From c8b1a38fe22aaa8e4f6cf3e1dee97863b586679d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JoseĢ Mota Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 01:06:33 +0100 Subject: Convert several old posts to markdown. --- ...8-03-17-flash-navigaton-bars-ie-6-only.markdown | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _posts/2008-03-17-flash-navigaton-bars-ie-6-only.markdown (limited to '_posts/2008-03-17-flash-navigaton-bars-ie-6-only.markdown') diff --git a/_posts/2008-03-17-flash-navigaton-bars-ie-6-only.markdown b/_posts/2008-03-17-flash-navigaton-bars-ie-6-only.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..29cdee6 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2008-03-17-flash-navigaton-bars-ie-6-only.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: Flash navigaton bars? IE 6 only. +tags: [ design ] +published: true +--- +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. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf