Re: FLASH: How does this work ???

[Michael@BTW]

There really isn't a hard rule regarding using load vs. go to frame or tell

target. Load movie is most useful for page elements you want to stream in

separatly, for instance you have a large (in kbs) section that only certain

users might want to see, so why make everyone load it every time? Or you

have random cycling of background sounds, why make someone preload all the

possible sounds when they will only hear one each time? Or you have page

elements shared over multiple swfs. Or you have a particular section that

gets updated frequently while the rest of the site stays the same. In cases

not like the ones above (or others I havn't thought of;-), it is often

better to use a go to frame or tell target. In both cases, if you set the

dynamic elements on a different layer (or in a different, higher level

movie) from the background, the background will stay the same (as long as

your keyframes tell it too;-).


One other thing to be aware of is that pre-MSIE 5 Macintosh versions of IE

had trouble with multiple loaded movies and with loaded movies that did not

finish loading before beign unloaded. Fortunatly, most Mac users who like

MSIE are upgrading, but if your client requires compatibility with this

browser, you probably want to limit yor use of LM or test thouroughly (more

specific details on MSIE4.x & Flash are in the Macromedia tech notes).


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Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 10:23 PM

Subject: FLASH: How does this work ???



> http://www.blastradius.com/

>

> Check out this site -

> Look at its navigation system -

> No matter which option (section) you pick, the

> background stays the same, but the content changes.

> How is this created ?? What technique is used ?? Do

> most developers load individual SWF's on various

> levels or do they use a tell target to go to a

> different set of frames in the same movie. Or some

> people even use different scenes for various sections

> of a web page. What is the best and most common method ??




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