On Saturday, October 19, 2002, at 04:30 AM, Robert Tweed wrote:
But if you have users DL a stub projector that gets the shockfile with goToNetMovie, you would still have the online functionality -- all of it -- with the crossover power you can get from a dedicated desktop applet. Your basic DLable stub probably would not have to be more than 4 MB in size (uncompressed), and could include all the Xtras you need to handle clip, importing, etc., and could still work with your online database.You know I would *really* look at the idea of having a local-run,I'm planning on having an offline version as well, but there does need to be
downloadable app rather than try to do it all in a browser. I really
think you are stretching past the breaking point the limits of what can
be done with a shockfile here. One clear advantage is if you needed to
do visual compositing with images &c., you could do it all in a
nonvisible MIAW.
an online version - it's a major selling point.
You'd seriously boost your local file capabilities, while at the same time losing nothing for internet connectivity; and you'd be well on the way to the dedicated, non-internet offline version as well. (Just do another release that does it all locally, without the net connectivity.)
I've done similar proof-of-concept things. My Dir intro pages on nightwares let users download Win32 programs that are very little more than stub launchers, getting the content I have online through net connections. It works and it's not the worst possible bridge.
Still, this is the sort of thing where if I have to hand loads of Xtras onFor local apps lots of Xtras are not important, because you can just bundle them. For a shockfile, you'd need Xtras you can't use in a shockfile, I think.
to get it working, it's not going to be worth doing it in Director at all.
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