Sachs Aquarium Links - Updated 7/16 - Page 2

asprague · 07-21-2001, 07:58 PM

What is a "flash version"?????

What is meant by "The file sizes are exactly what I want"?

Enquiring minds want to know.

hpman77 · 07-21-2001, 08:58 PM

probably they mean this:

Flash version: make the banners using Macromedia Flash. Creates nice fluid animations and still small size. Files are saved in SWF instead of animated GIF or JPGs. You need to use an OBJECT or an EMBED tag to se them, or both of them, instead of just an IMG tag

The size I want: the banners are small enough, and load fast, so no re-design on flash is required. Usually a banner is made in flash when you try to make it in animated gif, and the final file is way too big

...it's my opinion, but I think that's what they mean

feldon34 · 07-21-2001, 10:10 PM

I could have done them in Flash, but I was trying to do something easy for people to plug into the websites.

Flash would have made the fading in and out a little nicer, the file a tad smaller.

In return, Flash loads slowly on old computers, requires a viewer plugin download that not everyone has, and I would have had to include detailed instructions for people to add the banner to their site.

I didn't think it was worth that for a 5%-10% improvement.

07-21-2001, 07:58 PM	#21
asprague Regal Angel Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 80	Re: Flash banners What is a "flash version"????? What is meant by "The file sizes are exactly what I want"? Enquiring minds want to know.

07-21-2001, 08:58 PM	#22
hpman77 Blue Angel Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Santander (Spain) Posts: 285	Re: Flash banners probably they mean this: Flash version: make the banners using Macromedia Flash. Creates nice fluid animations and still small size. Files are saved in SWF instead of animated GIF or JPGs. You need to use an OBJECT or an EMBED tag to se them, or both of them, instead of just an IMG tag The size I want: the banners are small enough, and load fast, so no re-design on flash is required. Usually a banner is made in flash when you try to make it in animated gif, and the final file is way too big ...it's my opinion, but I think that's what they mean .:: AMD Athlon XP 1700+ :: 512MB SDRAM :: Windows XP SP1 :: shappire ATI radeon 9600 PRO :: Soundblaster Live Player 5.1 :: Directx 9.0 :: (Always latest drivers for everything) ::.

07-21-2001, 10:10 PM	#23
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	Re: Flash banners I could have done them in Flash, but I was trying to do something easy for people to plug into the websites. Flash would have made the fading in and out a little nicer, the file a tad smaller. In return, Flash loads slowly on old computers, requires a viewer plugin download that not everyone has, and I would have had to include detailed instructions for people to add the banner to their site. I didn't think it was worth that for a 5%-10% improvement. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman