Graphics, Animation & Interactivity with Flash 4.0

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Summary: Not too bad, but?
Review: The main problem with this book is the too much unnecessary blah-blah, therefore I can imagine how difficult could be for Mohler's sutudents at Purdue University to get thru this theoretical jungle. If you really want to learn how Flash works I recommend for begginners the Visual "Quickstart Guide for Flash" by Katherine Ullrich, she shows us how we can simply learn Flash without going to Purdue. For intermediates "Flash Web Design" by Hillman Curtis. With transparent examples, comprehensive words, Curtis takes you to the point and explains the whats, hows and whys of the action scriptings with a logical approach step by step, nevertheless I wish Curtis would grant us in the future a deeper look inside this subject.

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Summary: A cut above the rest!
Review: This review is a couple of years late, but I just recently re-compared the book to others I have more recently purchased. I don't know if the stars were just aligned correctly or what when this book came together, but I liked it for its content - high quality and relatively succinct. Mohler seems to know quite a bit about the subjects in the book, and convinced me that he is passionate about discussing them. The book is much better than the regurgitation ad blah blah in the second edition.