Re: HTML for Flash movies

[sammy]

Hey Ben,


Could you possibly explain how, using flash, you implemented the

loading screens between scenes? 


Thank you very much,


s

just a wannabe flasher.



Ben Rogers wrote:

> 

> Thanks for trying, we'll look into it.

> 

> In the meantime, since you certainly have a Flash capable browser, why not

> try:

> 

> http://www.pepperhead.co.uk/bisa/ie_ns

> 

> -this will let you have direct access to the first page, without going

> through the CGI script

> 

> I welcome any comments

> 

> Ben

> 

> Ben Rogers

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

>

From: Christian Gayton <webmasternetland [dot] fr>

>

To: flashershocker [dot] com <flashershocker [dot] com>

> Date: Wednesday, February 18, 1998 10:56 AM

> Subject: Re: HTML for Flash movies

> 

> Hello Ben,

> I came from your site. Here is the situation for me (and i hope i'm alone).

> Win95/NS4.03(fr) In my Windows95, .cgi files are defined to be opened by a

> text

> editor (to work on). I never had problem with this configuration to visit

> sites

> (using or not cgi files), but when i go to your, it trys to open pepper.cgi,

> asks me if i want to open or save on disk. If i open it, my text editor

> opens

> the file. If i save it, i save it and...

> SO I CANNOT ENTER INTO YOUR SITE !

> Sorry.

> Christian

> 

> Ben Rogers a �crit:

> 

> > I should clarify...

> >

> > I was responding to mail sent by Tommy Rainwater about Aftershock and how

> > slow it was.

> >

> > Here's the story:

> >

> > I found that Aftershock by itself did not allow me a complete solution to

> > the plugin problem, though it does generate some useful javascript code...

> I

> > used carefully selected & revised chunks of this code together with the

> > "Smart Button" concept. I spent *hours* over it, trying to make a

> foolproof

> > way to ensure that people who did not have the Flash plugin would be

> > detected correctly & have the minimum hassle downloading it.

> >

> > The entire result worked perfectly, except that it was unacceptably slow.

> On

> > accessing the first page, a grey page appeared for 20-30 seconds (with a

> > 33600 connection ). I put this down to the fact that the browser had to

> call

> > MM *as well as* our site -every time- regardless of whether the user had

> the

> > plugin or not...

> >

> > Perhaps I should have been more specific and referred to the "Smart

> Button"

> > aspect of things, which is where the holdup was caused; specifically,

> > accessing MM... So apologies for that.

> >

> > My impatience comes from the fact that I feel that I have wasted a great

> > deal of time, on and off, redoing the intro's for our Flashed sites purely

> > because of the plugin problem... And then to feel mislead by MM over the

> > "Smart Button" issue just sent me over the top.

> >

> > I now have a mainly home-grown system which seems to work well (using a

> mix

> > of server-side perl, client-side javascript & a trick with a Flash movie)

> >

> > That said, I sincerely feel that Flash2 is the greatest single thing to

> > happen to web site developers. Which is why I care so much about making

> sure

> > technicalities don't get in the way for those who browse Flashed sites.

> >

> > I'm looking forward to Flash3...

> >

> > Ben Rogers

> > Pepper Head Design (Hot Ideas) Ltd

> > http://www.pepperhead.co.uk

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

>

> From: John Dowdell <jdowdellmacromedia [dot] com>

>

> To: flashershocker [dot] com <flashershocker [dot] com>

> > Date: Tuesday, February 17, 1998 11:30 PM

> > Subject: Re: HTML for Flash movies

> >

> > >At 9:22 AM 2/17/98, Ben Rogers wrote:

> > >>It *is* too slow...

> > >>It's a bit much, IMNSHO, that MM did not warn of this when they

> > >>enthusiastically announced these two methods.

> > >

> > >

> > >What, specifically, is slow for you?

> > >

> > >Is it the browser detection? The browser dynamic writes? The retrieval of

> > >the external .JS archive for implementation? Is it the actual one-time

> > >process of creating the HTML?

> > >

> > >Right now I'm not well able to scan the comment... what specific piece of

> > >the process do you find slower than what you expect?

> > >

> > >jd

> > >

> > >

> > >John Dowdell, Macromedia Tech Support, San Francisco CA US

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> > >

> > >

> > >