Just thought I'd throw my 2 cents in on the flash thing. I love CSS for
yet another reason whenever I add flash to a site, since it usually
involves a background image the same size as the movie, which when large
(wider than 400px) can add to the wait time for the movie to run
considerably.
On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:18:16 -0400, Joseph R. B. Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
CSS solution: Put the flash movie into a div, then set the big
background image you'd use for the movie as the background image on the
div. Bang! Flash movie much smaller, loads much faster, big image
On 9/28/05, Tom Livingston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:18:16 -0400, Joseph R. B. Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
CSS solution: Put the flash movie into a div, then set the big
background image you'd use for the movie as the background image on the
div. Bang! Flash
The download time for the movie itself to start is reduced, obviously
everything still needs to download, but in the sense where I don't need
the image right away in the movie its swell.
Joe
Tom Livingston wrote:
On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:18:16 -0400, Joseph R. B. Taylor
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Another added thought is using flash detection to change the background
image if flash isn't seen via javascript, the replacement image can be
the same as the background image but with some text on it that emulates
what the flash would've been.
Joseph R. B. Taylor
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Andrew
I'd much rather use a limited palette PNG via CSS than cross my
fingers and hope that Flash's JPEG algorithm doesn't destroy my image
Agreed the jpg comppressor in flash is brutal on lower and med quality but
why not use the png in flash?
Obviously this wouldnt work if
'And I agree Sam, having movement like that behind text is one of the
worst
things you can do.'
I think that was meant as an example.
If this trick is used in a more ambiant way it could be really useful.
Maybe just have some image substitution for opera until a solution is found.
Jon Dawson wrote:
http://www.jomni.com/sandbox/flash_bg/
Not sure I know what it's supposed to look like.
Opera 8.5 is presenting 3 lines of text on a gray background (default, I
think), and a moving white box behind the text.
http://www.gunlaug.no/tos/alien/flashbgnd_op85_win2k.png
Opera
The only problem with this is sometimes when you right-click (if you ever need to right click) you get the Flash right-click options. You might also get certain Flash cursors instead of the default browser cursors.
On 9/26/05, kvnmcwebn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
'And I agree Sam, having movement
Christian Montoya wrote:
The only problem with this is sometimes when you right-click (if you
ever need to right click) you get the Flash right-click options. You
might also get certain Flash cursors instead of the default browser
cursors.
On 9/26/05, *kvnmcwebn* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I remember coming across a fix for Opera that uses
_javascript_, I just don't remember where I saw it now. Sorry!
Eileen Russell
http://www.bytedreams.com
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or so sublte its unnoticable and it increases the overall complexity of
the site
SS
kvnmcwebn wrote:
'And I agree Sam, having movement like that behind text is one of the
worst
things you can do.'
I think that was meant as an example.
If this trick is used in a more ambiant way it
They probally meant setting it in CSS. Of course it's possible putting it over the top.Have you tried simple things such as z-index?Do you have a screenshot of what happens for those of us who have yet to install Opera.On 26 Sep 2005, at 00:57, Jon Dawson wrote:Hello all, I read recently that it
I thought it was not possible, since flash is suppose to be rendered
outside the browser and place on top by the OS
at least for windows anyway.
I use flash some times and am not dead against it, I viewed you example
in disbelief not expecting it to work
I did in IE.
I think it would in FF,
It worked in IE, Firefox and Netscape but in Opera it just displays the swf and leaves no trace of the text.
And I agree Sam, having movement like that behind text is one of the
worst things you can do. It was more a Hey this is possible after all
thing. For instance you could create a much
You'd need to be careful with this obviously, but it's handy to know
it can be done. I don't think that a Flash background is necessarily
bad in itself - it all depends on *how* it's done.
On 26/09/05, Jon Dawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It worked in IE, Firefox and Netscape but in Opera it just
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