Re: FLASH: Re: Flash 5 & QT (is: Flash & Shockwave)

[Michael@BTW]

It seems the simplest/most versatile way to do this would be to allow

non-square swfs, so that we could design an swf with a hole or frame around

standard browser content.


I actually created one of these a while back, with 4 separate swfs in tables

surronding a central empty table (where video or other standard html

href/embed tags can go). Gave up on becuase of the difficulty of aligning,

updating, as well as the increase in processor load of running the

Flash-plug w/QT4.


However, the concept seems pretty straight forward (or would be if a single

swf could be created this way), and would allow the simple boxing of embed

tags within a Flash frame.


I did request it on the wish line, however likely it is a difficult idea to

describe in text, and maybe it got lumped with all the other request for swf

to play video (which it actually was not;-).


Michael Penney

See Combat Footage from the West/An Tir War!

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----- Original Message -----

From: "John Dowdell" <

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Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 11:34 AM

Subject: Re: FLASH: Re: Flash 5 & QT (is: Flash & Shockwave)



> At 10:40 AM 7/27/0, Michael@BTW wrote:

> > However, a much more elegant solution would be to allow video files

> > to play through swfs (in a similar way to shockwave: the video file

> > still depends on the user having the appropriate plug-in).

> > This will never happen to avoid diluting demand for Director...

>

> Take this for what it's worth, but from what I see in the shop, the Flash

> development team feels fine about offering features similar to those

> already offered by Shockwave. They have to: if we didn't cannibalize

> ourselves, somebody else would. ;-)

>

> (The increase in scripting abilities is a great example... some early XML

> and HTML abilities, chat sockets and textfields are among other examples.)

>

> With each new version of each tool, the area of overlap between them

> changes. Each team is trying to find the best value proposition for its

> customers. The overriding principles still apply, though: the Flash Player

> is trying to increase its universality and omnipresence, while the

> Shockwave Player tries to deliver the widest range of advanced abilities

to

> desktop computers.

>

> (Please see my previous post for some of the actual technical and

> production issues involved behind the video play-through scheme already

> implemented in the Shockwave Player.)

>

> jd

>

>

>




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