Preloader Perils ??

[abs123]

Hey All,

Ive been using a flash for just under three years, and for sum reason have never needed to create a preloader.. until now ;(.

Please Help me out with a few problems:

1) Can someone confirm to me that a pre-loader loads ALL aspects of your site (e.g. your actual .SWF, and any XML and PHP attached to your site) so when someones on your page, it doesn't slow down?

and 2) ive developing this site http://www.pretendersseries.com/. When I load it on certain computers it takes long to load. Would a preloader solve this???



Thanks in Advance

[snickelfritz]

IMO, "preloader" is actually a misnomer; Flash always preloads assets before displaying them.
What is commonly referred to as a "preloader" is actually just a progress indicator.
It's really just a courtesy to your visitors, so they know something is loading, and approximately how long it's going to take.

Overly large or inefficient files are going to take a relatively long time to load.
Hmm... I wonder if you could load external files into an array when the site is initialized, then add them to the display list on request.
This would be similar to building the project on the timeline in terms of memory requirements and initial load time.

[Lkm]

Hmm... I wonder if you could load external files into an array when the site is initialized, then add them to the display list on request.

heres a real useful load manager.

http://code.google.com/p/bulk-loader/