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If you re a cutting-edge Web developer who wants to create interactive, user-friendly sites that will transform the way people work with the Web, you ve probably heard about Macromedia Flash Communication Server MX. By incorporating streaming media, real-time collaboration, and multi-way video, audio, and text messaging into one server solution, Macromedia Flash Communication Server MX enables you to easily add features like shared live white boards, multi-way chat screens, and video conferencing to your sites. The best part? It s all delivered through the Macromedia Flash Player so viewers don t have to open multiple applications. Reality Macromedia Flash Communication Server MX: Strategic Solutions for Online Interaction is the only book to give you a behind-the-scenes look at developing real-world FlashCom projects that are practical, cost-effective solutions. As part of the development team you re privy to the memos, notes, work-flow, planning, and process charts that are included in a real development process. Over the course of the book you ll learn to build entire applications (which are included on the book s companion CD-ROM) using both client-side and server-side Communication ActionScript. Different design ideas are presented and either accepted or rejected, and discussions about usability, HCI, and bandwidth realities are revealed so that you ll come away with a clear idea of what to expect in development as well as strategies to overcome those challenges.