On June 11, 2003 at 16:53, it was wrote: > I notice on a lot of web sites (like www.variety.com) that they have > these Flash adverts that either fade in or scroll in to the browser... > play for a while... then fade out or scroll away.
I've seen a couple people cross posting to wdvl and evolt over the years, but the new upstart list over at [EMAIL PROTECTED] has got this same thread going by someone else so here ya go Dwayne (p.s. note the reply is from the jedi master over at MM, an early evolt member iirc: At 6:10 PM 6/10/3, Bonnie Bucqueroux wrote: > Does anyone know how they are doing it? The key term is "wmode", which some browsers offer for offscreen compositing of external renderers (plugins, eg). Netscape Plugins, Java Applets or ActiveX Controls usually draw directly to the screen. This is related to how such content usually takes up a full rectangle on the screen, and also to how some actively-redrawing FORM elements will display above other DIV content. IE3/Win was the first to offer offscreen compositing of such elements, and the Macromedia Flash Player (in its ActiveX form) was among the first to use this. You could do things such as SWFs with transparent backgrounds, HTML text above SWF, things like that. Recently other browsers have started to offer WMODE drawing (Mozillas, maybe IE/Mac, eg). These ads are placed in a full-window DIV and appear to grow or move about the screen. This type of "overlay ad" usually provokes strong reactions. In practice, I think most advertisers only serve up such content to people visiting in IE/Win... I'm not sure if or when they plan to add it for people visiting in newer but rarer browsers. jd John Dowdell, Macromedia Developer Support, San Francisco (Best to reply on-list, to avoid my mighty spam filters!) Technotes: http://www.macromedia.com/support/search/ Column: http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/jd_forum/ Technical daily diary: http://www.macromedia.com/go/blog_jd Regards, Mark Groen MG Web Services Web Site Hosting and Development www.markgroen.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 604-780-6917 ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
