Re: FN-FORUM: Flash or CSS/XHTML AJAX

date posted 14th June 2007 13:51

On 14 Jun 2007, at 12:25 pm, chris hill wrote:

>
> CSS/XHTML/AJAX/PHP/mySQL
>
> You've already said it would be quicker doing it that way and
> personally, while I love flash, it has its place and I don't feel this
> is it. Going with CSS et al should make things more manageable and
> easier to update in future and will remove any issues with the target
> audience being 'older' and not web-savvy enough to deal with things
> popping up telling them to install flash player (don't know what to do
> - leave site - sale lost). So long as you deal with the back button
> and bookmark issues AJAX introduces, I feel its the much more sensible
> route.
>
> *clink* 2p

Hi Chris,

Yes, you're right. They're all valid points!

Does anyone hold the opposite view? I was kind of hoping to spark some
discussion on the merits/pitfalls of both approaches...

Best regards,

Ray

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