Comments on: The Potency of Flash + Javascript

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 02:38:03 +0000

Interesting, thanks for the link, Marc. Looks like we had pretty much the same idea, but you provided a much clearer explanation and some excellent diagrams.

Unfortunately, the fact that neither of our demos work that well is indicative of the current problems with browser support of the z-index property. (especially when dealing with Flash and other unusual layers…)

By: Marc

Marc — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 08:27:38 +0000

Hi Mike,

I also made a sIFR add-on half a year ago.
It simulates all the anchor behavior by using
a shim layer. Take a peek at http://blog.webbforce.nl
or see the sIFR wiki.

By: Mike Purvis

Mike Purvis — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 21:56:50 +0000

Flashblock is definitely great, but it annoys me that there isn’t a way for movies like sIFR to detect it… it’s so annoying to visit a sIFR-ed site and see blocked movies instead of headlines.

Of course, they could always have an intermediate movie that loads first and then triggers the Javascript to perform the replacement.

By: Utsav

Utsav — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 00:07:56 +0000

I AGREE.. THANK YOU MIKE!

I personally just install the flashblock extension. And then be happy!