Hey,
I’m trying to figure out what is the most seamless for the user, and also the least bandwith intensive way to load a modular flash site. I’m not exactly sure how flash calls up URL loaders…I’ve tried two things so far. First is that I had it call a URLRequest and then load up the requested file when it was called for (ie you click a button, then it requests a file and loads it up). I don’t have a preloader or anything for that file so there is about a 2 second delay for it to load up. I wouldn’t mind that delay, if there was some short preloader that went in front of it.
The second thing I tried was to call for the URLRequests right at the top of the flash file, load them up, then set visibility to false. Then when the user clicks on a button, I set the visiblity to true and there is no hang up time. That way seems faster and better for the user, but my fear is that it will increase the front load time (which is exactly what I’m trying NOT to do : )
If you guys have any advice at all as to how to best go about setting up a modular site, please let me know. Thanks!
Dave
