Re: FLASH: speeding up downloads

[Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media]

At 12:55 PM 1/1/00 , you wrote:


>One quick question...After a flash site is made , Is there any way to

>speed up the download time of your page off of the server or do you just

>have to limit the size of your flash file?



hi Mark,


This is one of those "quick" questions with a _very_ long answer. I guess 

the short answer is, you can speed up download by making sure you use a 

fast server and that your users have fast connections. But the long answer 

is to learn how to take advantage of Flash's streaming ability. This is 

complex. You can keep file size down, but even a large flash movie can 

stream smoothly if the movie doesn't require too much new content too 

quickly. So it should start with animation that uses just a few simple 

symbols and maybe a few short sounds, and add new content gradually. Use 

Test Movie, Bandwidth Profiler, and Generate Size Report to analyze all 

this. See FlashCentral for a good number of links and articles on 

optimizing Flash.

Marc Hoffman


Poison Dart Frog Media: Specializing in Flash Animation and Digital Audio 

Production

Our latest Flash job is on display at <http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/rickfrnd>

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