RE: Fading Out

[John Dowdell]

At 1:51 AM 4/15/98, David Williamson wrote:

>this is somthing that has been worrying me since we

>got the first ALPHA of Flash 3, we all know how tempting it is to put a

>drop shadow behinde everything in Photoshop. lets not let the

>transparenct effect in F3 have a similar problem. IE the viewer just

>watching a movie and saying "oh look its another flash 3 movie running

>like a dog with 2 legs. Nice shadow effects thoug, wonder how they were

>done."


Very good point, David, and I'll echo Bob James on the echo... it's

important to keep the page responsive.


I remember that when Director Shockwave first hit the web people were

putting up half-meg media files and then wondering why it took so long to

start, and *that* perception stayed around for quite awhile.


Some pages will naturally be designed for audiences with fast processors.

But a mass-audience site still requires testing on the minimum target

playback machine. Those old clunker computers in the corner still come in

handy.... ;)


jd






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