Flash can be used while at the same time it shouldn't be used for everything and the same goes for every other technology.
Thats good and all, but even if people got Flash, what about the places that block all of Flash, like Kendall Conrad says? They would signal "flash detected", but no content would show up.
In this particular example I don't see why you'd have to replace the original image. You only want to add a mirror image, so why not leave it to that. That way people who don't have a Flash-enabled browser still can see the original images, others see the original and the newly added reflection.
To reiterate what someone else said early on:
Rotate 180° + flip y-axis = *flip x-axis*
It's a nitpick, yes, but why do two steps for one?
"Matthew":http://www.alistapart.com/comments/semanticflash?page=3#28/ :
bq. I noticed the comments on serverside technology, but that is the problem right there. What happens if you want this technique on a localized kiosk? Working with clients in the corporate training enviroment I found one thing very quickly and that is these modules will never have access to the internet in its normal sense.
When I say server-side, that doesn't necessarily mean on the internet. Your content is being served by some sort of CMS. That CMS has to be run by some sort of server, whether it's accessed across the internet, an intranet, or locally. In all cases there is a serverside language which could modify the image. If there isn't a CMS, that means that your cotent is completely static and can just prep all of the images before you deploy.
bq. James: You can certainly accomplish the same end result using other methods, like ImageMagick. However, the true value of doing it client-side is that you're only styling the content. Much like CSS, the original content (the image) is untouched. If someone wants to download and use your image somewhere else, what good is it if it's already manipulated server-side with rotation, a shadow and on a less than desirable background?
That's a good point, however I think our primary goal as web designers is to make our content as accessible and stylish as possible for as many people as possible. I don't think our primary goal is to make it simple for users to download and use elsewhere our content. Doing the manipulation serverside allows for every single (graphical—sorry lynx users) to see the reflection, instead of only those with flash (which, as noted earlier, excludes 64-bit linux users, as well as many mobile users). Now whether something like a reflection for images is valuable is another discussion entirely ;)
Great article. The first time I saw Flash and used it, it was called Future Splash. MSN used it for really cool menus and buttons. In contrast, the Simpson's site was a full-screen experience.
Both uses have their place on the web.
Using Flash as content is how I see it best in most situations. Google, and Yahoo both see this as well as you pointed out.
The message is to use whatever technology makes it easiest to get the job done. Flash is certainly the easiest way to handle your example for most web designers. Sure, you can do it on the server, but that is not as accessible and easy to use.
By the way, I'm looking for a full-time designer/developer who thinks this way and uses all technologies to create the best designs. firstname.lastname@example.com
bq. The message is to use whatever technology makes it easiest to get the job done. Flash is certainly the easiest way to handle your example for most web designers. Sure, you can do it on the server, but that is not as accessible and easy to use.
The problem is that this technology is _less_ accessible than server side image creation, not more. Since presumably web 2.0 reflections are a useful thing on a site (why else would you go through all this bother?) we want all of our users to see them. With flash only those who have flash can see them, while the rest of your viewers see the plain images. How is this a better result than server-side manipulation, where all of your users will be able to see the images?
Certainly ease-of-use of any technology is important. However, there is a point where an easy to use technology simply does not get the job done as well as a slightly-more-difficult to use technology. I don't feel that we should immediately jump on the simplest technology. Instead we need to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of each, and come up with a conclusion that takes other factors into consideration than just ease of use.
"RE: Booorrriiinnnggg":http://alistapart.com/comments/semanticflash?page=3#22
Small screens are an issue I don't think are adequately accounted for apart from some form of content negotiation. Sure you can save some pixels using the Flash solution when a non-Flash device comes along, but I don't know that the savings really improves the experience any for people on these devices. On my Cingular 8125 I turn images off completely since they tend to cause loads of problems on almost every site I browse to.
In the end I think content negotiation, extended support for the media attribute for link elements and the @media CSS selector are the best solutions for handheld devices. But that's a whole other issue: "ALA - Pockect-Sized Design":http://alistapart.com/articles/pocket
It never ceases to amaze me how some people will make assumptions about Flash that simply aren't true. The best (and perhaps the only good) argument against using this technique is simply saying something like "I'd rather just stick to nice, simple IMG tags".
Any talk of content getting "locked away in proprietary formats" is bunk. First of all, the SWF file format is open… not proprietary. Second of all, what's the downside again? I don't get it. You're complaining because you can't right-click to download the image you probably don't even have the rights to? If the creator wants to let you do this, they can easily add a much *more* functional right-click menu which allows you to download even a high resolution version of the image (as mentioned by a previous commenter).
I don't mind debates like these. I really don't. I just wish naysayers would stick to the points which are actually valid and meaningful in the real world (of which there are always a few).
Checking if flash is installed is not enough. In fact I don't know if there's anyway that javascript could check to detect the causes of my problem, where flash is installed, isn't blocked by anything, but just simply doesn't work.
In any case, it's not future proof. What if Adobe _never_ decide to support 64 bit systems? Unlike using some fancy DOM feature or html tag which all browsers will support eventually (even if it takes 10 years), it's very possibly that this will remain broken forever.
The only option I currently have to develop better services for my clients comes in the form of Flash (Hooray! We are at a 90% adoption rate for Flash Player 7!) and Javascript. While I was aware of SlideShowPro, sIFR is going to open up a whole new design element for my clients.
While I see the downsides for those who develop for a general audience, it should also be noted that Flash is a powerful tool and a real, deliverable solution for the few of us remaining in the dark ages of server technology resources.
Isn't that textbook progressive enhancement?
How can it be, when people who have Flash blocked in a way, see no images at all?
Isn't that textbook progressive enhancement?
How can it be, when people who get their Flash blocked, see no image at all?
There was no way for the browser to tell that the flash file wasn't being served because the plugin was there…
I wonder if there is a way for javascript to ask a SWFObject if it's file was loaded. Then it could have an interval and if the file didn't load it could unreplace the flash content with the original image file.
This is an intresting way of doing things. mirroring may not be the best example as this kind of image manipulation is fairly easily done server side, however things like smooth scaleing and complex masking and a whole host of other things that flash can do and HTML can't do as well make it a technique worth refineing.
AJAX has done alot for non flash multimedia but it dose not mean that one shouldn't use flash when it is the best solution.
Just to point that this « trick » could also be achieved with a tiny (tiny… if you work with the mootools framework) javascript. I won't discuss how gooood/baaad the js way is, but you can check it out at "digitalia.be":http://www.digitalia.be/software/reflectionjs-for-mootools .
No need for moootools ; sorry. The original script is here (with 5Kb) : "cow.neondragon.net":http://cow.neondragon.net/stuff/reflection/
Why are so many people here missing the point of the article by nitpicking apart the example? The author has admitted that this was not meant for a production level, but to illustrate the point. While yes, before delivering to a client their should be enhancements made to the JS and the Flash file to add things such as flicker reduction by adding the event when the DOM is loaded and not wait for the page to finish loading, Flash detection, better right click functionality, etc. but I don't think it's necessary for an ALA article to give a full production level in order to prove Flash's benefits.
That said, I wouldn't frown upon it if someone took the time to improve on the example so that it was production level. :)
I'm not sure why flash is the best option for many circumstances mentioned by other respondents. One brought up smooth, scalable images. SVG is the way to go there. I've always seen Flash's strong suit being in animations and compact, graphics-intensive web apps (i.e. Google Finance). Maybe it's because I'm a Linux advocate and don't like depending on proprietary technologies.
you are doing that the hard way… DOM is DUM with a visual tool such as flash.
why not build a custom flash file that takes a jpg (from the URL of the swf file object code) and loads it in a movie clip which is flipped and faded?
thats just what I would do, it would be much simpler, would not involve javascript and would alow the image to be displayed if they don't have flash installed.
learn flash properly, you are seriously doing this the hard way but awesome article none the less ;)
- Oliver
The same effect without any Flash: http://www.busygin.com/noflash/
The idea of the article (to use Flash solutions where appropriate) is good, but given example is rather doubtful.
Just wanted to put my two pen'orth in with regards to Flash and accessiblity. People with learning disabilities, for example, find improved access when there is richer content such as subtitled video, animations and graphically rich interfaces.
While much of this can be delivered through XHTML / CSS / JS, Flash provides an excellent way to create a more immersive, responsive and, therefore, accessible user interface for this user group. That's not to say that entire flash sites a la fashion houses are a good idea, but that some element of flash on a page can help communicate to a wider audience.
As has been pointed out, Flash's accessibility comes down as much to the skill of the programmer as it does the nature of the technology itself and, as this applies to all web design technologies, I don't see why Flash can't be regarded as another valid tool in the web designer's arsenal if implemented properly.
"Mike Davidson claims":http://www.alistapart.com/comments/semanticflash?page=4#36 that 'the SWF file format is open"¦ not proprietary'. For what meanings of 'open' and 'proprietary' is this statement true? The SWF file format is owned by Adobe. They licence it to developers who wish to make software that exports to SWF. "They do not licence it to developers it to people who wish to make SWF players":http://www.adobe.com/licensing/developer/fileformat/faq/#item-1-8 . That is why GNash (the GNU Flash player) must be produced by a slow and painstaking process of clean room reverse engineering.
One more example. When planning my portfolio site "tarpanova.com (www.tarpanova.com)":http://www.tarpanova.com , I wanted a synergy between the lightness and usability of web standards and the powerful media display of flash. I am using JavaScript, xml, dynamic flash, and php for the seamless display of all information into one page. It works for several reasons:
** Portfolio content for both the site's flash and its accessible no-flash version is updated very easy with php-script xml edits.
** Images are read, resized, thumbnailed, and added directly from an ftp directory with a php/xml script.
** Search engines read the content of the entire site into one page, with higher performance in pertinent searches, more than if it was split in several pages.
** Loading time is much faster since everything is a single page and users browse other sections while the heavier, flash part, loading simultaneously is loaded and ready by the time the visitor gets to that section.
There are many ways to combine these technologies, and incorporating semantic flash can add some fantastic benefits that cannot be refuted.
P.S. AmfPHP is another tool that is now used to connect flash with php for CMS and application purporses.
AJAX is the answers for developers who have no clue of how to interoperate with Flash.
"locked away in an .swf file." which world do you live?
Well, let's see what semmantic flash wants to acomplish:
* In ausence of flash and javascript, static content
* Standard compliant
* Search engine friendly
* Crossbrowser
It's this possible?
I think "Brian":http://alistapart.com/comments/semanticflash?page=5#45 sums up the point very nicely: swell example, but give us _perfect_ and _useful_.
Because I certainly can't do it myself.
And that's ultimately what it comes down to, when you point out the chasm between web and Flash designers. Many posters have raised the objection that Flash is convoluted. Poor argument. Stick to the simple fact that it's hard.
It would take me at least 6 months to gain proficiency in Flash. And even with that commitment, I may never have the knack for animation or the artistic flare to excel at it.
Also, it's expensive. Five years ago, I bought Flash 4 to bulk up my resume. Two-hundred dollars of obsolete, sitting on my shelf. That skill set is dead, unless I pay for an upgrade and hope that I learn faster than the next version can come out.
Whereas, the HTML I've been using all these years is free to program, and as the "other article from this issue":http://alistapart.com/articles/whereourstandardswentwrong proves, my crappy code from five years ago is just as relevant as my sleek code of today.
Deceptively simple evangelizing of Flash obscures the fact that deceptively simple tools like "sIFR":http://www.mikeindustries.com/sifr/ and "swfIR":http://www.swfir.com/ took _teams_ of skilled professionals to architect. So when I—the tech guy—want to tweak it, I end up just like "Tor":http://alistapart.com/comments/semanticflash?page=5#41 is…
Obviously thrilled with the concept, but reduced to screaming about two minor technical points that I can't fix myself.
Very true and thoughtful analysis of the current love/hate-Flash situation. Completely agree.
The only point I would add is that Flash's biggest problem is being a proprietary system. Any way you look at it - Adobe controls it. It is and will be hard a format maintained by just one company to truly become a standard.
And then there is PDF, also from Adobe, that is somewhat of a standard. So - it's not hopeless.
It will be interesting to observe and see how things go. IMHO, current status-quo will be kept. Neither AJAX or Flash (with its Flex wing) be able to win over. Both will stay and people utilizing them smartly in proper cases, will win - just like this article says.
We've been using Flash as an enhancer to websites for about a year now and are pretty darn happy with the results. We start with a basic HTML/CSS site and then take blocks of the site and add in Flash elements that include varying levels of interaction. For users without JS or Flash, they get the fully functional (and still good-looking site), but users with Flash and JS will get the added interaction available in the Flash pieces.
Here are two sites that we've done this way:
"Moose Racing":http://www.mooseracing.com
In the past, we've felt the pain of building all-Flash sites (SEO, maintainability, etc) and have learned our lesson. This solution allows us to provide our clients with the best of both worlds.
Forgive me if I've completely missed the point but using flash just adds something you don't need. What's wrong with the javascript approach that everyone else is using. Surely less is more.
bq. Forgive me if I've completely missed the point but using flash just adds something you don't need. What's wrong with the javascript approach that everyone else is using. Surely less is more.
Of course you could do this without Flash, but that's not the point. Dan is simply showing us that Flash can nicely compliment an XHTML site when applied intelligently. It's simply up to us, the designers, to be smart and take advantage of Flash's strengths.
This was said by someone else above but I think it went unnoticed so I'd like to reiterate it. There's no need to replace the entire image (in this case) with flash. Admittedly, since it was an example, in general there may be no other option. But in this case, and any other case where the "semantic flash" is only adding to the existing content, wouldn't it be smoother and degrade better if the reflection was added below the regular image? This would solve the complaints about not being able to right click as well as the blinking replacement. (Of course, it doesn't stop someone from downloading the image itself if that's what you actually wanted. But that really annoys me so I won't consider it.) Of course, you have to make sure that you had a place holder of the same size (could just be a solid background color) so that the page doesn't have to adjust dramatically (and cause even more confusion for users who don't care how cool your reflection is).
Good article Dan! But, on example wich you use do you can resolve for another very simple way, without flash, obviously… heheh use it:
Regards for all
Specialized applications such as google analitics, yes, use flash or whatever means necessary to get the job done. You are more or less is control. "Get the plugin or else find a different solution". For the the rest stick with xhtml and server site solutions.
There is no such thing as "unnecessary use of flash". Flash is not against everything the internet was intended for. It is a front end tool that allows for more dynamic presentation of materials from the simple and flashy (movie websites) to advanced portals (read: www.rr.com/flash).
I would think in 2007 we had gotten passed this anti-Flash debate. It's so obviously skewed by a bias against the "hype", "style" and "flash" (pun intended) that the application brings.
Just wanted to throw my hat in the ring.
Leaving along the issues of when/whether to use Flash, here is how we have been approaching the challenges of semantic static content powering a richer interface
- http://www.jamesv.org/2007/04/22/semantic-xhtml-for-flash/
From time to time on client projects we have encountered technology limitations that have constrained us from utilizing a server-side solution. Systems like this have been lifesavers in crunches of that sort.


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