Hello,
I've got a large tour with around 100 panoramas. I'm using kprotect to control the download of the starting xml file (~40K) and basic interface graphics, but I'm still getting a blank screen for about 30 seconds on some slower connections. I'm using less than 120K of images for the interface graphics so I know that isn't the delay. I'm pretty sure it the starting xml file's use of include statements to pull in the individual xml files for the nodes. That all totals 480K because of all the embedded hotspots throughout (and increasing). Is there a way to load the individual xml files only when needed, not at the start. Any other advice on how to speed initial loading would be appreciated. The tour works great once it loads, but that initial dead space is a killer. I've even created a "welcome" page where the interface graphics are preloaded in the background, but that isn't fixing it.
I think my problem likes with the use of the include statement. For example:
<scene name="scene003" onstart="action(startscene);"><include url="003-s.xml" /></scene>
Additionally, is there a progress indicator that folks might recommend. Not the one for loading a panorama, but a javascript or css one for the html page itself.
Thanks,
Loren