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Post by Peter on Jul 7, 2014 17:06:52 GMT
I'd like to know if it's possible to load the Hippo Engine as an external javascript file.
In this way the HTML file's size would be smaller and the bandwidth and loading time would be reduced when we use several independent Hippo animations in the same site.
Thanks !
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Post by Hippani on Jul 7, 2014 18:51:47 GMT
We've been trying to think of a way to this for a while. We're worried people will distribute the file for free. Also, hippo tries to only include the functions needed to keep the file size down. So the 'engine' changes from movie to movie. We'll see if we can think I something.
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Post by Peter on Jul 7, 2014 20:07:57 GMT
We've been trying to think of a way to this for a while. We're worried people will distribute the file for free. Also, hippo tries to only include the functions needed to keep the file size down. So the 'engine' changes from movie to movie. We'll see if we can think I something. Thanks for your answer, I understand your concern. But I think that a minified/obfuscated external engine will not be very useful without your great GUI. I can't imagine someone trying to hack the engine for using it without the GUI. Including only the functions needed to a particular animation is really a wonderful feature, especially for isolated animations. However I think there are situations where the external engine may have some advantages, as in sites with many different kind of animations. In such cases I guess that the overall perfomance would be better loading only once the full engine (is a guess). I would be great if you can support both options. As a safeguard maybe you can maintain a small core of the engine in the HTML embedded javascript and the rest in the external file, making it useless if is used alone. |
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OCEAN
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Post by OCEAN on Jul 25, 2014 14:34:32 GMT
Personally, I think it's not a good idea (for the reason outlined above by Hippo) but also because a closed source engine allow a better protection for us and our movies.
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giuma
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Post by giuma on Oct 9, 2014 11:42:16 GMT
mee to, is not good idea to export all, it's better to only include the functions needed, for kill piracy and have small size
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