Jason Liu's Personal Website

Updated my EECS 427 project page. I have come to the realization that the Flash Satay method is indeed the best way to embed Flash^® movies in Web pages. When I initially put up my EECS 427 project page back in late 2003, I had tried using the Flash Satay method, but for some reason (probably careless stupidity on my part), no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get it to work the way that I wanted. Disillusioned, I somehow managed to convince myself that I should resort to JavaScript and VBScript to embed my Flash movies.

However, while working on my most recent website design project for a client, I have started becoming very frustrated with how much time and energy I have been sinking into the JavaScript and VBScript that I have been writing. So, a couple of days ago, I decided to take another crack at the Flash Satay method, once again using my EECS 427 project page as my guinea pig. I was still worried about what the article said about not being able to stream Flash content in Windows IE, but then I realized something: Why the hell should I be worried about streaming my Flash content? Wasn't keeping my Flash movies as small as possible the main reason why I learned how to programmatically generate Flash content using ActionScript, the Flash scripting language? Besides, the movie that I created for my EECS 427 project page isn't meant to stream anyway (i.e., the Flash movie is only meant to be "icing" to liven up the page, not actually deliver the main content). Armed with this reasoning, I gave it a second go....

This time, the Flash Satay method started working (?!). I also got the alternative content (a static GIF version of the "movie") to display when the browser doesn't have the Flash Player plug-in installed. In addition, the XHTML validates properly, too. That settles it. I've been converted to the Flash Satay method for life.