Cheers John I shall try this out. On Mar 20, 5:59 am, jkramlich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have had great success with dynamically embedding the video embed > tag via JavaScript. Create a button that when clicked will be > replaced with the embed tag of the appropriate video. This speeds up > application performance significantly and will get rid of the pesky QT > embed tags floating over your other content and not moving at the same > speed as it's containing DIV. This also prevents a bug in which > Safari crashes if you have too many embed tags present (3+ seems like > the magic number). > > Once the embed tag is no longer needed; like just before the outgoing > animation, remove it again and replace it with something else. > > The only drawback to this method is that users have to tap the button > once, then tap it again once the embed tag shows up. All of our users > have found this method intuitive enough so it's not that big of a > concern. > > - John > > On Mar 19, 8:43 am, ShogoDoddo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi guys and gals, > > > I'm developing a iphone/touch webapp that displays news stories. One > > type of story I support is news accompanied by an embedded quicktime > > move. My app simulates fly-in when each story is selected from a next/ > > prev picker. > > > Here is my problem and I hope someone can suggest what I'm doing > > wrong ... > > 1) This is happening on both Safari for Windows and Safari for Touch > > (thats all I have tested so far). > > 2) When the div containing the story and QT fly in, the QT moves at a > > different rate, and also stalls sometimes the animation. > > > Here is a sample of the div construct : - > > <div id=abc style="display: block; position: absolute; left 0%"> > > <ul> > > <li> > > <span class=newsitem> News Title here </span> > > </li> > > <li> > > <span class="newsstory"> > > <table> > > <tbody> > > <tr valign="top"> > > <td> > > <embed src=thumbnail.jpg href=movie.m4v > > height=96 width=96 type="video/x-m4v" target="myself" scale=1> > > </td> > > .... > > </table> > > </span> > > </li> > > </ul> > > </div> > > > 3) one other characteristic is that safari for windows refuses to play > > this movie type claiming that QT plug in is not present (this is also > > true of the BBC.CO.UK iphone podcast site but plays other qt movies. > > The Touch plays this embedded object fine. > > > Any ideas would be most appreciated > > > Love and Peace > > Shogo
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