Flash Flicker bug

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by Teessider_2000, May 7, 2007.

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    Hi guys

    I have come across a weird bug and i was hoping you could help. Im building a simple little web page for my girlfriends primary school and i have found a bug on the homepage. In IE when you put your mouse over the left hand nav and scroll up and down the page using the keypad, the whole page flickers.
    Any ideas? It must be something to do with the flash.

    http://www.williamcarson.co.uk/Blakesley/bug.html

    Cheers, Will
     
    Teessider_2000, May 7, 2007 IP
  2. ideas_man

    ideas_man Active Member

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    It is to do with the way IE displays flash objects.

    Unlike other browsers, IE requires you to click on a flash object to activate it. While the object is not activated, I experience the flickering you described.Once I have clicked on the flash object to activate it, the flickering stops.

    I don't exactly know why this is happening, but if you use javascript to insert your flash object into the page (ie, bypassing the "Click here to activate and use this control"), you should be able to solve the flickering for IE users.

    Hope this helps :)
     
    ideas_man, May 7, 2007 IP