Re: caching scenes....

[Dave Smith]

christian griffith wrote:

> 

> hi all....

> 

> i am trying to figure out how to 'cache' scenes.  what i want to do is

> after someone views a particular scene, and then hits "back"....when

> they do go back the whole front animation runs all over again.  i want

> just to just go back to the finished part of the front animation (the

> menu) without animating again.  my example is

> http://www.freebairn.com/flash2

> 

> you can see how whenever a screen is viewed and then someone hits

> back.....the whole animation runs.

> 

> any help, suggestions, or tutorials would be great.......



Hiya Christian,


Unfortunately Flash files will not cache in NS or IE4.0 if there over

the

lousy 64k default. BecaUSE OF THIS i PERSONALLY HAVE TO REDESIGN SPECIAL

VERSIONS OF MY SITE TO SUIT ns AND ie 4.0


mm CLAIMS TO BE WORKING ON THE PROBLEM WITH A FIX IN THERE FUTURE

PLUG-IN.


i NOTICED THAT VDO streaming files cache over the default. I had a VDO

file in my netscape cache that was almost a meg. This lets us know that

there can be a solution. Unfortunately this requires a whole new version

of

the plug-in for the viewers. Talk about a pain in the ass.


The only solution I have found to control when the viewer wants to

return to a previous flash file and start where the viewer left off is

either 

A: use frames 

B: use pop-up windows.

c: Learn Flash to the extreme that you can create your whole site around

one page.

D: Create only for IE 3.o viewers.(yeah right!)


These are very limited solutions, but is the only advice I can give you

from my past experience with Flash,


Please take this cache problem into serious consider Macro.


It limits great designers from doing some very creative things with 

Flash and limits its use, which in turn corupts its popularity,


Also Pop-up windows and controlling Flash files in frames requires 

Live wire, JS and other problem cauing havocs.


Did I build a soapbox here,


-DG-


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