Yes all those things can be done. Except the bit about writing the Javascript in Dreamweaver.
Look at things like lightbox which are javascript only.
http://www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox/
Yes all those things can be done. Except the bit about writing the Javascript in Dreamweaver.
Look at things like lightbox which are javascript only.
http://www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox/
discovered http://www.camilleseaman.com today
Yes, but why? Flash is a natural environment for animation, that was/is its primary purpose and it does it the best. If animation or a slideshow is really needed, then Flash is the right tool for it.
Another question altogether is the necessity and usability of such contraptions. All those things you mention are nothing more than embellishments which contribute nothing to the functionality of the page and take away a lot, regardless which technology was used for their creation. It is not unheard of to see a javascript such as this doubling or even tripling the bandwidth of an otherwise properly written and standardized page.
About half of my clients at least inquire about something along those lines somewhere during site creation process, often even after they have accepted more functional alternative. I always try to explain that, while I would be more than happy to charge them additional fees something like that would entail, it would be much more useful if they devoted half of the bandwidth and funds required to providing more content.
There are exceptions such as multimedia content, animated or not, and slideshows, but even then, it is, in most cases, best done as a Flash block embedded in the larger (X)HTML page instead of full-blown Flash page.
Web sites whose main purpose is presenting multimedia content are, of course, something else entirely. But that's a whole different world anyway and chances are they'll know which direction to take from the get go.
A lot of the simple embelishments can be done with CSS. There are a lot of really great CSS sites, and the basic setup doesn't take long. Then the rest of the site loads quickly, and you get to the most important part quicker: content!
Frank I'll put this simply ... lets forget all the other responses that bad mouth formatting etc ... That site is beautiful.
Works amazingly fast. Combines a very natural interface with great content.
Thanks.
Dan thanks for the kind words.
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