Re: FLASH: Playing multiple Flash files

[John Dowdell]

At 4:02 PM 8/31/0, Renu Vora wrote:

> A client of mine wants to have 3-4 flash files (around 50-70k each)

> along with a QuickTime movie , all play at the same time on one page.


Suggestion: Ask the client what the slowest machines they wish to support

are. Get them to commit in writing on both platforms, and get them to

commit to a modem speed too. You can then get some of these low-end

clunkers with modems and test during development. If the processor drain

overwhelms the target machine, you can then show the client firsthand

evidence of the incompatible design constraints.


(Be sure to download through a modem while testing, because accepting a

stream itself is processor-intensive... animations play more slowly while

the computer is simultaneously busy with a net connection.)


There's no hard-and-fast equation here, but by giving the client first-hand

experience you can likely set their expectations most accurately.


jd






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