Flash in an email??
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- RustyBadge
Can this be done?? Does anyone have any experience of doing it successfully?
- rson0
I think it can be done. But think about it. Would you want some flashy bullshit when you open your mail. Unless it is a click through...
seems like a bad idea
- RustyBadge0
Personally no, but I want the cash that my client will give me for building said bullshit.
- ian0
Ho there chief.
Yes flash can be inserted into an email, in the same way that you can send an ezine through an email you can send flash. However, OSX mail seems to be the only mail client that will display it with very few glitches. The is an activeX security feature in Entourage that blocks flash with needs to be configured to allow it to display.
Worked on this with a large client who wanted to use it internally in their company. I do not recommend, it really is a headache, you're not gonna know if your audience is seeing it and your still gonna have compatibility issues with whatever version of flash you use.
Sorry chief, but easiest thing to do, is send the ezine with a link to a flash website. It'll cut out a lot of messing around.
- canuck0
no.
- sepho0
Concur with Ian.
I wouldn't bother, ActiveX = Nausia.
- 23kon0
its bad enough trying to create an html email that is both formatted nicely and works across a whole host of email platforms and doesnt get blocked by peoples spamfilters or virus checks lol.
i'd think that most email progs would panic if tehre was an swf embedded in the page - it'd probably go STRAIGHT into the "VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS!" box.
just do a decent teaser of an html email and have a link to a webpage with this flashy thing in it.
- ian0
Rusty, its really not worth it.
You will build it and get the cash, then you will get calls/emails from your client for about 6 months afterwards asking why this or that isn't working.
There is no guarantee that even 1 person will be able to actually see it. I told this to my client and they pushed for it anyway, they had all their IT staff set up the entire companies email to allow it (1,500 people) and there were still error messages being thrown up weekly.
And just so it wasnt me causing this, i built it real simple, just loading text into a flash movie with links to their intranet for downloads. I don't even know how it would handle complex coding or animation.
And every week they backed up and each email was about 3 megs as opposed to the 200kb file actually hosted on their site.
Its a headache and really not worth it.
- RustyBadge0
Cheers chaps... much appreciated feedback!
- ian0
No worries, any help needed just post! Had to do the same when I stared work on it too!