Wmode and hidden tabs...

[renderhjs]

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

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

[tonypa]

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.

[renderhjs]

or take air- it can do all that

[Squize]

"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.

[Incrue]

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

[MikeMD]

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.

[renderhjs]

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

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.

propably like this:

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

[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