A discussion about Flash Movies

[Greenguy]

Originally Posted by Toby

OK, here is an example of exactly why embeded Flash movies will not be allowed in submitted free sites or galleries.

The content of the video is meaningless, just something I had handy.

wait for the end...

http://www.feet-n-heels.com/flash-test.htm

Yet another fine example of good tools in bad hands.

Did you know that one of the reasons I don't allow links to open in new windows is because you can meta refresh the old one to a different site?

[Toby]

Originally Posted by Greenie

Yet another fine example of good tools in bad hands.

Did you know that one of the reasons I don't allow links to open in new windows is because you can meta refresh the old one to a different site?

You can also do a timed redirect of the parent to another page after click using javascript, like I do here. http://www.bevyofbabes.com/ (click the ENTER link then wait a few seconds)

BUT.... The big difference with both of those cases is that the code to do each lies within the original page and is easily detected by a script. Not so simple when the redirect code lies within an external file such as a video.