Re: [flexcoders] Pushing the Framework RSL to Site Visitors in advance.
On Wednesday 03 Jun 2009, Pedro Sena wrote: The invisible swf that would preload the RSL while a html page show some content that the user would read, that way the swf would be 'transparently' loaded. A 1x1 pixel .swf that doesn't do much accept have a low frame rate, maybe in a hidden IFRAME or something, should be easy to do. I don't know if is your case, but in a controlled environment(intranet for example) I believe that exist some way to manually put the RSL inside the dir that the browser lookup for cached content. I'm not aware of that... -- Helping to proactively integrate CEOs as part of the IT team of the year, '09 and '08 Tom Chiverton Developer Tel: +44 0161 618 5032 Fax: +44 0161 618 5099 tom.chiver...@halliwells.com 3 Hardman Square, Manchester, M3 3EB www.Halliwells.com This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at Halliwells LLP, 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3EB. A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office together with a list of those non members who are referred to as partners. We use the word ?partner? to refer to a member of the LLP, or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications. Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 2500. For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.Halliwells.com.
[flexcoders] Pushing the Framework RSL to Site Visitors in advance.
Hi, I'm currently considering persuading a client to move a highly-trafficked site's widgets over to Flex. The big hurdle is of course the increased download that comes with Flex. Having weighed up the options, I certainly want to use Flex, and have no doubt that through the use of the Framework RSL, any initially increased downloads would soon reconcile themselves. However, my client is going to take some serious convincing that it is worthwile taking the initial hit from the framework RSL (vs AS3 only widgets). So I was wondering about starting to push the Framework RSL out to the site's users (Mostly repeat users who use the site regularly), in advance of implimenting the Flex widgets/components. I envisage this being done on heavilly-trafficked, but lightweight pages which do not use any streamed content. I would imagine using a hidden swf set to use the Framework RSL, possibly delaying its initialisation to ensure anything else necessary for the page to display propperly has loaded. I have the luxury of time on this, with potentially 3 - 4 months before deployment, so I think over this timeframe a significant number of visitors could be seeded with the Framework RSL. I was wondering whether anyone has tried anything like this, and whether anyone saw any potential problems with this approach. Thanks.
Re: [flexcoders] Pushing the Framework RSL to Site Visitors in advance.
Hi, I had the same idea a time ago. The invisible swf that would preload the RSL while a html page show some content that the user would read, that way the swf would be 'transparently' loaded. Appears to be a good idea, I didn't have time to implement it, but I really don't see any problem with it. If you gonna try it, please keep us informed, at least I'm very interested on it =) I don't know if is your case, but in a controlled environment(intranet for example) I believe that exist some way to manually put the RSL inside the dir that the browser lookup for cached content. It's just an idea, I don't know if its achievable. Regards, PS On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:49 AM, pedr.browne pedr.bro...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I'm currently considering persuading a client to move a highly-trafficked site's widgets over to Flex. The big hurdle is of course the increased download that comes with Flex. Having weighed up the options, I certainly want to use Flex, and have no doubt that through the use of the Framework RSL, any initially increased downloads would soon reconcile themselves. However, my client is going to take some serious convincing that it is worthwile taking the initial hit from the framework RSL (vs AS3 only widgets). So I was wondering about starting to push the Framework RSL out to the site's users (Mostly repeat users who use the site regularly), in advance of implimenting the Flex widgets/components. I envisage this being done on heavilly-trafficked, but lightweight pages which do not use any streamed content. I would imagine using a hidden swf set to use the Framework RSL, possibly delaying its initialisation to ensure anything else necessary for the page to display propperly has loaded. I have the luxury of time on this, with potentially 3 - 4 months before deployment, so I think over this timeframe a significant number of visitors could be seeded with the Framework RSL. I was wondering whether anyone has tried anything like this, and whether anyone saw any potential problems with this approach. Thanks. -- /** * Pedro Sena * Systems Architect * Sun Certified Java Programmer * Sun Certified Web Component Developer */
