On Thursday, Mar 6, 2003, at 16:07 US/Pacific, Chris Kief wrote: > I was speculating with a colleague that the poor performance that some > people were seeing had to do with the number of files being downloaded > as > well as the fact that the Flash player needs to load and parse the 9 > xml > files (although the player's xml handling is greatly improved in the > latest > versions). Speed of the client machine probably has a direct impact on > the > player's ability to do this efficiently and quickly. > > I'll be curious to see if this structure changes in the future. I'm > also > anxious to read Sean Corfield's articles on the architectural decisions > behind the site.
Perhaps not in my articles but, yes, it will be discussed in articles on DevNet written by my colleagues. We did a lot of experimentation with downloads and performance and the current architecture produces the most responsive site so far. Loading a single swf ties up the browser totally until it is fully downloaded. Loading a shell swf that in turn loads multiple swfs creates a much more interactive experience and lets you interact with the 'movie' before it has fully loaded (i.e., before all the movies have loaded). > I'm hoping that MM publishes something along the lines of "here's what > we > decided to do first" and then down the line "here's what we found > didn't > work and here's what we did to improve things". RIAs are pretty much > uncharted territory and I'm very interested in hearing their > experiences in > building and tuning the site. Yes, we had our ups and downs and we will 'tell all'. We'll explain why the site still has 30,000 static pages, why the site is not a single Flash movie, why there are still Perl CGIs on the site, why we still have separate partners and training registration systems running on old versions of CF and Spectra... And we'll also talk about the overwhelming number of successes that we've had along the way and why the new website is actually rather good. Sean A Corfield -- Director, Architecture Web Technology Group -- Macromedia, Inc. tel: (415) 252-2287 -- cell: (415) 717-8473 aim/iChat: seancorfield -- http://www.macromedia.com An Architect's View -- http://www.macromedia.com/go/arch_blog Announcing Macromedia DevNet Subscriptions Maximize your power with our new premium software subscription Find out more: http://www.macromedia.com/go/devnetsubs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
