A complicated question! The answer is "it depends" but there are some behavior indicators that help to answer more specifically.
For example, in the case of a hotspot there are a few advantages over a hidden state. A hotspot gives you that "hotspot" look when you're in the authoring tool. That's helpful sometimes. You can also set a hotspot to not display the pointer cursor. When you want to clean up the display or not give away the click area, that's a handy feature. Myself, I usually use the hidden state for more flexibility.
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A complicated question!
The answer is "it depends" but there are some behavior indicators that help to answer more specifically.
For example, in the case of a hotspot there are a few advantages over a hidden state. A hotspot gives you that "hotspot" look when you're in the authoring tool. That's helpful sometimes. You can also set a hotspot to not display the pointer cursor. When you want to clean up the display or not give away the click area, that's a handy feature. Myself, I usually use the hidden state for more flexibility.
There are a few articles at http://www.storylineauthors.com that go into other topics and a couple of great books on the subject. http://www.gostoryline.com (shameless plug and disclaimer, this is one I cowrote) is one and the other is E-learning Uncovered: Articulate Storyline http://elearninguncovered.com/storyline/. Both are great books by great authors:)
We made up this diagram for Storyline for Starters. It might be helpful in figuring out the way Storyline is put together.
http://www.gostoryline.com/downloads_free/sl_anatomy.pdf
Have fun!
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