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1. Re: Edge comparison
heathrowe Jan 3, 2013 4:00 PM (in response to therayman)One option is to use the File > Publish Settings > Web and enable CDN and the oline service for jquery will be used instead of the local version.
Also, note the trade off between using Flash /Edge :
Flash you have to install a plugin. Though its a one time install process itss actually a 19 mb ocx/ or dll file plus a 415kb exe runtime file plus the size of project file 225 swf file, just to make it happen.
Hopefully, future improvements to the Edge runtime libraries
Darrell
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2. Re: Edge comparison
therayman Jan 3, 2013 5:15 PM (in response to heathrowe)Enabling CDN actually increased the file size to 1.1MB! But surely the size of the js doesn't change just because you change it's location. It's a 200k overhead.
I understand Flash is more than just the swf file but it only loads once. Apparent load times are very different. Flash is minimal and I have learned how to entertain while that is happening. I suppose a pre loader could do something similar... but not for the time required.
I guess I need to look at the graphics. The Flash compression on graphics is supurb.
Scaling the iframe is also a problemt. My usual method of putting a same size invisible image over the top and scaling the iframe from that doesn't seem to work. The graphics scales but the edge animation doesn't.
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3. Re: Edge comparison
heathrowe Jan 3, 2013 6:30 PM (in response to therayman)The CDN option should put the 'weight' of the file on the service that provides it, and not your local files. Though it will be cached by your browser, that portion of the size comes from the service.
As for graphics, if your original .png does not contain transparent areas, you could go for .jpg as it has compression options without sacrificing too much quality. Photoshop > Save For Web or FireWorks > Optimized export functions may provide these compression options.
Darrell
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4. Re: Edge comparison
therayman Jan 3, 2013 6:39 PM (in response to heathrowe)Unfortunately most of the graphics have transparency - I can drop them down to 8 bit png's or even giffs but that requires pixel level attention to the edges to keep the quality, something I haven't had to do for 15 years or more .... the joys of using cutting edge software.
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5. Re: Edge comparison
heathrowe Jan 3, 2013 6:42 PM (in response to therayman)Ah understood.
Darrell
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6. Re: Edge comparison
Chthonius Hecataeus Feb 11, 2013 5:26 PM (in response to therayman)Hi. I'm new to EDGE, but lately I have dealt intensively with reducing the size of PNG (i.e. 8bit + alpha) , so I quickly load websites. Out of curiosity I would like if possible to try with your files. Thanks in advance. (Sorry for my English)



