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Subject: Re: FLASH: heavily text based site...need help
From: Anil Hamal
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 08:26:24 +0100

Thanks all for the reply....you people are great :)



----- Original Message -----
From: "Hal Medrano" <hmedranatuswest [dot] com>
To: <flasheratchinwag [dot] com>
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: FLASH: heavily text based site...need help


> >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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> New Media Group
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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July 24-26, 2000, NEW YORK CITY, Hammerstein Ballroom
www.flashforward2000.com
Produced by United Digital Artists and lynda.com
Sponsored by Macromedia, Adobe Systems, Fusion, Inc, AtomFilms,
shockwave.com and Electric Rain.
1.877.4.FLASH.4 or (1.805.640.6679 outside the US and Canada)
Register before June 30 and save $200!!-- www.flashforward2000.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To unsubscribe or change your list settings go to
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