This tangent has gotten quite interesting and turned out to be very
informative indeed
here is a basic prototype of a site I am making, still early doors yet
http://s107442706.websitehome.co.uk/kos5/flash/
I am using flashObject to place the swf in the page. users with a
version of flash less than 6 or with _javascript_ disabled see an
informative message linking them to appropriate content for thier
configuration system set up.
My original focus of the question was what do members of the list think
of flashObject as a method of placing flash in pages?
- Standard flash code does not validate.
- Standard flash code does not have a fallback safety net in case
users don't have it working
- search engines can't get to content within flash movies
- pages with flashObject can be made error free (at least in terms
of validation errors)
- FlashObject replaces page mark up using _javascript_ and innerHTML
of a specific tag, so users see alternative content
- this alternative content is with the page mark up - therefore I
hope search engines spiders pick up with ease
Thanks to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for the comment about sIFR. I quite agree
with you, its a text enharncer the way it works is simular to
flashObject in that it uses style selectors to replace mark up
At any rate my current analysis is that this flashObject approach
demostrated in my link above is almost fault free, or at least on the
road. I am interested in hearing what others think and if anyone else
has an approach more suited please reveal the method.....
once again thank you to all those who have participated in this
discussion so far
>>SS
Andy Budd wrote:
I can't see what the point is. The W3C has
no control over Java or many other technologies that are proprietry or
closed, but that does not stop them from becoming or meeting W3C
standards or compliance.
The original question asked why the W3C hadn't written a spec for
Flash. My answer still stands that it's not theirs to write a spec for.
However If you can show me the W3C page that details the Java spec I
may change my mind :-)
Yours
Andy Budd
http://www.andybudd.com/
01273 241355
07880 636677
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