Promote AW

hi,

on reflection.. in past seem agree macromedia never
really promoted aw as other products , items. lived in 'hope'.
that's small crater on far side of moon. should have done
(and may have been done in places) promoted authorware ourselves.
possibly have been busy promoting our own businesses,
good - how if promote tool itself? now.
people not aware of product - or amazing -
becomes invisible them!! literally.

the following extracted 'wikipedia' - how send this, or
something know!!

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adobe authorware - overview

authorware interpreted, flowchart based, graphical programming
language. authorware used creating interactive programs can
integrate range of multimedia content, particularly e-learning
applications. flowchart model differentiates authorware other
authoring tools, such flash , director rely on visual stage,
timeline, , script structure.

authorware produced authorware company founded in 1987
by michael allen. allen had contributed development of plato
collaborative learning system during 1970s.

its first name course of action (coa) macintosh program.
it produced runtime programs dos. authorware came later , produced dos
runtime versions until 2.0 first windows version.

authorware merged macromind-paracomp in 1992 form macromedia. in
december 2005, adobe , macromedia merged, under adobe systems name.
the recent version of authorware 7.02; version 7 released in
2003.

authorware's distinctive style revolves around central icon : interaction
icon. structure of authoring environment encourages rich
interaction, complex user feed-back not possible
suggested software, rather suggesting usual media diffusion.
this interaction icon allows various forms of user feed-back (move object
to, along line, click object, plus usual text, press-key, etc)

the original strength in education of authorware linked
roots in pedagogical models based on constructivist views.

authorware programs start creating flowline, flowchart
showing structure of user's program. user can add , manage
text, graphics, animation, sound , video; develop interactivity , add
navigational elements such links, buttons, , menus. flash , director
movies can integrated authorware project. xtras, or add-ins,
can used extend functionality of authorware, similar
to hypercard's xcmds. authorware's power can better utilized
the use of variables, functions , expressions. authorware can interpret
both proprietary scripting language , javascript version 1.5.

authorware programs can distributed stand-alone executable files, or
over web requires proprietary authorware player.

authorware particularly well-suited creating e-learning content
flow chart model makes reusing lesson elements straightforward. being both
aicc , scorm compliant, authorware can used deliver content via
any aicc or scorm compliant learning management system.



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... plan better none!



clive nicol

csn software ltd

"clive nicol" <clive_nicol@blueyeditonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:f2f360$mfj$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> hi,
>
> on reflection.. in past seem agree macromedia never
> promoted aw as other products , items. lived in
> 'hope'. that's small crater on far side of moon. should
> have done (and may have been done in places) promoted authorware
> ourselves. possibly have been busy promoting our own businesses,
> - how if promote tool itself?
> now. people not aware of product - or
> amazing - becomes invisible them!! literally.

isn't sweet how many people love product enough
willing donate time provide free marketing company
can't bothered keep date latest os , browser?
personally, don't want stake reputation encouraging people buy
program they're encounter more , more problems ages.
if actively in development, different story,
today...?

-amy

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