On the hoof Madcap Flare screencast
January 26th, 2010 1 Comment
In my last podcast I talked about a couple of unscripted screencasts I'd recorded for colleagues at work, to show them how to use some Flare extensions I'd created. My question in the podcast was: is something like this (knocked together very quickly) good enough to put in front of paying customers - or potential customers?
Without seeing/hearing the screencasts it's not easy to form an opinion, so I thought I'd let you have a look. Let me know what you think. Are you put off by the ums and ahs, and the little mistakes I correct as I go along, or does it lend authenticity to the demo? Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing a demo like this as part of the user assistance for a product. I think the effects that Camtasia lets you add (zooming in and the rotating cube effect) lend a little polish to make up for the ad hoc presentation style. But it's probably not everybody's cup of tea. What do you think?
Please note: When I recorded this it was purely meant for internal use within my company. However, I've had a look at it and I'm confident it doesn't give away any corporate IP. It does, however, reveal (if you look closely) that I had to Google to find a solution to a buzzing microphone shortly before starting the recording! :-)
Alternative larger format video (you'll need to wait a little while for it to download, but the picture quality is better).
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December 14th, 2010 at 7:32 pm (#)
This is an excellent video, but I can't seem to find the styles. Do you have a sample .css file that implements these "li" classes?