I believe they are using something similar to the technique described in this article on Community MX. I think you need the pay subscription to read it. http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?cid=727E8
However, for those who don't have a subscription, it basically uses two frames, one of which is invisible. In the main movie when you click a link it actually does a getURL including a tag of some sort on the invisible frame. (e.g. history.html?section=foo) When history.html reloads it has a javascript function which document.writes a flash movie called something like history.swf which has a FlashVars reference to the section variable of the URL. This flash movie talks to the other one through LocalConnection, telling it to go to whatever section it wants. So when the user presses their back button it is actually refreshing history.html which will then tell the main movie what to do. A little confusing at first, but it's a nice hack. Kevin Fitzpatrick Flash Designer, SAP.com Web Services Team - SAP Global Marketing SAP Global Solutions Center 3999 West Chester Pike Newtown Square, PA 19073 C (267) 254-6225 E [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jose Maria Barros Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 3:10 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Browser back button, is it necessary? There is other site with back button in the browser...its made with what they call " dynamic deeplinking"..but i dont know how they do that..but its possible. http://www.advanceflash.com/ On 2/13/06, Miles Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 03:03 AM 2/13/2006, Daniel Freeman wrote: > > >Is it even possible to disable it? How do you do > >that? (Unless, you open a new window with no > >controls). Or is there some technique I don't know? > >(JavaScript?) > > > >The problem with the back button is that people are > >very used to using it for navigating internet content. > > When I got non-technical people to test my Central > >applications (in the Central environment, not the > >browser) they would still ask "Where's the back button?". > > > > > > > > > It's a real conundrum - so many sites provide their own "Back" button, > usually in JavaScript, some users look for that. Other users tune up their > custom keyboards and mice to use the built-in Back/Forward capability, > others become very used to the keyboard shortcuts. Still others > religiously > use the browser's navigation buttons. > > Last summer I project I was involved with, for a short while, required > browser navigation to work, while still minimizing load times for Flash. I > left before that was implemented, so can't tell you how it was done. > > So, to answer the original question - yes, ideally provide browser > navigation. Realistically, some Flash applications are so complex it's not > practical. > Example? www.gigagolf.com, no back button, v. impressive RIA. (There's an > even more complex one mentioned a couple of weeks ago which can model big > share buys and the offer to make.) > > So, as always, "It depends". > > Cheers - Miles > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.6/257 - Release Date: 2/10/2006 > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
