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Yet another paint-visualiser (this is what I did for a living!) Brief was to produce a cd-rom that was a computer version of a magazine produced by the same company - however instead of static images that are typically shown in magazines, this product would allow users to decorate the images. Other content was to be included:- a tips and tricks database, previous issues of the magazine, and an interactive calculator to help users estimate how much paint is required to decorate a room

A specific requirement was for the application to be very simple to install, to use as little of the consumers hard-drive space as possible, and to be able to run on almost any modern computer.

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Like most "web" application, many technologies were used to bring this project to the market. The user-interface was hosted by IE (supplied on the cd-rom). Much of the UI was developed in flash - creating a very dynamic feel to the package. Dynamic-html, javascript and active-x (COM) user-interface controls were used where required.

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The application was "self-installing" and self healing. The cd-rom contained all required applications / technologies. When the cd-rom was inserted each technology required was checked for when needed - if missing the user was walked through installation of that technology.

As much of the UI as possible was developed in flash - the result (I thought) was way-cool - very fluid, and certainly was a departure from more traditional user-interfaces (thanks to the flash genius of Scott Ritchie)

The "decorate" user-interface supported drag-n-drop operation between the active-x controls.

One of the major UI design goals was integrate the flash content with the html seamlessly to create a consistent non-html looking interface. Its a shame I can no longer read the text (my german is nonexistent)

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Scott Ritchie - the pixelshifter extraordinaire