In advance of the Frogans Player release STG Interactive is going to produce a free AJAX-driven frogans development utility, called the FSDL Online Validator.

The FSDL Online Validator will allow you to write and edit FSDL 3.0 code, and render it as a frogans slide directly in your Web browser. You can start from templates and code examples, or work from scratch. You can even temporarily upload your own image files to use in your frogans slides. To save your work, copy and paste your code into a text editor document. This way, you get to try your hand at FSDL before the Frogans Player becomes available, and start building your own library of FSDL documents and code samples.

Features in the FSDL Online Validator will include:

• Live button roll-overs: Rendered buttons in your frogans slide will react to your mouse as they will in the Frogans Player
• Two size views: See your slide at its maximum (320 x 240 pixel grid) and minimum (80 x 60 pixel grid) sizes simultaneously
• Resource views: Preview your resources (image files, polygon images, text) separately
• Parsing-error messages: Should there be errors in your code, you will know where, and why
• Multi-language support: Choose the language in your interface, including parsing-error messages
• Frogans Player rendering conformity: Rendering is handled by the rendering engine from the Frogans Player

I should specify that what you create and view in the FSDL Online Validator are not complete frogans, but individual frogans slides. How a slide appears is an important aspect of what makes a frogans. But a frogans comes to life when it’s viewed and navigated. It’s an online desktop experience that’s completely apart from what is possible through a Web browser.

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