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wkirklutz-dI9Xvv
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February 9, 2011
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Online Pubs requiring AS2. Why?

  • February 9, 2011
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Anybody know why most online pubs still require Flash banners to be in AS2?

AS3 is now five years old now.

I thought it might be that ClickTag didn't play nicely with AS3, but that's not the case. The Baltimore Sun does allow AS3 and uses ClickTag.

I just wrote to the Washington Post and asked them why this is a requirement. No response yet. Will post if I get one.

Maybe they just haven't updated their specs on their webpage?

-Kirk

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kglad
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kgladCommunity Expert
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February 9, 2011

they probably want to display their ads to the maximum number of users.


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wkirklutz-dI9XvvAuthor
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February 9, 2011

I would think if that was the case they would also limit the Flash version. The specs ask for Flash 8 or greater. So I end up delivering Flash 10 with AS2.

-Kirk

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Anonymous
February 9, 2011

I do my share of banners, and I agree it's quite stupid. Just recently though, and I'm not sure where the ad is served from, AS3 was ok... I think one reason is at least with the places we've used is that their developers aren't very good and are still using as2...

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