It starts out slow, too slow, and then accelerates into oblivion, with information that could be useful, however isn't reinforced enough by the exercises or further explannation. If one is to learn independently, there needs to be many more exercises reinforcing less content.

There is a nice format and THAT has merrit, but due to the numerous errors (mostly omitting instruction steps) I have found this book to be detrimental to learning Flash.

Who wrote those reviews, anyway?

Great book!
At firsth, I wasn't too impressed with this book, as I spent the first few chapters looking at Flash-designed websites and modifying pre-made files from the book's website. However, when I began doing the end-of-chapter excercises, I was forced to apply everything I had learned in the respective chapter. This way of teaching made this book a great Flash MX learning tool!

WOW - Nice Flash Book...
WOW, what a myraid of topics, and to meet all levels of skill. Rickard shares a visionary approach to Flash MX, Macromedia's newest version of the state-of-the-art web animation tool.

I mostly appreciate the examples and resources Rickard provided, and the step-by-step lessons are packed with real-life methods to learn from.

In addition, there is a lot of theory to base the content from, thank you.

Rickard nice job!
WOW, what a myraid of topics, and to meet all levels of skill. Rickard shares a visionary approach to Flash MX, Macromedia's newest version of the state-of-the-art web animation tool.

i mostly appreciate the examples and resources Rickard provided, and the step-by-step lessons are packed with real-life methods to learn from.