1. this week’s assignment is a bit more open. we are to design / write a software prototype for usability testing. we have the option to work with the time piece from week one, the device from week two (thermo-clock in my case), or an original invention… it seems going with the thermo-clock makes the most sense for me, as i’ve already created a flat image of how i think the improved should look. the question is whether to work in processing (i had a recent class on this environment) or flash (which is pretty brand new to me, therefore perhaps more challenging, but something i want to have in my toolkit within the next year). i was torn, but with tutorials and such available, i think i’ll be ambitious and get started in learning flash. (more to come).
2. after a few hours of learning and playing with the basics of flash (…animation, layers, scenes, preload, buttons, etc), i hit a little wall. i wasn’t able to figure out how to use the time based looping method to have multiple binary switches function independently. since i’m hot and tired (and have another workday ahead, i’m going to relocate and try to get some of this guy built in processing… if i can remember that relatively quickly).
3. so the background is prepared. adding some interactive pieces shouldn’t be too difficult now.
…not too difficult, but still time consuming
the code i have so far is here.
the applet so far looks like this. the 3 toggles and light button work, sortof. :/
i really wanted to get this going in flash though…