I noticed that when playing flash videos along side Enliven, even a simple mouse over causes the Flash video to studder. Check here... http://tbnewmedia.com/Interactive/IndyZoo/

So I was thinking maybe I could disable all Enliven events in the player until the video is either stopped or paused. Usability wise I'm not even sure that this is even a good idea. The only other approach I think is to auto pause the Flash video anytime any Enliven events are fired. But that could be a coding nightmare, plus very confusing to the audience when all of sudden there video stops.

Any ideas?

What about unhiding a DHTML div layer over the top of the VMP when the flash video is playing that is slightly transparent and blocks any mouse events from getting to the VMP? This would also be nice from a usability standpoint as it makes the Enliven content appear to "ghost" when the video is playing. When the video stops or is stopped by the user, then hide the DHTML layer again. Might work.

Excellent idea... I will play with this soon.

-Thanks again!

OK, I was able to get a transparent image to layer between the HTML/Enliven and the Flash on the page. So in effect I was able to make an external call out anytime the user clicks on play/pause/stop in Flash to toggle the div layer on and off blocking the user from accidentally loading down the browser. Seems to work OK for me.

I tried in IE, Netscape and Firefox. Let me know if you guys run into any issues so I can tweek.

You can view the source to see how I got the javascript to work.

-Thanks!

Hi CCT,

Looks good. A few things I noticed:

I can no longer switch between the tabs in the flash.

When I cause the movie to stop in ways other than using the play/pause or stop buttons, such as pulling the time slider all the way to the end of the movie, the div layer doesn't collapse and the 3d scene remains locked.

Those were my main observations. Otherwise, I really like the atmosphere you created with this site. Congrats!

Regards