Flash based menus 1

[wybnormal]

What are the opinions to flashbased menus vs. Javascript or Java applets? I want cross platform and some legacy support for browsers.. some being IE 4 as the oldest for now.. I also want Opera compability (5.0 up)

Right now I have javascript menus which are a bear to maintain and are problematic with Opera. I like the idea of flash but I'm not a programer by trade.. though I'm becoming more like one each day ;-)

Also, I've seen alot of sites that offer to create a flash menu by keying the various information.. but many have ads and crap embedded which I dont want. Ideas or places to go? I dont mind paying for a program that is reasonably priced if needed.

Finally, if I were to use flash menus, is there anyway to run flash Local to my server instead of pointing back to macromedia's web site like alot of the online menu systems I have seen do?

Thanks alot in advance

MikeS
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"The trouble with giving up civil rights is that you never get them back"

 

[deecee]

flashbased menus are easy to make and change. I dont know much about the javascript types since i only use simple menus or flash

as for the macromedia redirection I dont quite understand..it only redirects to Macromedia if someone needs the plugin

 

[funkymonk]

Also, I came accross this tutorial a little while ago, Flash Dynamic Menus, for if/when you decide to go with Flash.

http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials/type/tutorial.asp?id=30426

funkymonk B-)

rod@sameplanet.co.uk
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[wybnormal]

Rod-

Very cool site and tutorial. I will read it more closely once I get some coffee into the system here ;-)

MikeS
Find me at

http://www.packetattack.com

"The trouble with giving up civil rights is that you never get them back"

 

[funkymonk]

Yeah, is a good site and a good magazine too. Has some good tutorials and articles and they also publish dedicated issues on photoshop, flash etc. and give away loads of free software. I got Poser 3 the other month. funkymonk B-)

rod@sameplanet.co.uk
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