... and boy are my eyes tired! All I can say for now is that there is some pretty amazing Flash work being created and I am delighted to see people pushing the boundaries of what can be done with Flash.
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I've also got three bits of advice to share with anyone who is going to submit an entry to a Flash contest:
- Submit the correct URL. 404 errors look terribly unprofessional.
- Make sure your Flash detection script works! Remember, people, it's >= minimumRequiredFlashVersion not ==. So as not to run into these problems, use SWFObject.
- Add essential background information that is relevant to the category or categories you're submitting an entry for. Do not, however, write a 5000-word essay.
Bed, oh bed, where art thou sweet bed?
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Wow 162 flash site in a row ???
Any links that we could check ?
Otherwise I’m totally agree for the swfObject. So easy to use and xhtml compliant as well (thx to alistapart: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay/)...
Anyway have a good sleep :)
Well, I only looked at 135. And I didn’t wait til the last minute! But yeah, your advice is spot on. A 404 page isn’t going to win you anything. Nor is a site with links that don’t work, a spinny thing that says “Loading 26kb” for 2 minutes, or redirecting users with the Flash 9 player to the Macromedia site to install the Flash 7 player. :)
Just out of curiousity, what contest was this?
I’m curious too. Pray tell.
All will be revealed in time… :) Keith, I guess I should’ve mentioned that it took me two whole days in a row to go to through it — so the “just” covers a 48-hour period!
secret contests? and keith is in on this with you?
~very interesting~
Not very secret, Jon — we’re both judging the FlashForward Film Festival :)