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Scrolling Dimensional Perspective: Sep 2, 2001; David Emberton shows you how to use a nifty dimensional perspective technique in Flash.

Search Engine Optimization: What to Know Before You Build: Mar 7, 2003; If you are about to create a new site or redesign an existing one, understanding how the search engines work, how your target audience searches, and how best to design your site from the onset can save your company thousands of dollars in time and expenses. Shari Thurow provides the basics of search services.

Secrets of Videoblogging: Checking Your Toolbox: Dec 22, 2006; Before you start making your own videoblog, make sure you have all the essential tools for creating your own videos and uploading them to the Web. This sample chapter details a toolbox recommended by a team of experienced videobloggers.

Seductive Interaction Design: Are You Attractive?: Jul 13, 2011; Stephen P. Anderson considers the ways in which feelings and emotions can influence perceived and actual usability.

Seeking Simplicity? You’re Probably Looking in the Wrong Place: May 18, 2011; How can you “make it simple” when it’s impossible to pin down what “simple” means? No wonder simplicity is so hard to achieve. Giles Colborne explains why having a good definition of simplicity helps you to understand and counter many of the obstacles and objections that will crop up as you try to design your “next big thing.”

Selective Styling in CSS3: Dec 6, 2012; Selective styling is the closest that CSS gets to traditional computer programming, allowing you to style elements if they meet certain criteria. This level of styling can get increasingly complex, so Jason Cranford Teague uses this chapter to start out as simply as possible and build a firm foundation of understanding.

Selective Styling in CSS3: Oct 21, 2010; Selective styling is the closest that CSS gets to traditional computer programming, allowing you to style elements if they meet certain criteria. This level of styling can get increasingly complex, so Jason Cranford Teague starts as simply as possible to help you build a firm foundation of understanding.

Server-Side ActionScript (SSAS): Mar 7, 2003; Step through the objects available to you with SSAS including SharedObject, Stream, Application, Client, and NetConnection.

Set Up a Basic Web Page in Dreamweaver MX 2004: Sep 23, 2005; Never built a Web page before? No problem. Author J. Tarin Towers walks you through creating a simple Web page in Dreamweaver MX 2004 that uses tables, links, images, and text. She also shows you how to adjust properties of a page, including the title and page background, as well as how to select and use colors in Dreamweaver.

Set Up Your Own Secure Messaging System with iChat Server: Aug 3, 2007; iChat Server makes adding secure text and audio/video chat to your network fast and easy. Read on with Ryan Faas to find out how to set up internal instant messaging and video conferencing in a few clicks without spending a fortune.

Setting Up a Simple DVD in DVD Studio Pro 4: Apr 7, 2006; This lesson focuses on the first step in building one of the most common types of DVD on the market. You'll learn how to create a single-play DVD that contains only a video track and its associated audio. You will set the DVD to play automatically when it is put into a DVD player. To allow users to skip through the video, you will also set chapter markers by importing them from a list.

Setting Up Web Site Categories: Feb 14, 2003; In the first of three articles on web design, Lynda Weinman overviews the first step in the information architecture process: setting up your categories.

Setting Up Your Mac to Use a Smartphone's Internet Connection: Feb 1, 2008; Flying clients around in her helicopter sometimes takes Maria Langer off the grid. A bit of experimenting helped her (and now maybe you!) to get connected again, using a smartphone with a Bluetooth interface, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, and a dial-up networking service.

Setting Up Your Workspace in Xcode: Aug 7, 2013; A true workspace in Xcode is a container that encompasses multiple projects that share common resources. This chapter shows you how to create an application suite consisting of an OS X application, an iOS application, and a shared framework that encapsulates all the common components.

Shading with the Adobe Illustrator CS5 Mesh Object: Oct 19, 2010; Simple lines can convey straightforward ideas, but subtlety often requires shading. Brian Wood, contributor to Adobe Illustrator CS5 Classroom in a Book, demonstrates using mesh objects to add gradients to curves. Brian shares his best tips for saving steps and preventing headaches as you work with mesh objects.

Sharon Steuer and Mordy Golding Talk about Adobe Illustrator CS5: Sep 21, 2010; Sharon Steuer (author of The Adobe Illustrator CS5 WOW! Book) and Mordy Golding (author of Real World Adobe Illustrator CS5) ask each other some burning questions.

Shockproof Guide to Working Safely on Your Mac: Jun 1, 2007; Whether the computers you're taking care of belong to you, a customer, or a large group, this sample chapter provides the information you need to approach any situation safely and with the proper tools. In this one-hour lesson, you'll learn about the risks to you and the computer when you service computers, as well as general maintenance tasks you might perform during the "verify repair" step in the Apple General Troubleshooting Flowchart. While these may seem like unrelated topics, safe workstations and conscientious work practices are all part of keeping computers, customers, and yourself happy.

Should Mobile Design Principles Be Applied to the Desktop?: Oct 24, 2012; Usability experts Raluca Budiu and Jakob Nielsen discuss whether mobile design principles can and should be applied to the desktop.