Re: FLASH: flash load movie issues!!56k modem BANNED!

[Matt]

WebSpeedOptimizer looks cool, but isn't available for the Mac. Does anyone know of a similar utility for Mac?


Muzak wrote:


> you don't really need a 56k modem, just use WebSpeedOptimizer, which will mimic any modem connection you want.

> It's great for testing loaded movies.

>

> http://xat.com/wo/index.html

>

> hth,

> Muzak

>

> ----- Original Message -----

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From: "Brack, Jeremy" <Jeremy [dot] Brackimgusa [dot] com>

>

To: <flasherchinwag [dot] com>

> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 9:22 PM

> Subject: RE: FLASH: flash load movie issues!!56k modem BANNED!

>

> > Hey Scott,

> > At my company, they are banning us from getting a 56k modem for site

> > testing, and this is making it nearly impossible to guess if any of our

> > sites will actually work in the outside world.  I was wondering if your

> > company allows you the use of a 56k modem for testing the load movie

> > commands.  We just started making heavy use of Load Movie commands here, and

> > of course every Flash movie works perfectly on our internal 100Mb LAN.  But

> > when I go home, and I take a glance at almost any of our latest websites..

> > all hell breaks lose..

> > If the loaded movie isnt timed correctly or doesnt have the scripts loaded

> > at the correct time, then massive sections of the website are not viewable.

> > After reading your e-mail and learning that different browsers load movies

> > differently.. I can see that the situation is much worse than I could ever

> > imagine..

> >

> > I am curious if any Web Designers out there are also being banned from using

> > 56k modems for testing websites?

> > If you are being banned from using 56k modems, did they give you a reason

> > why?

> >

> > Our IT department thinks that a 56k modem is useless, and that if it runs

> > perfectly on our LAN, then it will work fine everywhere.  I only wish they

> > would listen to the web designers for once.

>

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