I made this thread in General but am reposting here as I'm trying to get Technical advice:

 

Hi guys, just wondered if anyone else knows about this cookie law from
the EU? I'm still learning how to make websites (thinking of making a
career of it in the future) but this new cookie law concerns me. I'm not
intending to have cookies on any website but it seems that if you just
make a simple flash video (like a short clip of a spinning graphic or
similar) and add it to your site, apparently you have to declare this
under a 'cookie policy' as flash puts LSO's (flash cookies) in flash
files by default.

So:

1) Is there a way to remove flash cookies from a flash file created in the the Adobe Suite? If yes, what version?

2) How would someone even explain in a 'cookie policy' that they only
use cookies for entertainment purposes for their website and aren't
interested in using flash cookies to collect personal data?

3) I am a newbie with flash, so how do I know that these LSO's aren't collecting user data without my knowledge?

4) How have you guys (if you have a website that uses any cookies) gone
about making your website compliant with the new EU cookie law?

5) Are there alternatives to making an animation free of any cookies? (I
know about GIF's, but they are terrible quality from my experience).

Thanks

I'm no expert on this but i don't think there's a special version of flash that alows the developper to disable storage on the users machine as flash is all "clientside". The user accepts this when installing the flash player and the settings for cached files are controlled by the users flashplayer options not by the developper. So I doubt that embedding regular SWFs with various multimedia content violates any laws.

Regarding animation, I don't know how complicated you animation is but you can always animate with the canvas tag and JavaScript but there is a learning curve to it. But in any case stay away from complex flash animations, flash doesn't work in iOS and most people find them annoying.

Regarding animation, I don't know how complicated you animation is but you can always animate with the canvas tag and JavaScript but there is a learning curve to it. But in any case stay away from complex flash animations, flash doesn't work in iOS and most people find them annoying.

Agree. Flash should be avoided unless you are creating rich media aplications with webcam inputs, multitrack audio or advanced userinterfaces simply because flash isn't supported on most tablets and phones. But you can still use newer versions of Flash to create animations and export your files as html/css/js. With older versions you can use the free Swiffy aplication to do the same.

Edited July 7, 201313 yr by Nillervision