I think i agree with all of the above, that using Flash for navigation
is not a good or applicable solution, even with appropiate fallback.
The only reason i could think of for using Flash in this case would be,
when a specific font is required, that will just not render properly
with (X)HTML/
I know that there are a lot of free javascript libraries available for
you to use without having to go to the extent of programming your own
javascript features.
things like dhtml goodies and scriptaculous, I'm sure the group has some
other options but this is getting off topic now. a quick se
On 25 Jun 2008, at 11:49, Matijs wrote:
Regardless of whether you stick alternative navigation in the div
that's going to be replaced, I've personally found using Flash for
navigation about the worst use of Flash possible. Are you sure that
you cannot achieve what you want by using HTML wit
Thank you matijs thats what i was wondering, you make a good point about
using javascript but im not an expert in using it.
Matijs wrote:
There isn't really a way for a search engine to see how many times a
link has been clicked. It is however possible for a search engine to
see / count how m
There isn't really a way for a search engine to see how many times a link
has been clicked. It is however possible for a search engine to see / count
how many links are pointing to a page (either internally or externally),
thereby measuring its 'popularity'.
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 12:44 PM, kevin
Regardless of whether you stick alternative navigation in the div that's
going to be replaced, I've personally found using Flash for navigation about
the worst use of Flash possible. Are you sure that you cannot achieve what
you want by using HTML with some enhancements thrown in by javascript?
On
Rick Lecoat wrote:
If the visitor has Flash then the Flash swf replaces the alternative
content. If they don't (or if they don't have javascript turned on)
then they'll get the fallback content, which should also suffice for
search engines. (Of course, don't make your fallback navigation
jav
On 25 Jun 2008, at 00:35, kevin mcmonagle wrote:
Using swf object 2.0 embeded swfs as an xhtml sites primary
navigation - what are the liabilities?
Assuming SWFObject 2 is like SWFObject 1 it writes your Flash file
into a named Div. This div can (and should) hold alternative/falback
conte
Hi Patrick,
i know thats the case with flash but what about the css/xhtml no flash
content that validates when you use swf object 2.0 static method. If
theres no flash support it degrades to normal xhtml navigation.
A more specific question is if the majority of users are using the flash
to
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Using swf object 2.0 embeded swfs as an xhtml sites primary navigation -
what are the liabilities?
-kevin
kevin mcmonagle wrote:
Using swf object 2.0 embeded swfs as an xhtml sites primary navigation -
what are the liabilities?
without flash, no navigation; not crawled/indexed by search engines; not
keyboard-accessible in firefox; even in other browsers, not accessible
unless you make damn sure y
Using swf object 2.0 embeded swfs as an xhtml sites primary navigation -
what are the liabilities?
-kevin
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