[disc] how do you like to display flash games?

[kendude]

TOKEN3, everything is the same pretty much with a MAC, except for IE (Oohh that IE makes me mad! When it comes to CSS, but that's another thread.) I use Safari or Camino and I steer clear of pop-ups. At work in Netscape 7 I don't even get them. I am in agreement with you 100% TOKEN3.

*Pop-ups are irritating, if your site sucks and is littered with crap...then you are better off with a pop-up so your game can have some justice.

[Dusarn]

Personally, I like it when the game loads up in the main window. What I like even more is when a brief description of the controlls and basic mechanics of the game are listed underneath the game itself. As you can probably tell I don't like reading instructions and having at least the controlls listed below allows me to jump right into the game.


The only time I prefer popups is when the main site has an ad or two that is also flash based. The ads really seem to slow down games on my computer and with a popup I can play just the game without the ads slowing it down.

[dbarbarian]

token: What I meant was that when you finish playing a game that you oppened in the same window and press the back button, the browser will take you back to my flash portfolio, but because it's flash, it will go through the preloader and all that stuff again and display the home page. Then the user has to go the games section again to chose a different game. I was wondering if there was a way to send a variable to a php file or something when you press the "play game" button, then load that variable when the site is loading up, and if that variable is true, it will automatically go to the games section. Then, it will reset the varaible to false so the next time you visit the site, it will load normally.

[SaphuA]

Hey,

I think that, if it's true that pop-up blockers dont block pop-ups opened by the user, that a pop-up without navigation is the neatest. It looks realy clean and it gives the user the option to keep browsing through your site.
On the other hand, if there are pop-up blockers that block all pop-ups, then you should give the user the choice between both.

Greetz,
SphuA

[Ihoss]

there's about 7 million who don't have javascript enabled browsers

Those 7 million are very unlikely to play flash games

I'm not takling about the pop ups you get when you launche the site, just so you all know that. I'm talking about the "play Now" link that you press and a pop up opens.

This is what I mean

[Robtje]

Dbarbarian, is your portfolio completly in flash?

If so, I thought there where some possibilities in flash to let the browser-back/forward-buttons lead to a certain section of your movie instead of just the previous page that just loads the complete movie again.

[Ihoss]

Can this be in a new thread?

[SaphuA]

Just wondering.. how do you make a link wich opens the swf in a pop-up window without navigator?

Not trying to be offtopic since this is what it's all about, but if someone feels like it is, I'll delete it and make a new post.

[marmotte]

Originally posted by SaphuA
Just wondering.. how do you make a link wich opens the swf in a pop-up window without navigator?

Not trying to be offtopic since this is what it's all about, but if someone feels like it is, I'll delete it and make a new post.

in fact this has been covered more than millions of times ^_^
here's a way:

1) in the html page containing the .swf:

<script LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> 
function popup(){ 
window.open("http://www.xxxx.com/game.html","","height=240,width=320,menubar=0,resizable=0,scrollbars=0, status=0,titlebar=1,toolbar=0,left=0,top=0") 
} 
</script> 

2) and in flash, on a button for example, call that function

on (release) {
    getURL("Javascript:popup( )");
} 

^ edit: that php stuff just puts a space in the word javascript. write it in 1 word

that will open a 320x240 pop-up without browser navigation.
NOW, since you are familiar with flash and functions, you can easily work with that code, and open custom pop-ups while adding information in the popup function
example: popup(value1, value2, ...etc)

[Ihoss]

This is a great generator that I tend to use (as I forget the function when I haven't used if for some months )

Pop-up generator

[StenFLASH]

I'm against the poorly designed pop-up's like those with navigation buttons or ones which go to full screen as token 3 mentioned.

A word on pop-up killers:

* If the Flash animation/game was to pop-up automatically the pop-up killer would kill it.

* If the Flash animation/game was to pop-up because the user clicked a link (that executes the pop-up), the pop-up would not get killed. However, some pop-up killers will kill a pop-up from a link like that the first time and require you to click it a second time before allowing it to appear (this is how a lot of pop-up killers confirm whether that specific pop-up should be appearing or not).

[tonypa]

I have disabled all the pop-ups and I only turn them on, when I test games after I notice nothing happens when I click "Play".

I use Opera and it kills everything that uses js window.open, no matter where you place it. The worst way to set up your game, is just to have a button opening pop-up and no explanation of what the user should expect.

Opera also allows ANY window to be resized, even if its openend without the usual navigation elements and shows unresizable in IE. So, all the pretty Flash pop-up designs end up being quite ugly.

Keep in mind, that many users are so afraid of the pop-up ads, that they close any new windows without even looking at the content.