RE: Please Help

[Chris Jester (CTS Technical)]

I would create a Flash driven site, and make it look good. You can use it as

a forum for people to see how powerful it really is. I know that just by

showing people http://www.gabocorp.com <http://www.gabocorp.com>  they are

in love with what it can do. The toughest thing I come across is that people

want to edit the pages themselves. So instead of making the entire site a

large movie try incorporation a bunch of small ones. For example if you have

to make a tree control, flash is great for that. Besides many don't know the

DHTML enough to edit themselves. People like to edit with their WISYWIG

editors like FrontPage or others. So my suggestion is make it good with some

smaller movies, yet still make it so the end user can edit it with what ever

they like. 


My $.02


Chris Jester


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

	From:	FITZGERALD, Derek B. [SMTP:

Derek [dot] Fitzgeraldrp-rorer [dot] com

]

	Sent:	Thursday, June 25, 1998 6:16 AM

	To:

'flashershocker [dot] com

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	Subject:	Please Help


	Hi Everybody,


	A quick (but very sincere) thank you to everyone who posts to this

list

	- it has been absolutely invaluable.  I have run into a situation

and

	was wondering if anyone could help.  I am currently trying to

introduce

	Flash content into a large corporate intranet.   The company is

entirely

	IE3 oriented - and they are in the final stages of migrating from

	Windows 3.1 to Windows 95.  Because of the older browser and the

older

	operating system variables, the Flash/Aftershock option has proven

	itself (to me) over and over again.  The problem is that the

company's

	I.S. department does not currently support Shockwave or Java.  It

does

	support Microsoft FrontPage (although I currently design in Allaire

	HomeSite),  and they recommend that I check the FrontPage manual and

	learn how to make FrontPage rollovers.  I.S. also responds to my

request

	with a vague response of, "use of shockwave technology would be

contrary

	to the standards which we are using for publishing".   I would love

to

	be able to use Flash, and I honestly feel I could win some people

over

	to the idea if I could provide them some hard data of how

	Flash/Aftershock works "technically" - as well as how harmless it is

to

	an intranet, easy to use, etc...  I will admit that I do have a bit

of a

	prejudice against designing in FrontPage (seems to mangle all of my

	code), but I will certainly use it if I am way off base here.  Sorry

	this is so long, but any ammunition for this cause would certainly

be

	appreciated.


	Thanks again,


	Derek Fitzgerald


	

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