# A white flicker in the browser before Flash starts? **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [August 18, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-white-flicker-in-the-browser-before-flash-starts/28804 "2003-08-18T20:58:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grafika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ebca7d/32.png) [@grafika](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/grafika)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-white-flicker-in-the-browser-before-flash-starts/28804/1 "2003-08-18T20:58:00Z")
Guys: I get a white flicker - quick, but still noticeable when my flash is played in IE. Went to Macromedia forums and they said it was unfixable. Any ideas or different workarounds you guys got? The animation is not especially large, so it could’nt be a size or loading problem - yet… thnx, G! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 1:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-white-flicker-in-the-browser-before-flash-starts/28804/2 "2003-08-19T01:13:29Z")
is the flicker at the start or the whole way through? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 1:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-white-flicker-in-the-browser-before-flash-starts/28804/3 "2003-08-19T01:25:55Z")
Do you have a link to show us? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-white-flicker-in-the-browser-before-flash-starts/28804/4 "2003-08-19T01:54:07Z")
What EG said… plus… Did you try adding a preloader to see if the problem still occurs (you should have a preloader on it anyway no matter how small it is)? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 2:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-white-flicker-in-the-browser-before-flash-starts/28804/5 "2003-08-19T02:01:59Z")
The flicker is only at the beginning and it’s only like 1 frame’s worth. I’m pasting the link to it that’s in development; hopefully you will see what I mean. If you miss it the first time, refresh the page then you’ll see it for a split second… [http://development.global1click.com/DD/default.html](http://development.global1click.com/DD/default.html) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-white-flicker-in-the-browser-before-flash-starts/28804/6 "2003-08-19T02:06:05Z")
I definitely don’t get a white flicker, I have refreshed multiple times. The only place I get the white flicker at is on both sides of the flash movie where the browser is loading the background image to the table cell (or page or however you set up that curtain background image) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-white-flicker-in-the-browser-before-flash-starts/28804/7 "2003-08-19T02:11:27Z")
Well, that is strange. The background curtain image is larger somewhat, so I guess I’ll squeeze that down some and maybe that will help that part. I’m wondering now if the quickie flicker I see is cuz of a Mac thing, maybe? I’m on a G4 running OSX if that helps… G ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-white-flicker-in-the-browser-before-flash-starts/28804/8 "2003-08-19T02:14:16Z")
Flash has been known to do some weird things on Mac systems, so it could be that. We may just have to wait and see what other people have to say when they come around. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-white-flicker-in-the-browser-before-flash-starts/28804/9 "2003-08-19T02:30:31Z")
Ok. The project is going to proceed, anyway. I still have waaay more work to do on it. I was just pissed that I was getting that flicker so early on in the process…OI! G ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 3:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-white-flicker-in-the-browser-before-flash-starts/28804/10 "2003-08-19T03:23:51Z")
This is a shot in the dark, but you can try updating your flash player. I know there’s a new flash 7 beta player out and maybe it will solve that flicker problem.