Re: FLASH: Silly flash intro

[Nigel Randsley-Pena]

Branden,


" ... if there is anything overtly (or even subtly, I want it to be

perfect!) wrong with either the design or the implementation or the

design of it. ..."


Well, as you asked for it, here goes :

- 1st, mime type is not set, as you suspected, this is a big no-no.

- 2nd, the intro is 130 kb and has a preloader that waits for the swf

file to load in full or almost, this is a big no-no also.


So why is the second aspect so wrong, you ask. Easy you're not using

Flash's capabilities. Flash streams so if you use it for an intro like

the one you made you should use this capability. Have the intro start

playing ASAP so that when it's fully  loaded the intro is well under way

or in your case is ending. Also remove the start button, why should the

user have to click to enter your site's main content ? If they accessed

your url they want in don't they ? Would you use a programme that when

you wanted to open a file gave you an alert box to have you confirm the

file open operation ?


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