• Author gives absolute values for the beginning instant and the duration of each object.

• Only has tics as inputs (see Figure 4).

Advantages:

• Adaptability to computer illiterate people.

Disadvantages:

• Author cannot make modifications easily.

• Author has to translate each relative placement into absolute ones.

• It does not take into account unpredictable events and buttons.

Examples:

• Macromedia Director uses both absolute temporal axis and a script language.