Yeah there is some movement using axkit/modperl and svg elements and the likes of , some nice sites have been generated using such a setup , but you cant beat the ease of flash .
Cheers Dale. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Greenwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 9:27 PM Subject: Re: Lindows Rock > and a site our company designed: > http://www.nymph1.net > > Nice flash elements and the site is totally navigable with a text based > browser too. Our client wanted to sell his guiding services online and > he wanted a site that stood apart from his competitors. His site does > that. Flash can be replaced by animated gif's but they are larger and > load slower - but they do not require a plugin. Ahhh tradeoff's. I am a > hardcore open standards/source zealot but working in the real world of > web development means using tools I'd rather not sometimes. Until we > have something better (like animated PNG's or similar) this will > continue to happen. Some like flashy sites, some just want the content. > Taken to the extreme, why not have courier font point size 12 for all > web pages? Because it would be u-g-l-y, on that I'm pretty sure we can > all agree. Therefore the amount of "flashiness" is just a matter of > degree isn't it? To each his own I guess. I can't wait till the OSS > community finishes building web development tools to rival the > proprietary ones. Sadly, there is a ways to go yet. > > Oh yeah, by the way, do you want your site to NOT be found by search > engines? Build it all in flash then! =) Flash elements are ok used in > moderation but the surest way to kill search engine rankings is to use > all flash. > > My .002c worth. > > Cheers > > Jason > > Chad wrote: > > >>>Yes, and used sensibly Shockwave is cool/useful/whatever, at least thats > >>>my opinion. > >>> > >>> > >>I have yet to see a site where using shockwave/flash (is there a > >>difference?) has improved navigation, or has been used beneficially > >>with something that wouldn't have been possible without. I have however > >>seen many sites which are completely unusable because of it. > >> > >> > > > >http://www.dxinvisiblewar.com/ > >Is a rather nice Flash/shockwave only site not sure if it's an improvement on > >what can be done by HTML once you take into account the size of it but is > >nice in a rather fancy, flashy kind of way (if you have broadband and a fast > >pc that is). And I doubt that any thing similar could be produced with out > >using Flash or Shockwave. > > > >Chad > > > > > > > > > > >
