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Designing for Tablets: Feeling My Way Around in the Dark

Cracked TabletWhy designing for a tablet may just kill me…

So for a project at work, we’ve been tasked to come up with designs for tablets, now.

I thought just worrying about browsers was a tremendous pain. Now there are varying resolutions that need to be taken into account. Is it 1024 x 768? 1280 x 800? I’ve seen some sites say to keep it at 1000 or less for landscape. It’s enough to pull one’s hair out.

Oh and androids have pixel densities too, so apparently if I make anything in bitmap form, I need multiple copies in different sizes.

Aye yai yai.

I think I wish I stood in bed.

Interactive Flash

You don’t have to be a dedicated programmer to whip up something neat in flash. All you need to do is have a basic understanding of actionscript and some creativity and you can do a lot of neat stuff.

Below is an interactive I create for a client (I removed branding and any sensitive text) that uses simple actionscript. Is it the correct way to use it? Absolutely not. It’s graphic designer code, but it’s a stepping stone toward learning more intricate ways of doing things with flash.

Feel free to play around with it.

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