Purpose of Preloaders
Sometimes we don’t realize how big our flash movies become and also how slow some user’s internet connections are. Users get frustrated when they have to wait for a long time. They are even more frustrated if they have no idea how long they have to wait or cannot even tell if the page is still loading or not. For primarily these reasons, there are usually a type of preloader that runs when you are waiting for the flash movie to load.
How to make Preloaders
There are many times of preloaders. It is a good idea to be creative when making your preloader, to make it tie in together well with your movie that the users are waiting to watch.
Here are some examples:
- Flash Preloader
- Bar Preloader
- Simple Countdown
- Butterfly Trailer
- Another example is in the Web Animation folder and is called “vidpreload.fla”
Make your own simple preloader:Click here