Ariaware Optimizer - Reduces the Size of Flash Web Sites

Ariaware (www.ariawareoptimizer.com) today announced Ariaware Optimizer, which can dramatically reduce the size of your Macromedia Flash web sites and applications (RIAs.) Created by leading Flash developers Aral Balkan, Peter Hall and Burak Kalayci, Ariaware Optimizer is a Windows tool for optimising Flash websites.

It's a simple equation: Optimized SWFs are smaller and thus lead to direct savings in bandwidth costs. They also take less time to load and this means an instant usability boost for your web site or application. Smaller, better performing applications and web sites can result in a much more enjoyable user experience and aid the user acceptance of your products.

What would you do if your Flash site was instantly 60% smaller? We're not sure what James Rowley of EasyStream.co.uk did when Ariaware Optimizer resulted in just that amount of savings for his company's latest application but we can glean that he was happy about it when he said to us: "I have been testing Librarian with some pretty amazing results.

Running the Optimizer will lead to an overall file size reduction whenever your application or site has two or more SWFs that share classes. SWFs that use the Version 2 Components are a prime candidate for optimization as they share many core classes. Sites that are primarily HTML-based but which contain SWFs that use classes can also be optimized.

Ariaware Optimizer is now shipping for Windows in English worldwide. Introductory pricing is £695 for the Enterprise edition and £125 for the Freelancer edition. Offer ends 10th of November, 2004. Ariaware Optimizer is available for download in a free 30 day trial edition.