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+title: Flash navigaton bars? IE 6 only.
+tags: [ design ]
+published: true
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+I recall the times I still used Microsoft's IE browser. Every fancy website had
+these navigation bars with killer graphics at the time. I wanted to browse
+through the still messy deprecated HTML so I could learn myself some new
+techniques along my web design debut. i found this `object` tag at the time and
+was amazed like "Wow, cool graphics! When do I get the chance to do something
+alike?" I found later that it was a Flash object that I consider nowadays to be
+a pain in the ass concerning web design standards.
+
+I don't like the way Flash takes over HTML / CSS / Javascript for three reasons:
+
+* It's not Flash's job to BE a website or replace HTML content.
+* I hate waiting several seconds to see web content.
+* Imagine the Internet download bill...!
+
+Flash is a great technology, I love Youtube. It's fantastic how Flash allows
+you to transpose from different video formats into it so people can view it on
+the web. But I don't see it as HTML replacer, unless it's IE 6.
+
+IE 6, as you know, is simply the worst web browser ever (if you deny this I
+suggest you go to bed and wait until IE shuts down). The CSS `float` property
+is not supported. This means if I tried to do this kind navigation bar with
+some floated <li> tags, the list would appear top-down..! Designers
+thought about this of course and they decided to go for Flash because it had
+this chance to show "buttons" and with those killer graphics and hover / click
+effects that IE doesn't have except for hyperlinks (even these are limited).
+
+Flash's arrival came just in time. It would bring much greater vision on web
+design; kind of cheating but it's ok. Nowadays we can assist beautiful
+accomplishments on web design and killer graphics, without Flash. This can now
+be assigned to what it's meant to be: non-content interactive action.