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Flash usage....

Discussion in 'Programming' started by Shile, Dec 19, 2005.

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    I need (I want:) to use flash navigation menus, flash langage selector and other stuff on my website (what needs mouseover and cettera).
    I am doing php page with include or require functions...if I use flash for some mouseover effects I will be spared of making a huge list of javascript in my <head>.I dont want to call external .js file...I heard that its baad thing...

    So the question is:
    What you think..shell I use a flash as many as I can (to avoid javascript mouseovers, navigation, banners and other stuff) or should I combine javascript and flash?

    Do I with execive flash usage do somehting bad (like page size and % of users that dont have flash instaled)?

    Please post a advice...tnx
     
    Shile, Dec 19, 2005 IP
  2. aspidov

    aspidov Well-Known Member

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    I don't think you should use flash for any informational purposes on your web site. Search Engines do not read flash, especialy if you will have a menu in flash, the only thing search bot will spider is your home page (unless you have text links on the bottom)
     
    aspidov, Dec 20, 2005 IP
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    dave487 Peon

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    There is nothing wrong with including an external js file.

    If you want a decent mouseover menu go to www.milonic.com, add <noscript> tags for the search engines to read and you have the perfect website menu system.
     
    dave487, Dec 20, 2005 IP
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    There is nothing wrong with a flash menu as long as you have a secondary navigation elsewhere on the page made with text links to make sure you get properly indexed.

    If you do not want to use flash, I would recommend CSS based menu's any day of javascript. They are SEO friendly and they are quite a bit lighter code wise then any javascript menu I have ever seen.

    The number of browsers with flash installed is at an all time high, so I wouldn't worry about the users not having it. Unless you are using the new flash 8 in your menu (which would be silly anyway.)

    I would say go ahead and use flash, but use it sparingly.
     
    token20, Dec 20, 2005 IP