Re: FLASH: preloading a flash/html hybrid MC

[Matt Spiegler]

derrickito wrote:


> if you have multiple frames all needing preloaders.. you should seriously

> look at your file sizes and ask yourself if you are overloading the user

> with too much info.. when i use multible frames with flash in a few of them,

> usually one would be a nav and another content etc.... if my nav is so big

> that it needs a preloader, its usually time to redo your nav, thats a clue

> that its too big


It's not that all the Frame MC's are so huge that they need preloaders, but

that ONE of the frames needs a preloader, and I don't want all the other frame

MC's to load until that one is done. So I guess the real issue is syncing

frames to each other when one of them is loading at an unpredictable rate.



> preloaders in my opinion really suck, flash is streaming, and info should be

> optimized for that, its being misused in my opinion when you cram so much

> info in there that you need a 1 minute preloader.


I agree 100%. But you can only limit your content and file size so much, and no

matter how much do, sooner or later you'll have a user view your site who's

connection is just a little too slow for instant loading and seamless

streaming, and I would rather they saw a preloader than nothing.



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