Making
Flash pages compatible
There
are several ways of making Flash available to your audience.
I will mention two of them here, both of which involve the Flash
4 Publish command.
Option
1: Flash 2 Java Player.

This
Java Player supports Flash 2 only. The fact that it is Java
makes it compatible with nearly all browsers available on the
market. However, since the Java Player is fairly slow and CPU
intensive and it supports Flash 2 only, this choice is generally
considered obsolete.
Should
you wish it, choose "Java Player" under the HTML tab
in the Publish Settings dialog. Make sure you select Flash 2
under the tab "Flash".
Option
2: Flash 4 with Image.
Make
sure you've checked either JPEG or GIF under the Formats tab.
This option will generate the Flash files, the HTML code, and
a JPEG/GIF similar to the Flash movie.
When
opening the HTML in your browser, the automatically generated
code will detect whether or not Flash 4 is installed. If Flash
4 is installed, it will automatically show the page; if Flash
4 is not installed, it will show the GIF/JPEG. There is a similar
option for Flash 3.
Before
selecting either of the above options, you should decide which
version of Flash you wish to export in.
My
suggestion is this: should you create a multimedia site, an
online portfolio or something similar, you may want to go for
Flash 3. Flash 3 has a huge audience already, and the features
you will miss by selecting v.3 instead of 4, are not important
when talking multimedia; with the possible exception of MP3
sound compression.
Should
you create a site that has to use Flash 4, then you should make
sure the download will be easy and painless for the user who
doesn't already have it. I will help you with that next.