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Flash -- do I need a pre-loader for my site?
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Join Date: Oct 1999
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Hey all...
I just designed my site using Flash. It's a small site -- the .swf is only 1.2 megs. So, do I need a preloader?
Does it take too long to load, or is it ok as it is?
the address is:
http://www.matthewmarshall.net
Thanks.....Flash was pretty fun to use.
- Matthew Marshall
p.s. There's currently a bug in Safari keeping forwarded sites from loading, so if it doesn't load in your version of Safari, that's why. Hopefull Apple will fix this soon.
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I had quite a bit of trouble loading the page in Safari (and in links...)
I would consider 1.2 megs to be large enough that some sort of loading thing would be helpful to users on a dialup connection.
Looking at your page, what i would recommend is loading the jpgs individually, rather than embedding them in the swf file. This has two advantages in my mind:
1. the swf will be significantly smaller (no larger than 200kb... max)
2. if the user doesn't visit the gallery, they won't have to download the pictures.
--WIll
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When previewing the movie, show the bandwidth profiler, then view >>> simulate download.
You can also adjust for different download speeds, view >>> download settings.
It's a little buggy, but will give you somewhat of an idea of how your site will load.
......and, er, for 1.2 megs, I'd definately use a preloader.
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Thanks for the feedback guys....I didn't know I could keep the jpeg's outside the swf. I'll definitely look into that, and making a preloader, too.
thanks thanks
- Matt
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hey clam
thanks for your suggestion....i used it partially -- i made a seperate .swf, with the jpeg slideshow. that way, it only loads if someone clicks on it. the main .swf is only 350k then. thanks!
i would love to load the quicktime movie in the same window, without having it spawn an extra one. i endlessly tries to use .flv format, but nothing was satisfactory. so, i have to use quicktime. is there a way to make the .swf call the quicktime up inside it's own window?
- matt
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What version of Flash are you using? I had a heck of a time trying to convert a rather long .mov into a .flv etc., etc., etc., using Flash MX2004. I gave up in the end, ended up linking to another page with the .mov embedded.
However with Flash 8 it all seemed to come together quite nicely using the FLVPlayer component.
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hey skalie
i am using flash 8, but couldn't get a satisfactoy .flv file. it kept stuttering. so, i stuck with quicktime, and just linked outside the swf file
- matt
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hey clam
i setup my site the jpeg's load individually....there is now a small wait as each image loads, but it's faster in the beginning and also conserves bandwith -- since it only loads what people click on. (instead of loading all pictures, when they might see the first couple, and stop. wasted bandwith.)
so, right now i like this solution, for the most part. if i made a pre-loader and then had all the images in one external swf, that might be a viewing experience, but i was having trouble with the preloader. this will work for now.
thanks for the suggestion.
- matt
www.matthewmarshall.net
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What you really need to do use the right tools for the job: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Flash has its place, but it's not meant for -and not appropriate for- designing entire Websites.
Failing that, however, you desperately need a preloader. 1.2 megs is way past excessive for a single page.
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Last edited by Millennium; May 30, 2006 at 04:50 PM.
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