From mark at novemberborn.net Fri Dec 14 08:16:02 2007 From: mark at novemberborn.net (Mark Wubben) Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:16:02 +0100 Subject: [sIFR3-announce] sIFR 2.0.4 Flash Compatibility Release Message-ID: Hi all, sIFR 2's links do not work with the new Flash Player 9,0,115,0 if a hover color is specified. This has been resolved in sIFR 2.0.4. If you use sIFR 2.0.3 and have a hover color specified for links, you are advised to upgrade immediately. No modifications have been made to the JavaScript, you only need to re-export the Flash movies. If you're using sIFR 2.0.2 or older, and have a hover color specified for links, you are advised to upgrade immediately. You must upgrade the `sifr.js` JavaScript code and re-export the Flash movies. sIFR 3 is not affected by this issue. Read more at: Regards, -- Mark From mark at novemberborn.net Sun Dec 16 15:13:24 2007 From: mark at novemberborn.net (Mark Wubben) Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:13:24 +0100 Subject: [sIFR3-announce] sIFR 2.0.5 Message-ID: Hi all, There's a regression in Safari 3, which stopped sIFR 2 from working in XHTML mode. It was an easy fix, which I figured I'd roll in with the 2.0.4 update. More here: Regards, -- Mark From mark at novemberborn.net Mon Dec 31 16:34:39 2007 From: mark at novemberborn.net (Mark Wubben) Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:34:39 +0100 Subject: [sIFR3-announce] sIFR 3 Beta 2: Fire Cracker Message-ID: <701542B7-F1D2-47C0-87D1-E2961C9CC309@novemberborn.net> As years end nears, neighbourhood kids are playing with fireworks around the house. A nice homage to the second beta of sIFR 3 I?d like to imagine. Feature wise sIFR 3 is now complete, and I think it?s gotten pretty awesome. If you?re trying to decide between sIFR 2 and sIFR 3, sIFR 3 is definitely the better choice. What?s new? Here are the major changes since the last beta: * The Flash movie and the JavaScript must be of the same version. * Added ratios, which make the loading of the Flash movies less jumpy. * sIFR does not work when opened straight from the local filesystem. You must load sIFR from a web server. * sIFR movies no longer steal user input focus. * When the Flash movie is opened directly, it shows its revision in a bold, italic and normal font. * The Flash movie insertion code is equivalent to SWFObject 2. * sIFR now supports window resizing. * Page zoom in Firefox 3 and IE7 is supported! * A workaround has been added for transparent or opaque Flash movies in Firefox/Windows, whose ancestor is floated. * A workaround has been added for the loss of Flash variables in Internet Explorer if the innerHTML of an ancestor of a Flash movie is changed. * Hover effects tend to get stuck in Flash, added a workaround. * Added a custom context menu for links when the hover effect is used. * In Internet Explorer, the sIFR Flash movies are hidden when the page unloads. This works around rendering glitches where the old and new movies are briefly shown at the same time. * You can specify the font size in pixels, directly from sIFR.replace(). * You can specify different font sizes within the Flash movie, and they will be relative to the main font size if you specify them with a percentage unit. * Added support for bitmap fonts, by rounding the font size to the nearest power-of-eight value. * You can now force the text to be displayed on one line. * You can disable the pointer cursor (the ?hand?) inside sIFR. * Multiple fonts are supported. * You can replace the text inside the sIFR Flash movie. * You can change some of the CSS that was applied to the Flash movie. * You can get mouse events from the Flash movie. * You can tell sIFR to check if the CSS has been applied to the document. This will speed up initialization in Safari and Opera. * Opera and Konqueror support has been disabled, because these browsers do not support communication between JavaScript and Flash code. And there have been many, many more minor improvements. Really, this version rocks! Find out more at: Happy '08! -- Mark