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Summary of “Sneak Peeks” session @ Adobe Summit today. Includes details about the Adobe E-Learning Suite and Adobe Captivate 4.

I don’t often link to other blogs, but I think Cathy Moore has written a very good overview of a common issue: corporate-speak killing readability.

Quick ways to increase your score and sound like a human being

Say “you” and “we.”
Cut 98% of adjectives and adverbs.
Write active sentences that make clear who does what.
Use strong verbs instead [...]

JavaScript can control the playback of Captivate-generated SWFs. I posted some examples about a year ago (example one, example two), but someone recently reminded me I haven’t posted any instructions or explanations for my examples. Here’s a quickie explanation of how you can control a Captivate-generated SWF using JavaScript.

Adobe Captivate 3 doesn’t have a built-in mechanism for sending quiz results to JavaScript. Here’s a workaround you may find useful.

Eventually someone in the e-learning field is going to get slapped with a lawsuit just like Target did. If that’s what it takes to wake people up, I’m hoping it’s sooner rather than later!

An FYI for Adobe Captivate users: Adobe is about to release the Captivate 4 beta, and is looking for beta testers (no experience required).

My previous post discussed selecting technology for e-learning courseware.  Today CNET published an article discussing the various technologies vying for dominance in the rich internet application (RIA) market: Flash, HTML, Ajax: Which will win the Web app war?
It’s a good article for those not really familiar with the latest in the RIA world.
Since e-learning courseware [...]