Derleek Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Ok so i've been dabbling in javascript via the MooTools Framework. I can't say why but i really like animating stuff w/ javascript as opposed to flash. Mainly i'm not really interested in learning how to use flash (i know its simple and i do use it occasionally...). Just curious what you guys choose to animate stuff in and if there is any particular reason why... Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/151198-flash-vs-javascript/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
POG1 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 You want to avoid flash because you will loose a lot of people viewing. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/151198-flash-vs-javascript/#findComment-794347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derleek Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 You want to avoid flash because you will loose a lot of people viewing. thats the reason I chose to learn javascript animation for some nice simple animations (who needs arrows and buttons flying all over the page anyways...). But i'm starting to doubt that facts relevance... according to adobe flash reaches 99% of the internet market. (see stats here) It'd be interesting to see how a third parties research would turn out, but its an interesting stat non-the-less. The only other argument i used to have against using flash was that with slower internet connections the pages take FOREVER to load. With improving technologies from adobe and high-speed internet becoming the norm... it seems like the interwebz are destined to be flooded with crappy proverbial 'bells and whistles' via flash... Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/151198-flash-vs-javascript/#findComment-794497 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Google, Yahoo, Live, etc. will hate you if you use Flash. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/151198-flash-vs-javascript/#findComment-794503 Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 I'm personally not a fan of Flash unless it's needed. Video players, song players, so on... I can see why Flash is good there. A website with a fancy intro and a logo where a stripe runs through it? Why risk losing viewers. I think that when sites use Flash, if possible, they should also try to do the same thing in HTML/JS or just HTML if possible. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/151198-flash-vs-javascript/#findComment-794520 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derleek Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 I heard something a while back about adobe trying to make flash SEO friendly... not sure if anything has come into fruition... I kinda figured no one here would be down with flash, i think i'll go pester some kids at a flash forum to see what they have to say... Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/151198-flash-vs-javascript/#findComment-794534 Share on other sites More sharing options...
POG1 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 If you think about it, all the search engine will see is a flash object on a page so you are loosing out on SEO a lot. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/151198-flash-vs-javascript/#findComment-794739 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derleek Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 i posted something simliar to this on the kirupa forums. Its turned out to be a pretty interesting discussion. One of them claims that google can now index flash pages... i'm not quite sure on the details of that Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/151198-flash-vs-javascript/#findComment-795332 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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