a number of JavaScript actions you can easily add to your pages without any prior knowledge can be: a popup on a web page; validation of data on a form

- used to make web sites more interactive and bring web pages to life

- static frames like navigation bars or graphical banners don't have to be reloaded each time the content changes, making your site load faster

- each frame has its own scroll bar and can be scrolled individually

- not all browsers support frames

- not possible to bookmark framed pages

- difficuly to get graphic element to line up precisely between frames

- testing the navigation is time-consuming

- search engines may not be able to properly navigate and index a framed site

- visitors who come to your site from search engines will load an unframed page, as search engines will send visitors to your content pages and skip your navigation

- symbolic representations of objects and processes common to the graphical user interfaces of many computer operating systems

- graphic objects designed to be meaningful buttons; graphic represenation should be symbolize the action, determine how the user will know that the button is active

1. define project goals

2. work up a prototype of the project on paper

3. make a list of the action items that will be needed in the project

4. build a matrix chart of required skills

alpha is the prototype, beta has a working project that is great;

-easier to bail out at alpha stage than beta stage

- beta has wider arena of testers than alpha - beta is closer to goal

- provide the added benefit of built-in analysis to help you stay within your schedule and budget during the rendering of the project itself

- typically provides Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling functions to calculate the total duration of a project based upon each identified task, earmarking tasks that are critical and that if lengthened, will result in a delay in project completion.

1. cover and package

2. table of contents

3. needs analysis and description

4. target audience

5. creative strategy

6. project implementation

and:

1. Executive summary/overview

2. creative issues

3. estimate/project plan and synopsis of the plan and timetable

4. cost estimates and payment schedules

5. list of your terms

1. linear - users navigate sequentially, from one frame or bite of information to another

2. hierarchical - "linear with branching," users navigate along the branches of a tree structure that is shaped by the natural logic of the content

3. nonlinear - users navigate freely through the content of the project, unbound by predetermined routes

4. composite - users may navigate freely (nonlinearly), but are occasionally constrained to linear presentations of movies or critical information and/or data that is most logically organized in a hierarchy

model problems - tend to confuse the user;

GUI - best to stick with accepted conventions, no hidden commands and unusual keystroke/mouse click combinations audio - too many special effects, no toggle switch to disable sound things to avoid in a

graphical approach:

to meet the definition of a work made for hire, several factors must be weighed to determine whether the individual is legally an employee or an independent contractors. Among these factors are where the work is done, the relationship between the parties, and who provides the tools and equipment.

-if the individual contributing to a project isn't an employee, the commissioned work must fall within one of the following "work made for hire" categories: a contribution to a collective work, a work that is part of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, a translation, a supplementary work, a compilation, an instructional text, a test, answer material for a test, or an atlas.

Red, Yellow, Green, Orange, and Whtie books

Red book standard - international standard, ISO 10149, for digitally encoding audio data on consumer music CDs

White book - standard for video CD (karaoke CD)

Yellow book - standard for CD-ROM format

Green book - standard for CD-I format

Orange book - standard for WORM (write-once, read-only) CD-ROMS