wow 4 million in bandwidth... point well said is that why even use Flash.... any number of solutions via Javascript or other stuff via DHTML...
Flash is nice for things like this though undoubtedly... don't let me try to rain on the Flash party.... I just get a little peeved myself with the latest round of embedded functionality in pages using flash... sure it looks good and does whatever they want, but it certainly stops everything I am doing until Flash gets it act moving... which can be a pain in the hind when I am just browsing a site looking for relevant content.... Places like Etrade should be running lots of nearly textual stuff... reusing images universally, running cache servers and controlling the experience... It's simple to see how a bulky site when multiplied across a large user base can be quite a bit of bandwidth waste... This is certainly one of those 'I opted for it' good uses of flash.... -paris -----Original Message----- From: Tom Nunamaker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 8:49 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Does Macromedia have some current strong Flash agenda? > Etrade has a stock quote component on their home page. People would put the quote > in, reload the whole page to get the data. They changed it to a Flash piece, only > that changed. Saved around $400 million for them in bandwidth charges. In the Macromedia seminar I attended last week, Mike Downey said Etrade saves about $4 million per year. Tom ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
