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Subject: FLASH: somebody knows url??
From: Ilia Pasymansky
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 03:42:19 +0100

Hi guys !
i lost my bookmark to the site that contains best flash sites by category..
you can vote there
like for best design, creativity , originality, animation ,corporation and
so
something like flashfestival.com or so
(hope u know what i mean)
Thanks
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> FLASH: Remembering variables after leaving a swf
> Re: FLASH: Preloader Help
> Re: FLASH: list postings by category at flashlist
> Re: FLASH: Preloader Help
> FLASH: Re:New site launch ... http://www.webmedia.co.nz
> RE: FLASH: Preloader Help
> RE: FLASH: The Benefits of Freehand?
> Re: FLASH: Preloader Help
> Re: FLASH: list postings by category at flashlist
> Re: FLASH: G4 problem w/ flash
> Re: FLASH: Quick Easy Variable Question,
> Re: FLASH: DoD Policy: attn. Macromedia Support
> Re: FLASH: OT: Quantex pc's
> Re: FLASH: The Benefits of Freehand?
> Re: FLASH: DoD Policy: attn. Macromedia Support
> Re: FLASH: OT: is this flash?
> FLASH: Strange Image Distortion
> FLASH: Feedback for Wm3 ... http://www.webmedia.co.nz
> RE: FLASH: Netscape 6 is a Flash Nightmare
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 16:51:51 EDT
> From: Jurusataol [dot] com
> Subject: FLASH: Remembering variables after leaving a swf
>
> Thanks for the quick response. Answers below
>
>
> In a message dated 4/5/00 1:32:33 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
bubaatalphenaar [dot] nl
> writes:
>
> << That won't be necessary.
> As far as I understand what your trying to do is that you have a flash
> animation that has somewhere at the end of the movie some interaction
which
> results with a "get URL" action. which leads the user to a following
page,
> and your trying to create something that when the user goes 'back' on the
> following page using his browser's 'back' button the user doesn't see the
> animation anymore but a static frame that's also at the end of your
> animation.>>
>
>
> Yes, this is correct.
>
>
>
> << is this is right, if yes... then you're now thinking ways too
complicated
> :) >>
>
> I thought so. I am open to anything that works better because this little
> thing is
> driving me crazy.
>
>
>
> << You'll only have to put a frame loaded command into the first frame of
your
> intro animation movie (as suggested earlier on the list). if the movie is
in
> the cache, then the movie is already loaded, and if you've got the
> frameloaded command set up right to go to your latest frame. The user
> doesn't see the animation anymore and will go straight to your latest
frame
> :) do you get it, or is the above in a very large grey area for you ? >>>
>
>
> Yes, but the only problem is that the user never gets to see the animation
> again
> after that. This is the ultimate goal:
>
> + The user enters the site
> + The animation plays
> + The user presses a button which goes to an HTML link
> + When they hit back it goes to a static frame
> + When then hit back again, or when they re-load the movie, the animation
> starts from the beginning, and the cycle is repeated.
>
> I tried it by having the animation start and at the end, do a get URL to
call
> the static site, but it flashes a blank screen, delays a little bit and
goes
> to
> the static screen which does not look very good. I tried using the get
> variable commands below, but it didn't work.
>
>
>
> << p.s. why does the user have to use the 'back' button, is this a
necessary
> and usefull action to the user. seems to me it's useless interaction. >>
>
> Yes, because the HTML links go to Corporate partner HTML sites, and the
> client wants these links. If the user goes to the partner site, and then
they
> want to return to my client's site, they don't want the animation start
over
> again.
>
>
> I still can't figure out why the set variable will not work:
>
> This is what I did:
>
> ON THE BUTTON THAT LOADS THE HTML LINK:
>
> On (Release)
> Set Variable: "html" = 1
> Get URL ("http://www.xxx.com/page.html")
> End On
>
>
>
> AT FRAME ONE:
>
>
> If ("html" = 1)
> Go to and Stop (149)
> Else
> End If
>
>
>
>
> ON THE STATIC FRAME (149)
>
>
> Stop
> Set Variable: "html" = 0
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 16:58:28 -0400
> From: "Gregg Caines" <cainusatsprint [dot] ca>
> Subject: Re: FLASH: Preloader Help
>
> One trick I use is to put the things that you want to preload _in_ the
> preloader. You don't need to do a loop to keep checking for a
> particular frame in this kind of preloader... you just have to rely on
> Flash's method of streaming. If you look at those MCs, and take their
> main symbols and drop them in a frame in your preloader (sounds with
> no volume, and graphics with 0% alpha) then Flash will automatically
> wait for these things to be downloaded before moving on to the next
> frame.
>
> It may be possible to put the movie clips in there, instead of
> just their sub-symbols, but if you have audio it would probably be
> difficult to turn down the volume... plus, I don't know how flash
> streams MCs in an SWF...it probably just matches frame for frame, so
> it wouldn't really make the movie 'wait' until it was all downloaded.
>
> Anyway...you can have a frame of your preloader loaded up with all
> these 'invisible' symbols, and they will all preload before the next frame
> is shown.
>
> Hopefully that is what you are looking for, even if it's a little unclear
;)
>
> - --------------------------------------------------------------
> Gregg J. Caines
> Neometrix Systems Inc.
> gcainesatneometrixsystems [dot] com
>
>
> <snip>
> > Since I am entirely using movie clips, the main timeline consists of 13
> > layers but each contains only one frame. Here-in lies my problem. How
can
> I
> > preload half of my presentation and let the rest stream considering the
> > architecture of my movie; there's only one frame on the main timeline!
> </snip>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 17:02:49 -0400
> From: "Gregg Caines" <cainusatsprint [dot] ca>
> Subject: Re: FLASH: list postings by category at flashlist
>
> Ever consider an HTML interface? You could have a popular site there...
> What are you using at the backend? ASP?
>
> Gregg Caines
>
> - ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Helen Triolo" <designerati-technica [dot] com>
> To: <flasheratchinwag [dot] com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 12:35 PM
> Subject: Re: FLASH: list postings by category at flashlist
>
>
> > Hi Joe. Yes, I'll provide a more direct link as soon as I get one up!
> > The database/list was an experiment to learn about Flash and databases
> > (and save the best of the list at the same time). Haven't put any other
> > flash at i-technica yet, but your interest will spur me on to at least
> > make this page more accessible. I'll send a url to you directly when it
> > exists.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Helen
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 14:17:59 PDT
> From: "John Cocktosten" <jcocktostenathotmail [dot] com>
> Subject: Re: FLASH: Preloader Help
>
> Thanks for the quick response. That sounds like a good suggestion. I am
> using several screen shots in this presentation and they are in the PNG
> format and ARE NOT symbols. If I throw these in the preloader, will they
> have to be redrawn when Flash encounters them later in the movie? I know
> that once a symbol is loaded it can be accessed quickly after that, but
what
> about a non-symbol, does this still hold true?
>
> Thanks again.
> John
>
> <snip>
> >One trick I use is to put the things that you want to preload _in_ >the
> >preloader. You don't need to do a loop to keep checking for a
> >particular frame in this kind of preloader... you just have to rely >on
> >Flash's method of streaming.
> <snip>
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 14:24:02 PDT
> From: "Natalia Usselman" <natalia_usselmanathotmail [dot] com>
> Subject: FLASH: Re:New site launch ... http://www.webmedia.co.nz
>
> I have waited for about four minites for it to download (I am on cable)
and
> quit also.
> Sorry.
> Natalia.
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 14:45:58 -0600
> From: Jason Bouwmeester <jasonatintervisual [dot] com>
> Subject: RE: FLASH: Preloader Help
>
> One way to do it is this... add a few empty frames and then split your
movie
> clips into two frames, the ones that you want to load first before it
> streams into say frame 5, the rest into frame 6. Then do if frame 5 is
> loaded, play, and frame 6 should stream.
>
> Hope that made sense and hope that helps.
>
> jb
>
> - -----Original Message-----
> From: John Cocktosten [jcocktostenathotmail [dot] com (mailto:jcocktostenathotmail [dot] com)]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 2:35 PM
> To: flasheratchinwag [dot] com
> Subject: FLASH: Preloader Help
>
>
> I have run into a bit of a problem regarding a preloader. I have a 200k
> Flash presentation that consists of 10 movie clips. What I would like to
do
>
> is preload the first 100k, and let the second 100k stream.
>
> In the past, my preloaders have consisted of a two frame loop, the first
> frame checks to see if the _totalframes are loaded, and the second frame
> loops back to the first. If I don't want to preload the entire movie, I
> replace _totalframes with a specific number, usually the mid point of my
> movie.
>
> Since I am entirely using movie clips, the main timeline consists of 13
> layers but each contains only one frame. Here-in lies my problem. How can
I
> preload half of my presentation and let the rest stream considering the
> architecture of my movie; there's only one frame on the main timeline!
>
> Thanks in advance to anyone who can suggest a possible solution.
>
> JC
>
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 14:30:58 -0700
> From: Jeremy Pinkham <JeremyPatZYDIGO [dot] COM>
> Subject: RE: FLASH: The Benefits of Freehand?
>
> jd wrote:
>
> >FreeHand 9 gives Adobe a lot more, ah,
> >"inspiration" to catch up on in future releases. ;-)
>
>
> Of course, it would also be great if FreeHand would "catch up" to
> Illustrator's Gradient Mesh tool...
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 17:23:08 -0400
> From: "Gregg Caines" <cainusatsprint [dot] ca>
> Subject: Re: FLASH: Preloader Help
>
> Well you want to be able to turn the alpha down to 0% so they are
> undetectable. You can't do this with non-symbols... You could scale
> them to almost 0px X 0px or hide them behind something else (as was
> already suggested). As long as you can keep those PNGs from
> being visible somehow, your preloader will look and work fine...Flash
> will not make you reload the PNGs everytime they are used...
>
> Gregg Caines
>
> > Thanks for the quick response. That sounds like a good suggestion. I am
> > using several screen shots in this presentation and they are in the PNG
> > format and ARE NOT symbols. If I throw these in the preloader, will they
> > have to be redrawn when Flash encounters them later in the movie? I know
> > that once a symbol is loaded it can be accessed quickly after that, but
> what
> > about a non-symbol, does this still hold true?
> >
> > Thanks again.
> > John
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 17:34:40 -0400
> From: Helen Triolo <designerati-technica [dot] com>
> Subject: Re: FLASH: list postings by category at flashlist
>
> Gregg Caines wrote:
> >
> > Ever consider an HTML interface? You could have a popular site there...
> > What are you using at the backend? ASP?
> >
> Yes, its an Access database and ASP. And yes, I consider using an HTML
> interface at least once a day, as I'm tearing clumps of my hair out
> trying to figure out actionscript's little quirks. But the challenge
> (to me) was to see what I could do with Flash and ASP, and parts of it
> obviously remain a challenge, so I'm keeping it in Flash for now. (The
> HTML button was my one concession--so much easier to make links and
> printable copy.) Maybe when I have enough free moments in a row (when
> I'm 97), I'll make a tutorial out of it, if there's anyone left in the
> world who doesn't know how to pass variables from Flash by then! And
> about the popularity, though it's really gratifying to see people using
> it, it's not really mine to be popularizing--all the usefulness comes
> from people on the list after all. (Noble, eh? Guess I just don't want
> any lawsuits from erroneous info in the database!) Thanks for the
> query.
>
> Regards,
> Helen
> - ----------------------------------------
> helen triolo � http://i-technica.com
> designerati-technica [dot] com � 301-424-6037
> - ----------------------------------------
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 14:30:54 -0800
> From: "Matt Wobensmith" <mwobensmithatmacromedia [dot] com>
> Subject: Re: FLASH: G4 problem w/ flash
>
> Hello Bil,
>
> You wrote:
>
> >Has any mac G4 users come across a problem with not being able to drag
> >symbols on the stage?
>
> Yes. We are now hearing about this. We have had a few calls about this. It
does indeed seem like a bonifide issue.
>
> Currently, we do not know what causes this. It's some sort of combination
of MacOS9, G3/G4 and.... ?
>
> I have talked to several customers with this issue. While some of them
have not found a solution, some have reported fixing it by:
>
> a) disabling virtual memory (via the Memory control panel), or
> b) disabling RAM Doubler (if you have it installed).
>
> Both of these mechanisms are similar.
>
> Additionally, I can suggest a few more things to try, if you haven't
already:
>
> - -trash the Flash 4 prefs, located in the System Folder > Preferences.
> - -zap the P-RAM by holding Command-Option-P-R on startup
> - -turn off File Sharing
> - -turn off AppleTalk
> - -restart without extensions (press Shift key on restart)
>
> All of these are the first line of defense in regards to Mac
troubleshooting. They may or may not help this problem. If they work, let us
know. However, some customers have reported that none of these work for
them. In this case, I don't have a solution as of right now.
>
>
> >I reported this problem to Peter Santangeli VP of engineering, Flash.
> >he said I was the second one with this problem and he would look into it.
>
> Well, that was definitely a good move. :>)
>
> To Bil and all - we are working on finding a solution to this - assuming
we know the cause - and will let all of you know when we find out so it can
be fixed.
>
> Thank you for your patience.
>
> - -Matt
>
>
> - ---------------
> Matt Wobensmith
> Macromedia Tech Support
> Flash Team Lead
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 16:51:24 -0500
> From: John Graham <johndgrahamattds [dot] net>
> Subject: Re: FLASH: Quick Easy Variable Question,
>
> > Yes, John, that is exactly how I set and retrieve variables I want to be
> > "global" - I either put them on the main timeline in the main-level
movie,
> > or create a separate movie clip that is always present, and call them
there.
>
> That is a done deal. I read on the moock site that he/she also sometimes
> creates a movie to store sub-routines, I'll have to look into figuring
that
> out.
>
> > But I sure would not set a yes/no variable for each of your buttons. I
> > would set ONE variable, call it "moviename" and then each of your
buttons
> > will change the value of that one variable to the name of the movie you
want
> > to load.
> >
> > So, button number one will set "moviename" = "movie1.swf"
> > button number two, set "moviename" = "movie2.swf" etc.......
> > Then at the end of your child movies, you just have to say "Load movie
> > (moviename,3)" or however that syntax is...and you don't have all of
those
>
> Excellent Idea. I've been working on that now for awhile, but it's that
> damn syntax that I keep getting wrong.
>
>
> For example: **My button (on _level6) has
>
> Set Variable: "_level0:beauty" = "products/nato/beauty.swf"
>
>
> **My Child movie (on _level14) in the last frame has
>
> Load Movie ("_level0:beauty", 14)
> Stop
> Comment: Stop just placed for debugging
>
>
> And this doesn't work. I've tried,
>
> Load Movie ("products/nato/beauty.swf", 14) file://AND IT WORKED.
>
> So I know I'm not getting Variable syntax correct. Here are some others I
> tried with no sucess,
>
> Load Movie ("_level0:(beauty)", 14)
> and
> Set Variable: "beauty" = "_level0:beauty"
> Load Movie ("beauty", 14)
>
>
> But w/o any luck. I know I have to missing something simple.
>
> John
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 14:56:45 -0700
> From: "Michael@BTW" <mplistatbigtimeweb [dot] com>
> Subject: Re: FLASH: DoD Policy: attn. Macromedia Support
>
> Absolutely java or even javascript is a much bigger security risk than
> Flash. Macromedia has gone to great lengths to prevent flash from
accessing
> the system in a destructive way, and banning of it is simply ignorance on
> the part of your sys admin. Tell them to check out:
> http://www.humboldt.edu/~ac/index2.html
> and
> http://www.humboldt.edu/~cdc
> we use FLash extensively here, its facilitation of educational content
> delivery is excellent, ridiculous for your institution to be so held
hostage
> by ignorant and paranoid Sys Admins...
>
> > I have the same problem at college. Flash is banned. However, Java seems
to
> > work, and I would have thought, that would have been more of a security
> > issue.
> >
> > I don't really see what problems you could get at the college I go to
> > anyway, as all settings are reloaded off the server, on reboot. Anything
> > that the server doesn't recognise is simply removed again, so the virus
> > threat is pretty small.
>
> And there are no Flash viruses anyway, tell your sys admin to check on
> http://www.virusbtn.com/
> http://vil.mcafee.com/
>
> Interesting, the only hit on McAffee's virus info site flash produced was
on
> the job board;-)...
>
> http://www.mcafee.com/about/jobs/web_team.asp
>
> >
> > I could quite easily install it, but as the shockwave distribution file
> > requires a reboot on some machines (the ones at college included) the
flash
> > plugin is simply removed again, on reload.
>
> Get the 400k flash only plug-in then, quicker too. Out of curiosity, do
they
> allow you to use the biggest virus generator of them all? (AKA MS Office)?
>
> >
> >
>
> =====>
> Michael Penney
> Sharpener of the Cutting Edge
> BigTimeWeb.Com
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 15:32:23 +0100
> From: "Ben Park" <mail-inatsiteria [dot] net>
> Subject: Re: FLASH: OT: Quantex pc's
>
> I have to say that even if I had the money for a new machine, I wouldn't
buy
> one ready-built.
>
> All the ones I've seen in stores charge you so much for upgrading this, so
> much for upgrading that afterwards.
> And with makers like Packard Bell, they make the cases oddly shaped, and
use
> special shaped boards inside, to stop you upgrading without going back to
> them.
>
> All the machines I have had in the past, and the one I'm currently using
is
> built from all the components bought separately. If you want to upgrade it
> with a new cpu - you just buy a new cpu and put it in. No waiting long
> periods of time for some computer shop to upgrade it for you. If you
wanted
> to upgrade from a PII to a Athlon, just buy a new motherboard and cpu and
> you have an Athlon. Much cheaper than buying an entire machine again from
> scratch.
>
> Just my 1.25p (2 cents)
>
> Ben
>
> - -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Smollin <esmollinatPLANSOFT [dot] com>
> To: 'flasheratchinwag [dot] com' <flasheratchinwag [dot] com>
> Date: 04 April 2000 16:39
> Subject: RE: FLASH: OT: Quantex pc's
>
>
> >I bought a Quantex PII 350 a couple of years ago. I won't go into detail
> >about my experience, but let's just say it was less then pleasant. OK,
I'll
> >go into a little detail, I can't help it :)
> >
> >About 1 month after I received it, the fan on the PII chip broke. I
called
> >and they sent me a new one (with no instructions on how to install it,
just
> >the piece and box to return the old one in).
> >
> >About three months after that, my motherboard blew out. I called them and
> >they told me to box it up and ship it to them. Two weeks later I got it
> back
> >with a new motherboard. Let me tell you, two weeks is a lifetime without
a
> >computer.
> >
> >And it gets better...
> >
> >One year after I purchased it I got a call from a Quantex rep who wanted
to
> >know if I would like to PURCHASE an extended on-site service warranty. I
> was
> >quite confused, "on-site warranty? Where was my on-site service warranty
> >when my motherboard blew out?" I said.
> >At any rate, I sent an email to customer service explaining in detail
while
> >I was so upset, they responded with an email that said they typically
limit
> >on-site service to problems regarding motherboards and hard drives. I
wrote
> >them back and chastised them for obviously not reading my email, if they
> had
> >read it, they would have clearly seen that MY MOTHERBOARD CAUGHT ON FIRE.
I
> >never heard from them again.
> >
> >I still have the machine today and it's running fine, but I will never
> >forget how I was treated.
> >
> >I would never ever buy another Quantex again, nor would I recommend a
> >Quantex to someone who is looking to buy a new PC. I have to say though,
> >that's just my experience, I know more then a couple people who bought
> >Quantex PC's and have had no problems and are very happy with them....
> >
> >Good Luck
> >-Eric <------------Not a Quantex fan
> >
> >
> >>I am looking into purchasing a Quantex Creative Station 1000 (800 mhz,
128
> >>RAM, 27 GB hd...) and was wondering if anyone has used/is using one and
if
> >>so, what your thoughts are on it. I'm curious how it compares with a
Dell
> >>or Gateway... Any input would be greatly appreciated!!
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 15:58:48 -0600
> From: "J. Lutes (pixelTwiddler)" <jasonatgrafikimagism [dot] com>
> Subject: Re: FLASH: The Benefits of Freehand?
>
> >
> >It's great that Illustrator 9 is following the example of FreeHand 7
> >here... I was a bit concerned last year when they were denying and
ignoring
> >the SWF format*, but am glad they added the FlashWriter features to their
> >new release themselves. FreeHand 9 gives Adobe a lot more, ah,
> >"inspiration" to catch up on in future releases. ;-)
>
> Since we are on the subject...
>
> My question directly pertains to Flash, as the transfer of gradients from
> FH9 would be the work-around for a deficient (by comparison to I8, and
> even FH8) color/gradient defining mechanism(s) in Flash.
>
> In FH9, is it possible to place colors along the ramp at specific
> percentages/distances when editing/creating a gradient? I might upgrade
> for this feature alone. I have FH8 and it doesn't seem to be possible,
> unless I am overlooking something.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> - -
> J A S O N L U T E S
> ICQ: pixelTwiddler (#18046724)
> E-mail: jasonatgrafikimagism [dot] com
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 17:51:52 -0400
> From: "Gregg Caines" <cainusatsprint [dot] ca>
> Subject: Re: FLASH: DoD Policy: attn. Macromedia Support
>
> I don't think anyone has issue with flash's security. The problem is that
> there
> is no easy way to allow Flash and not other ActiveX (which does pose a
> greater risk than java or javascript).
>
> If you have an easy way, then there are probably a lot of people here who
> would like to know...
>
> Gregg Caines
>
> <snip>
> > Absolutely java or even javascript is a much bigger security risk than
> > Flash.
> </snip>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 18:02:11 -0400
> From: william chamberlin <williamchamberlinatearthlink [dot] net>
> Subject: Re: FLASH: OT: is this flash?
>
> hello java?
> - ---
> ???
> - ---
> bil
> http://www.bilchamberlin.com/
> williamchamberlinatearthlink [dot] net (mailto:williamchamberlinatearthlink [dot] net)
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 18:08:55 -0400
> From: Eric Smollin <esmollinatPLANSOFT [dot] com>
> Subject: FLASH: Strange Image Distortion
>
> Greetings all.
>
> I have encountered a very strange occurrence in Flash, and I am hoping
that
> someone has encountered something similar.
>
> I have a movie that consists of a series of MC's. In one of these movies I
> am scaling a raster image (it's a PNG) from small to large, no problem,
> looks great. Everything works great until I insert a scene. Once that
> happens, the movie runs fine up to the point where the image is supposed
to
> scale, but when it gets to the image (in the small state) the image is
very
> distorted, until it scales up and then becomes clear.
>
> Why would inserting a scene cause something like this to happen? I can't
see
> any correlation between the two.
>
> If I remove the scene, the image is not distorted in its small state, if I
> add a scene it becomes distorted again. It almost looks like it is going
> from high quality to auto-high, but it's not.
>
> Has anybody experienced anything like this before?
>
> Thanks
>
> - -Eric Smollin-
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 10:07:16 +1200
> From: Matthew Buchanan <mattatwebmedia [dot] co [dot] nz>
> Subject: FLASH: Feedback for Wm3 ... http://www.webmedia.co.nz
>
> Thanks for your initial feedback, the good and the bad. With the amount
> of content in the site our obvious choice was for a large window,
> however it's not a true full-screen window, its size is based on the
> available screen width and height reported by the browser, so won't
> obscure your toolbar, etc. if these are open. Additionally, you can set
> the window size in the user profile section of the main menu, and the
> site will open to this preferred size next time you visit. We will add
> a "Go 800x600" button to the preloader section for the full-screen
> allergic.
>
> Addressing other feedback:
>
> > From: Michael Dunn <mdunnatthemericaagency [dot] com>
> > Was the intro skipped (said it was going to skip,
> > though I didn't tell it to).
>
> We'll address this issue in the next little while. We believe it occurs
> when ActiveX updates the revision of the Flash plug-in to r28, then
> returns the user to the site's loading page. But you may have had
> this plug-in version already, Michael?
>
> > From: "brzys" <brzysatmediaone [dot] net>
> > Kewl site, I got so lost in there, but it was fun exploring anyway. If
at
> > all possible, give the visitor a history of where they've been and where
> > they're going, as in an interactive history map perhaps.
>
> There is a history function, it grows out from the left side of the
> screen as you open document windows. It does not record other
> areas of the site, however.
>
> > From: william chamberlin <williamchamberlinatearthlink [dot] net>
> > I am blown away, amazing however, little color surprises or bmp's
> > (photographic) would be nice.
>
> We're working on generating images into our content windows.
> There is a prefs option on the left side of the screen near the top, which
> allows you to set colours and/or background images for the site.
> These are all remembered when you return using the same browser.
>
> > From: JamieD <jamie [dot] dyeratpepper [dot] co [dot] uk>
> > Had a good look around the site. Very nice indeed! the 3d and animation
> > within the site is very good. some of the animations ran pretty slow on
my
> > machine (G3 w 200mb ram) but that might just be my machine (its been
running
> > slow recently, needs attention).
>
> It doesn't run as fast on the Mac, even on our two G4s. Similarly
> spec'ed PCs seem to eat it up though; seems the Flash plug-in works
> faster in Windows browsers. Is this a known scenario?
>
>
>
> Stay tuned, there's plenty more to be added in the near future.
>
> Matthew Buchanan mattatwebmedia [dot] co [dot] nz 649.377.7910
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 16:09:04 -0600
> From: Frederico <fredericoatmac [dot] com>
> Subject: RE: FLASH: Netscape 6 is a Flash Nightmare
>
> On 4/5/00 1:47 PM Mountain Time, Jason Bouwmeester via
> jasonatintervisual [dot] com, said:
>
> >NS 6 is a PREVIEW ... rest assured they wouldn't be stupid enough on
finally
> >release (a few months away) to exclude flash...
>
> You miss the point. The F4r027/28 player is already included (hoorah.);
> that's not the issue. The issue is that Flash is rendered improperly,
> loads improperly, and fails to execute numerous key commands; as well as
> failing to execute host-Java and JavaScripts properly.
>
> The point to the issue is that masses of people will be downloading and
> using the 'Preview' version, thinking it worthy of near-release status
> (ever seen how many 'Preview' versions of AOL hit your sites?), and they
> may not know the difference between N6's shoddy rendering and failures
> and your own.
>
> Again, designers/webmasters are encouraged to d/l all available
> platforms/versions and inspect their own products for display and
> execution errors; if they do (and they will) exist, either warn your
> patrons of the issues, or advise-against/refuse entrance unless with an
> older browser.
>
> Your client's reputation for quality, and thus yours, is in your hands,
> not Netscapes.
>
> HTH
>
> Frederico
>
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>
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