Wmode and hidden tabs...

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Originally Posted by mr_malee

Adobe should release a browser which is tuned for its content.

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they already have, Acrobat ;) (but bloated as hell- it suffers from the same effects nero burning rom does: overloaded features on board)
and yes in the newest release acrobat/reader can playback flash as well

Im not sure Acrobat Reader can be called browser, it doesnt allow you to "browse" the web. I mean if you click on url link, it still opens browser. Or does it? Havent bothered to update it for some time.

or take air- it can do all that

"Looks like you are reacting quite painfully"

I did 'cause I took certain comments as an attack on my coding ability, which is by default my livelihood.
I think anyone who works hard at what they do to achieve a certain level would be unhappy with a generalisation thrown at them for taking a certain point in a discussion.

With that said, water under the bridge now for me.

I may have come across as a total advocate of wmode, that's not the case. I believe that if it's needed then it should be used, ie if it's a game that pushes the system for whatever reason, and if it doesn't cause the user to have a worse experience when actually playing the game ( ie, keyboard scanning issues in FF2 ) then it should be used by all means.

Squize.

What are the problems with wmode and keys?Its only with FF?

Non IE browsers had problems where in most cases keys simply would not work. With Firefox 3 and newer flash players it seems to have been fixed.

I found actually a interesting thing
http://blog.flashgen.com/2005/10/31/...d-mouse-traps/

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So I was having a little shufty through the AS3 Language Reference at the weekend and I came across this in the class flash.display.Stage

activate: The activate event occurs when Flash Player has gained OS focus and is becoming active.
deactivate: The Stage object generates the deactivate event when the Flash Player is losing operating system focus and is becoming inactive.

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propably like this:

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stage.addEventListener(Event.ACTIVATE, functionUnpause);
stage.addEventListener(Event.DEACTIVATE, functionPause); 


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[edit]yes it seems to be used like this- works like a charm in the IDE... browsers are next[/edit]

the official Adobe help doesn´t say much- in fact its rather hidden
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/...lay/Stage.html

now this would be interesting to check if it even works with the wMode- I´m including it right now in a engine - pausing it if there is no focus. Will test it later if it works in FF,Opera and Chrome with and without wMode