Re: FLASH: Designing and Exit !? And Resident Flash?

[Brad Flowers]

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From: Jefferis <Jefferispathway [dot] net>

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To: "Flash MailList" <flashershocker [dot] com>

>Subject: FLASH: Designing and Exit !? And Resident Flash?

>Date: Thu, Aug 19, 1999, 9:30 AM

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> I have a question regarding an Exit strategy. Most of the Flash sites I

> see are self contained once you enter the Flash domain of the site.  You

> make a selection and it takes you, ideally, to a preloaded movie.

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> Now at the end of my intro movie it will come to a menu. On the menu will

> be buttons for other Flash examples and a button to the normal html

> [exit].  I can see a problem with this: What happens if they hit the back

> button on their browser? It will take them to the beginning of the Flash

> movie.  Even with a Skip Intro button, it could get annoying.  What I

> would like them to do is come immediately back to the Flash menu.

    loading multiple movies may help here with a movie for the navigation, a

movie for content and other movies for examples.  if you do a little

research into the load movie command it is really not that bad  :)

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> Second, the same problem might exist if each of the Flash examples is not

> part of the original Flash, correct?  But if you load all the Flash

> examples in the initial load sequence, it could be too large.


    here you can just load multiple movies (one foe each example you have)

into one larger movie.


> So, Once you have loaded  aparticular flash from one html page... does it

> stay resident and loaded when you leave that page and go to another and

> then back to that page?

    if you are in a page with flash and move to an html page THEN hit back

button you will be going to the beginning of the flash.  one thing you could

possibly do here is to give the html page a new window which will leave the

flash page where it is.


I hope this helps you. and if anyone sees that I may be wrong please let me

know :)


Brad Flowers

HGTV New Media

flowersbhgtv [dot] com

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