Re: FLASH: Screen size (was: Site Check please)

[Branden Hall]

Well... I tend to assume that if someone is running at 1024x768 they

probably have a decent computer...

I wrote, and sent off, a function here on the list that would open a pop up

to the same proportions on any resolution...  i.e. it will always take up

the same amount of screen real estate...  Dig around in your old messages

its around...


-= Branden J. Hall

-= Multimedia Developer/Instructor

-= Fig Leaf Software


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

From: Michael Dunn <

mdunnthemericaagency [dot] com

>

To: <

flasherchinwag [dot] com

>

Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 9:35 PM

Subject: FLASH: Screen size (was: Site Check please)



> "Michael Dunn"  wrote:

>>Maybe shrink it a bit and lock the size.


> Mark Sheppard

> I didnt't buy a 19" monitor and set it to 1280x1024 to look at some

640x480

> sites that don't resize.


I pulled this into its own topic cause Mark brought up a very good point. In

my

experience (designing for myself, too) I think that a site that has a popup

window with the flash content in it can be nice - my reason for doing so is

that

if a person's monitor is huge, the animation will slow to a crawl. Since

many

designers have large monitors (and they are the ones who are the pickiest) I

didn't want it to be choppy for them. However, I've got a 21" monitor and

there

are times when a site opens a little window and I'm thinking "Come on, guys!

Make it BIG!!" I know this is a preference thing and many may fluctuate

(like

myself). Often if a window is large and the animation is dragging, I'll size

it

down (which I had done on the site this post was orginally for).


I'm not looking for definitive answers here (since this is PURELY

OPINION!!!)

but rather other people's thoughts on this. Since Flash can scale without

losing

picture quality it should be big, but then the animation can suffer, so make

it

small.


Michael


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