Posted by PerfectReign on 08/11/05 14:16

someone posing as Onideus Mad Hatter figured someone gave a rat's ass and
spewed out:

> Flash is pretty damn fuckin badass...
> http://www.backwater-productions.net/hatter-blog/
>
> That first new drop down is only 20 kilobytes, even if the second one
> (which is slightly larger) turns out to be 30 kilobytes in size (it'll
> be done by tomorrow) the new version of the site will be around FIFTY
> KILOBYTES smaller than the original version...not to mention the thing
> loads a whole hell of a lot faster...and it's more cross browser
> compatible in that almost every major Internet browser supports teh
> Flash plugin. Flash supports image transparencies, JavaScript,
> replicated/tiled images, etc, etc. I'm tellin ya, it's teh way to go.
> I'd say the only downside to Flash is that it only supports teh
> Sorenson video codec, but other than that it totally pwnz0rs your ass!
>
> <insert bitching about Netter language/culture here>
>
bingo!

Flash rocks. It is amazing what can be done if you choose to have animation
- or even cool effects that javascript and css alone may not be able to
elegantly handle.

The dropdown lever thingy with sound is pretty cool, I must admit. I tried
it out on Konqueror/FF/ie and all worked for the most part. (The
transparency didn't work in FF/Konqueror - big suprise.)

I was checking out an article last month in Linux Magazine about ColdFusion
and how they are utilizing Flash to render dynamic charts and the like:

https://www.linux-magazine.com/issue/56/Coldfusion_MX_7_Server.pdf

One of my buddies has an AWESOME Flash-based 404 page -
http://www.troublemakerracing.com/blah.htm - will get you the page.

Good luck and keep plugging...
--
kai
www.perfectreign.com
linux - genuine windows replacement part

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