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Introduction
Introduction
Adobe Flash Professional CS4 is the latest
version of the enormously popular Web design
tool. In its original incarnation, Flash gave Web
designers an e cient way to send artwork and
animation over limited-bandwidth connec-
tions. Flash’s claim to fame was its ability to
deliver vector images over the Web, making
download times shorter. Flash's use of pro-
gressive downloading and streaming allowed
some elements of a Web site to display imme-
diately, making sites more responsive.
Today Flash is a robust toolkit for creating any-
thing from simple animations to full- edged
Web sites and complex Web applications.
To the ...