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Subject:	Re: FLASH: heavily text based site...need help
From:	Hal Medrano
Date:	Thu, 20 Jul 2000 21:10:04 +0100

>Anil,
>
>It's just HTML frames, very compatible across browsers/platforms though there
>are some minor-but-annoying differences in how frames are drawn in different
>browsers (most notably, how NS only approximates your exact pixel
>specifications
>for width/height).
>
>-Randy
>

Correct! The way we get around the browser differences is by using a
sniffer to identify the browser, and then writing out two separate HTML
pages (document: writeln()) for NN and IE. We also pop it up in a crippled
browser window to control the graphics alignment. Otherwise, it's just a
5-frame frameset with 4 swf frames and 1 HTML page sandwiched in the
middle. The Flash side controls 2 other frames through simple GetURLs. A
lot of tweaking to get the graphics to align, but otherwise a
programmatically simple site.

To get back to Anil's original post, this is offered as *one* possible
solution for integrating Flash with sites that require large amounts of
body text.

Cheers!

Hal

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Hal Medrano
New Media Group
U S WEST Creative Services

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