james.tolles@online-degrees.net
Online Degrees Columnist
Flash programming seems to be on Internet browsers everywhere, including the Mini USA Web site. The functionality of Flash on the Web site helped catapult sales of the Mini Cooper. Maybe you would launch your career forward with Flash and an online degree.
In a Flash
Flash programming has become a mainstay of the Internet. A few years ago, large Flash files often clogged up Internet browsers and created frustration for a lot of users. Faster connection speeds from greater bandwidth has allowed Flash programming to flourish and to become a standard part of numerous corporate Web sites and their introduction pages.Flashy Cars
BMW-owned Mini USA used Flash programming to create an interactive Web site to help launch the Mini Cooper. A fun and easy to use interface, Mini's Web site featured a car "Configurator" based on Flash technology. Visitors can develop over a million unique cars with their individual choices using the Configurator. Mini USA says that over 50% of their leads have been generated by their Flash-based site.Flash Flooding the Internet
Flash combines a person's artistic eye with programming savvy. This type of Internet programming integrates video, text, audio, and graphics into one interface. The program developer Macromedia boasts that Flash is "the world's most pervasive software platform" and that it reaches "more than 97% of Internet-enabled desktops worldwide."With such a presence in Internet programming, you may want to consider learning more about Flash to enhance your programming skills and to give your artistic abilities a chance to shine online. An online degree about Flash programming may be available although it is more likely that it is part of an overall computer programming degree. An online program or two in Flash animation may be the ticket to racing off in a Flash programming career.
About the Author
James Tolles is the Managing Editor for HQ Publications. He helped write and edit the successful application for Sparks, NV that earned the city honors as a 2004 All-America City Finalist-a title held by only 30 cities in the nation. He is also a freelance writer. He attended a four year liberal arts college and holds two B.A. degrees, one in Creative Writing and the other in History.
Sources:
www.macromedia.com
