Re: http://www.spring.be/flash (was:Re: FLASH: (yet another) site check)

[p-h]

Hi Marc !


Thank you for your feedback ! I made some changes already, and (I hope) that the overall speed/refresh rate has been improved (I removed a tweened 'overlay' that was covering the whole stage - I realized quite late that I asked the whole screen to continuously redraw!!!).

 

Would you mind having a *quick* look and issue a *very brief* report ? That would be very helpful {"unfortunately" ;) my computer is really fast so I don't notice some sluggishness others may experience...}.

Oh  - and I went to check it with a "regular" computer : you're absolutely right, it IS (hopefully WAS) really slow...

I've also started to redesign the site with a plain solid blue backgroud - I gather it will effectively contribute to speeding up...

 

Thank you

 

Best regards,

 

Pierre-Henri Steyt

SPRING GRAFIK DESIGN

Avenue des Cerisiers, 26 - B-1030 Brussels

Tel ++32 (0) 2 737 93 67 Fax ++32 (0) 2 737 93 68 





----- Original Message ----- 

From: Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media <

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To: <

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Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 4:14 PM

Subject: http://www.spring.be/flash (was:Re: FLASH: (yet another) site check)



| At 04:46 AM 2/14/00 , you wrote:

| >Hi all !

| >

| >I am about completing my first "serious" job (besides X-mas stuff that

| >served as trials) by converting our corporate website in flash

| >(http://www.spring.be/flash).

| 

| 

| I think you should have a look at this piece on a typicial user machine -- 

| say, a P133 or P166 with a graphics card with only 2-4 megs of video RAM. 

| You might be surprised to see that it plays at only one or two frames per 

| second, which loses the beauty of your tweens and makes the user wait a 

| very long time just to read a paragraph of text and then have to return to 

| the menu via the same sluggish transition.

| 

| When tweening objects with gradients, be careful not to have them consume 

| more than a small percentage of the screen area; it's just too sluggish 

| otherwise. Also, in my opinion, web pages that are there for information 

| (rather than amusement) should get right to the point.

| 

| Typo: media is plural. Use medium instead.

| 

| Hope that's not too harsh.



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