about the nojava movies

These are my attempts at using Macromedia's Shockwave in the context of different types of web pages. At the Maricopa Community Colleges, we see great potential in using the Internet for learning. By including Director applications within a web page, we can increase the amount of interactivty we can use for web-based instruction. We will go far beyond just spinning logos and looping synth music!

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ShockTips [various] 1/15/96 No, not a series of tips for creating Shockwave, but using shockwave to demonstrate tips for the Director Web. Each page contains the tip in shockwave format and then links to download the tip in Director format.

Shockwave List o' Sites [56k / 27k] 12/1/95, updated 2/19/96 As Shockwave goes public this week, I created an index of other net sites for the Director Web- the index itself is a shockwave movie (pretty cool, eh?). Our CGI form allows others to register their sites, which is then written to a text file on our server. The shocked movie reads in the file, parses the data, sorts it alpabetically, and sets up a scrolling field index which is hotlinked to the listed sites.
In February 1996, the list exceeded 320 and became too lrage for the 32k field size limit. We had to break the list into 3 seperate files.
Source Code for Movie: Mac [43k] ~~ Win [31 k]

Alan's NoJava Shop [144k / 73k] 11/10/95 [revised 11/28/95] It's NOT that I don't like coffee! It's not that I have anything againt Hot Java. It was just a code name for beta test secrecy.
A front end with animated "Squishy" buttons; the label selections do a flying stretch and rebound. Calls other pages via GoToNetMovie
Source Code for Movie: Mac [108k] ~~ Win [77k]

Kollidadascope [16k / 6k] 10/15/95 [revised 11/27/95] Was supposed to be a kaleidascope but I did not get the symmetry correct, so it is just some spinning colored doo-dads, all generated as parented child objects. Also has random spouted bouny cheery phrases.
Source Code for Movie: Mac [10k] ~~ Win [7k]

Grave Mistake in Direct-L Ville [337k / 179k] 9/25/95 [revised 11/27/95, 3/4/96] An implementation of a director movie that was in original form, 640 x 480 and about 1500k in size. This fun poke at Director and the Direct-L listserv was part of the Halloween project of 1994. Later versions were streamlined to break up transmission of large files. this includes presenting on screen aniamtion and/or text while a new movie is loaded. All the shockwave is done within a single page, and the environment uses gotoNetMovie to jump between small shockwave files.
Source Code for Movie (graveyard scene): Mac [271k] ~~ Win [186k]

The Shockwave Poll [144k / 52k] 9/20/95 [revised 11/28/95, 12/14/95, 2/25/96] First used CGI form to send in votes for two survey questions and checks results with a shockwaved flick. The Shockwave Vote movie sends the info the CGI expects. The CGI script merely updates a the tally of responses for each answer and the time/date of the last change. The CGI returns a page that then uses the <head><meta http-equiv="refresh" ...></head> tag to return to the poll page. The Shockwave Poll movie reads in the data with GetNetText and charts the numbers.
Source Code for 3 Movies: Mac [80k] ~~ Win [57k]

Planetary Paths [25k/10k] 9/17/95 A moon circles around a planet that revolves around the sun. Vary the path diameter and rate of revolution! Then drag the sun! Follow the paths with trails. Needs to be re-done with parent-children. In my spare time. Right.
Source Code for Movie: Mac [11k] ~~ Win [8k]

Correlation Meter [86k / 20k] 8/25/95 Now just a simple on-screen control to illustrate the differences between positive and negatively correlated data. Eventually, each slider selection could be linked to a new page or movie
Source Code for Movie: Mac [39k] ~~ Win [28k]

Quizzer [94k / 19k] 8/23/95 A multiple choice quiz that snags the quiz questions from our web server. Any number of three quiz subjects are available and the movie reads in the data for each one using the GetNetText() command. There is one text file on the server for every subject quiz. Data is read into a field and a parent script creates an object for each question. The object is defined by a property list containing the question, 4 possible answers, 4 corresponding text for feed back, and a flag indicating the correct answer. A random list child object is used to both present the questions in random order and to shuffle the order of appearance of the answers.
Source Code for Movie: Mac [49k] ~~ Win [35k]

Ruby's Art Pad [88k / 48k] 8/1/95 is a fun coloring tool. This is more or less a plain movie I've shrunk and squeezed. It just uses some Lingo to vary sizes, shapes, colors of a few paint objects as well as trails. Small sound file too.
Source Code for Movie: Mac [83k] ~~ Win [60k]

title	file size .dir/.dcr	date	description
ShockTips	[various]	1/15/96	No, not a series of tips for creating Shockwave, but using shockwave to demonstrate tips for the Director Web. Each page contains the tip in shockwave format and then links to download the tip in Director format.
Shockwave List o' Sites	[56k / 27k]	12/1/95, updated 2/19/96	As Shockwave goes public this week, I created an index of other net sites for the Director Web- the index itself is a shockwave movie (pretty cool, eh?). Our CGI form allows others to register their sites, which is then written to a text file on our server. The shocked movie reads in the file, parses the data, sorts it alpabetically, and sets up a scrolling field index which is hotlinked to the listed sites. In February 1996, the list exceeded 320 and became too lrage for the 32k field size limit. We had to break the list into 3 seperate files. Source Code for Movie: Mac [43k] ~~ Win [31 k]
Alan's NoJava Shop	[144k / 73k]	11/10/95 [revised 11/28/95]	It's NOT that I don't like coffee! It's not that I have anything againt Hot Java. It was just a code name for beta test secrecy. A front end with animated "Squishy" buttons; the label selections do a flying stretch and rebound. Calls other pages via GoToNetMovie Source Code for Movie: Mac [108k] ~~ Win [77k]
Kollidadascope	[16k / 6k]	10/15/95 [revised 11/27/95]	Was supposed to be a kaleidascope but I did not get the symmetry correct, so it is just some spinning colored doo-dads, all generated as parented child objects. Also has random spouted bouny cheery phrases. Source Code for Movie: Mac [10k] ~~ Win [7k]
Grave Mistake in Direct-L Ville	[337k / 179k]	9/25/95 [revised 11/27/95, 3/4/96]	An implementation of a director movie that was in original form, 640 x 480 and about 1500k in size. This fun poke at Director and the Direct-L listserv was part of the Halloween project of 1994. Later versions were streamlined to break up transmission of large files. this includes presenting on screen aniamtion and/or text while a new movie is loaded. All the shockwave is done within a single page, and the environment uses gotoNetMovie to jump between small shockwave files. Source Code for Movie (graveyard scene): Mac [271k] ~~ Win [186k]
The Shockwave Poll	[144k / 52k]	9/20/95 [revised 11/28/95, 12/14/95, 2/25/96]	First used CGI form to send in votes for two survey questions and checks results with a shockwaved flick. The Shockwave Vote movie sends the info the CGI expects. The CGI script merely updates a the tally of responses for each answer and the time/date of the last change. The CGI returns a page that then uses the `<head><meta http-equiv="refresh" ...></head>` tag to return to the poll page. The Shockwave Poll movie reads in the data with GetNetText and charts the numbers. Source Code for 3 Movies: Mac [80k] ~~ Win [57k]
Planetary Paths	[25k/10k]	9/17/95	A moon circles around a planet that revolves around the sun. Vary the path diameter and rate of revolution! Then drag the sun! Follow the paths with trails. Needs to be re-done with parent-children. In my spare time. Right. Source Code for Movie: Mac [11k] ~~ Win [8k]
Correlation Meter	[86k / 20k]	8/25/95	Now just a simple on-screen control to illustrate the differences between positive and negatively correlated data. Eventually, each slider selection could be linked to a new page or movie Source Code for Movie: Mac [39k] ~~ Win [28k]
Quizzer	[94k / 19k]	8/23/95	A multiple choice quiz that snags the quiz questions from our web server. Any number of three quiz subjects are available and the movie reads in the data for each one using the `GetNetText()` command. There is one text file on the server for every subject quiz. Data is read into a field and a parent script creates an object for each question. The object is defined by a property list containing the question, 4 possible answers, 4 corresponding text for feed back, and a flag indicating the correct answer. A random list child object is used to both present the questions in random order and to shuffle the order of appearance of the answers. Source Code for Movie: Mac [49k] ~~ Win [35k]
Ruby's Art Pad	[88k / 48k]	8/1/95	is a fun coloring tool. This is more or less a plain movie I've shrunk and squeezed. It just uses some Lingo to vary sizes, shapes, colors of a few paint objects as well as trails. Small sound file too. Source Code for Movie: Mac [83k] ~~ Win [60k]