Design VS Functionality - Flash Alternative?

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by snoob, Nov 5, 2008.

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    Hi

    I need to convince the design team to change this very slow loading flash image on the home page of this site

    However the client still wants to keep the large high detailed photos.

    Can someone suggest an alternative way of displaying? Like can it be down in css, or can the flash be optimised etc?

    Cheers
     
    snoob, Nov 5, 2008 IP
  2. keiths

    keiths Peon

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    First I would at least try to compress the images a little before importing them into flash. Obviously I can't tell what the file sizes are of the images but they're probably way too big. They should be able to reduce the size of them without sacrificing too much detail.

    Then maybe change the flash so that it loads the first picture during the loader. Once the first picture loads, go directly to the flash file and start loading the other pictures in the background.
     
    keiths, Nov 5, 2008 IP
  3. snoob

    snoob Guest

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    Hi Keiths

    Thanks for your reply.

    It's my understanding that these images have been compressed already.

    As for changing the flash so that it loads the first picture during the loader, is that a pretty straight forward thing to do? (I'm a SEO not a flash developer)

    Cheers
     
    snoob, Nov 6, 2008 IP