Re: FLASH: Absence of Evidence [HTMLvFlash4]

[peter hagerty]

At 01:22 AM 5/12/00 -0400, Radu Manole wrote

>for your purpose maibe will be better to try a well design website (base

on html plus some spice flash)

>...im my opinion just embeding an image into a flash movie does not seams

to be the best solution.

>

Thanks Radu, but this is conventional wisdom (c.f. John Dowdell@MM)

I.M.O. the evidence is: 

1. HTML offers little control over design ie. how the viewer sees your site.

2. HTML offers no control over typeface font

3. HTML needs to be supplemented by J.S. for even the simplest use of logic

eg:random.

4. HTML is useless for animated intertitles (text introductions).

5. HTML offers no security, Flash offers some.

6. SWF's can be exported as single file projectors instead of a bucket of

files for the user to sort.

7. SWFs stream sound

8. SWF is an excellent tool for banners.

8. If SWF .jpegs are streamed properly the viewers experience is seamless,

wheras HTML pages with photographs are always clunky. Compare the "Absence

of Evidence.swf" with similar sequences made using HTML eg. "Days in

Eldorado" or "From Ruskin's Window" at www.arklo. 

9. The bandwidth situation will get better.


Therfore my conclusion is: Flash 4 offers an all in one solution for my

purposes, with a minimal loss in download time if properly streamed, and

things can only get better.


peter

>

>On Tue, 2 May 2000, peter hagerty wrote:

>

>> I would be grateful if I could get feedback on the streaming of this movie.

>>  

>>   :~        "Absence d�visag�e"     ~:

>>                Absence of Evidence

>> 

>> :~   http://www.arklo.com/basf.htm  ~:   

>> 

>> 

>> This project is a photo-album template, if i can stream these nine

>> photographs I can load another 998.

>> 

>> So now I have to get the streaming right. Currently the photographs are

>> exported as jpeg 10%, the lowest setting, and it seems to stream OK.

>> 

>> However if you look at the .swf at too large a size, you will think me a

>> very poor photographer- gross pixelation. I need to use less jpeg

>> compression but before I do this (and the complementary lengthening of the

>> preloader); I value your opinions as to the present streaming.

>> 


                         

:: peterhagerty


:: arklo.com

:: liverpool


   


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