Flash Tip: Deep linking with SWFAddress

Ever been annoyed when someone clicks the “back” button while viewing a Flash presentation? Your initial reaction is, “You can’t do that in Flash!” Or, even more frustrating, you want to show someone a cool component within a Flash project, but it’s too confusing to say, “Go to this URL, then click “Videos,” then click “My video.” etc etc? Actually, neither of these quirks should arise anymore. Let me introduce you to SWFAddress and SWFObject, which enable the back/forward buttons of your browser AND allow for deep linking.