On 2/17/07, Theo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm not sure what I want yet either, but it did help, so thanks! > > > I'm not sure about aflax because it seems to me that if the javascript > > interface in aflax is creating the flash on the fly, I would think > > rendering would be slower, wouldn't it? And I definitely want the > > latency to be as low as possible. I think I want to use javascript with > > mochikit to control elements in the flash clip via ajaxy calls to a > > server. I'll keep exploring, thanks for the tips. > > > Iain > > Even without having looked at the details of aflax, I'm pretty sure > that it inserts the Flash application by checking browser versions and > either adding an object or embed-node into the page's DOM. This is > also how the most common Flash embedding scripts, SWFObject and UFO, > does it. This means that the Flash app is inserted on the page "on the > fly", yes, but it is also the recommended way of doing it, and more or > less the fastest way that's going to work. The Flash app is only > inserted once, though, which is what I think you have misunderstood. > > Unless you do something very complex or weird there isn't going to be > any latency to speak of. The ExternalInterface is quite quick, I doubt > you will have any problems there. > > I have no idea of what you mean when you say "control elements in the > flash clip via ajaxy calls to a server". It seems rather backwards to > involve server calls in the controlling part. I can understand if you > want to load data to display but don't involve it in the > controlling... > > Use aflax. Since you ask, I assume you're not a Flash programmer, and > rolling this by yourself when there's a perfectly good framework just > sitting there is not something I would recommend.
I second that. Unless you are a Flash expert, you do not want to go ANYWHERE near Flash/Browser interaction. You basically end up multiplying the number of browser incompatibilities by the various bugs in various versions of Flash. Use someone else's code. Take a look at the Flash/JavaScript Integration Toolkit, AFLAX, etc. -bob --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MochiKit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mochikit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
