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 Krespanis wrote:
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 movie much smaller, loads much faster, big image
cached, everyone's happy.
Any thoughts?
Nice, but usually Flash can crush an image down smaller than say
ImageReady/PS. Yes, it adds to the swf, but are you really saving any
download time?
I'd vote YES.
While Flash does compress embedded bitmaps, I've always felt it does a
shocking job of it. Medium sized files that look like garbage.
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
:)
Thanks for the tip Joseph; I'm working on two projects at the moment
that would probably benefit from this technique.
cheers,
Andrew.
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