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| Subject: | Re: FLASH: Flash fly out menues for navigation |
| From: | Wayne Pennell \( Web Master \) |
| Date: | Thu, 6 Jul 2000 16:43:16 +0100 |
Look at this site I did, is this what your talking about?
http://www.pbmgraphics.com
Wayne Pennell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Hawkins" <tim [dot] hawkins
uk [dot] easynet [dot] net>To: <flasher
chinwag [dot] com>Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 10:57 AM
Subject: FLASH: Flash fly out menues for navigation
> Can anyone help out with some urls of sites that use flash to create
sub/fly
> out menues for secondary and tertiary navigation.
>
> thanks in advance
>
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> > Tim Hawkins
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Wheatley [Simon [dot] Wheatley
marlborough-stirling [dot] com (mailto:Simon [dot] Wheatleymarlborough-stirling [dot] com)]> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 3:46 PM
> To: 'flasher
chinwag [dot] com'> Subject: RE: FLASH: UK Site Cahoot - Server Load Problems?
>
>
> I phrased my first email badly, I don't work for or with Cahoot. What's
> happened is that our Technical people have seized on the problems that
> Cahoot had as a reason Flash may not be up to the task of serious
> transactions with large numbers of concurrent users.
>
> I agree with you, I can't see how the eye candy flash used in Cahoot could
> be a problem - but equally I'm not techie and am always willing to listen
> to other cleverer opinions.
>
> I'm interested to see if John Dowdell comes up with any figures of how
many
> concurrent users Generator can handle...I reckon this news will be good
and
> may quieten the Technical Director here (who is used to vanilla grey C++
> apps!)
>
> Simon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randy Kato [rkato
braincraft [dot] com (mailto:rkatobraincraft [dot] com)]> Sent: 06 July 2000 15:27
> To: flasher
chinwag [dot] com> Subject: Re: FLASH: UK Site Cahoot - Server Load Problems?
>
>
> This shouldn't have anything to do with Flash since the SWF is simply a
file
> that's served out just as any other HTML page or static image...and in
many
> cases, if optimized properly it can be even smaller than the HTML +
graphics
> version of the same page. This simply sounds like the server isn't up to
the
> task.
>
> Are you using Generator? Was load testing done before launch? What kind of
> "talking" to the server is Flash doing? There are lots of factors to
> consider, but it doesn't seem like Flash would be the culprit.
>
> -Randy
>
>
> Simon Wheatley wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > We're championing the use of Flash for a high use (and therefore high
> server
> > load) Website running quite a number of transactions through a visual
> Flash
> > Interface. One of our technical people has come up with the following
> > information:
> >
> > "On the first day of operation, nobody completed the registration
> process.
> > The site crashed with around 2,000 browsers using it. **(The amount of
> > Flash graphics was suggested as a possible cause.)**
> >
> > After crashing, the site was limited to 250 concurrent users for 3 days.
> On
> > the fourth day the limit was removed and the site crashed again. It is
> > speculated that a limit (perhaps more generous than 250 users) has been
> > re-imposed."
> >
> > The Flash content on the site does not seem to be performing anything
> other
> > than sitting there as Eye Candy...
> >
> > Does anyone know, or has anyone heard of Flash causing this kind of a
> > problem with a high server load?
> >
> > John Dowdell: Does Macromedia know of any limit to the number of
> concurrent
> > Flash users with either vanilla Flash or with Generator?
> >
> > Can anyone shed any light on why the Cahoot site may have crashed that
is
> > not related to Flash content?
> >
> > Site address: http://www.cahoot.co.uk
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Simon
>
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