[flashpro] usable flash

[Timo Stamm]

Micah Freedman wrote:
> The biggest problem at the moment seems to be with browser functions.  
> There are several ways of dealing with these issues, but unless I'm  
> missing something, you have to choose two of the following three things:
> 
> 1. deep linking/bookmarks
> 2. back/forward buttons
> 3. smooth transitions/flow within the flash
> 
> GetURL/query string techniques get you 1 & 2. Frameset techniques  give 
> you 3 and either 1 or 2. Anchor techniques get you 1 & 3, and  sometimes 
> 2, but they're buggy. Is there a way to get all three?

#1 and #2 are the same - both need a new complete request/response cycle 
for the entire page, and this excludes #3.

Don't try to solve these problems at once.

You need #1 and #2 for web sites - use HTML with Flash components.

You need #3 for web applications and #1 and #2 is sometimes technically 
impossible or simple doesn't make sense - use DHTML/AJAX or Flash.


 > Am  I
> missing something, or are we at v.7/8 of the software, and still  trying 
> to solve this basic problem with spit and sealing wax?

That's not a problem of flash. It's a problem of browsers and the 
underlying HTTP protocol.


Timo