Demo: An Unusual Interface Featuring a Cutout Mask

This odd and not especially useful interface illustrates a few interesting Director and Lingo techniques, such as use of an opaque mask with a transparent cutout and the coordination of mouse events across multiple channels (or layers). More to the point, this demonstration suggests a first step in your conceptual task for Assignment 4: thinking beyond the simple point-and-click, text-anchored interface conventions dominant on the Web.

Click the thumbnail above to view the movie. Drag the white circle anywhere on the screen. When you find a text cue it should turn a bright color; the cues are not active unless the cutout circle is right over them. Click to activate the link. Click on the destination image to return to the main interface.

The source file called maskDemo2.dir is available in the subdirectory maskDemo within multimediaShare on Cow.