Your goal as a designer is to create a screen saver that invokes the spirit of your client’s brand and that people love and enjoy long after they install it. With is in mind, we’ve put together some key design and technical ideas you will want to consider when developing your screen saver.

SWF Desktop enables you to publish interactive, dynamic Flash content right to the desktop. However, as with publishing content in any environment, there are issues you will need to understand before you can effectively use Flash on the desktop. This guide covers issues associated with: Desktop Icons and Mouse Events, Multiple Background Images, Intros and Desktop Refresh Events, Optimizing Playback Animation, Get/Post Commands, Caching and Sound.