Most of us that develop flash content I'm sure work in an environment where we work with clients with some level of client approval required. Often this means emailing SWF's forward and back to clients for testing purposes on their local computers. I'm in advertising and the security settings are causing much confusion with both clients and advertising publishers - it's costing us quite a bit of money in time to help clients go through this process. Usually they're very dumbfounded as to why they have to change their settings in the first place, many times they give up and just respond with "I just want to view the SWF, why do I have to do this?".
We all understand the need for it, but yes it is unusable - not just the interface, but the concept of visiting the web interface. On 12/23/05, Steve Webster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi John, > > >> I'd be interested to know what the reasons were for the settings > >> manager being on a macromedia web page rather than in a local > >> dialogue box. > > > > UI size is one issue... if you're viewing a 60-pixel-square SWF, > > there's no room for an internal dialog. There are also localization > > and update issues. > > I guess I can understand that, but I can't help but think that the > web UI is a step too far. I certainly hope that it's viewed more as a > short-term hack than a long-term solution. In our experience users > just don't get the concept of going to a public web page to manage > settings on their personal computer, and so we're having to hand hold > our clients through this process. > > > That approach of using a full webpage UI to examine local settings > > is clever, but has been too novel for many people... I know there > > have been internal discussions on how to improve the next > > generation, but I don't yet know how these discussions may manifest > > in new UIs. > > I'm glad to hear that this is being looked at and discussed. Just > knowing that this is happening has reassured me that the current > situation will not persist forever. > > Many thanks, > > Steve > > -- > Steve Webster > Head of Development > > Featurecreep Ltd > www.featurecreep.com > T: +44 (0)117 905 5047 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
