RE: FLASH: Flash Full Screen

[John Cocktosten]

It's one thing if you get to a site and there are two links, one for regular 

browser window and one for full screen, and you enjoy the full screen 

experience so you click on the full screen link. It's an entirely different 

thing when you click on a link and all of the sudden your browsers 

attributes have been removed and your entire screen is taken over. IMHO, 

that is absolutely obnoxious, and will cause me to leave 100% of the time.


Think of it in terms of someone who is not web savvy. Folks are used to 

clicking the X in the top right corner of a browser to close it. If that X 

is not there, regardless if there is a visible exit button, you will 

inevitably "trap" some users. I've heard stories of people just giving up 

and rebooting because they couldn't escape a full screen site. That's 

certainly not the experience that I want to give my visitors...


It always reminds me of some low class warez or porn site that tries to 

bombard you with advertising or restrict you from leaving....It's a cheap, 

gaudy effect if you ask me...


JC




>I am going to be honest here. I keep seeing John and a few others saying

>that they hate Full-Screen, me personally, I don't mind at all if it is

>done right and has a clear and easy exit button that closes the window. I

>really don't see what the big deal is if you can click a button the same as

>you would the box with the "x". I think taking over the whole screen can

>create an experience different than showing the Flash content in the normal

>browser window. Since Flash has the ability to scale and a site is done

>entirely in vector art, why not increase the experience and take over the

>biggest space possible for the user. I agree that there needs to be a way

>to close that window because not everyone knows the keystrokes to close a

>window. Hate is such a strong word though, John.


>Just my .02, not playing devil's advocate.

>Michael Krisher

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