Help: How to Flash Without Flashing?

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Yeah, you can do the video-encoded-FLV on an html page, and that will give the sense of movement. Java will work, to a point, but really, I think your best bet is to hire a flash artist to do something really simple for you. The "Love Machine Films" site has flash embedded in the html, and that definitely would require a flash artist. (And my flash guys suggest nixing the html and just going with full-flash; flash-in-html can bug out pretty badly - the LMF site, while lovely, was a tiny bit buggy.) Let me know if you need any contacts or suggestions if you want to go this direction; up-and-comers and/or some of my flash pals are often willing to do things for lower prices or for trade.

[keith - SuPeR K!]

Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

(And my flash guys suggest nixing the html and just going with full-flash; flash-in-html can bug out pretty badly - the LMF site, while lovely, was a tiny bit buggy.)

Making an entire site in Flash is a horrible idea from a usability standpoint. Flash-in-HTML is the way to go if you do in fact decide to use Flash. The only reason a Flash-in-HTML site would be buggy is if it was coded improperly.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Originally Posted by keith - SuPeR K!

Making an entire site in Flash is a horrible idea from a usability standpoint.

Really? That's all our clients want anymore.

Whichever way you go, T, I'm sure it'll look great.

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

Really? That's all our clients want anymore.

Whichever way you go, T, I'm sure it'll look great.

I'm still considering working on a trade with some of your Flash pals, if they would need video work, editing, and/or web compression help.

For now, I'm working on a less fancy HTML site with some dynamics, but I'm all about making it super fancy for the long term. (Simple is not in my nature. ) And, at that point, I'll have an HTML alternative link for those who can't handle the Flash stuff.