Use of flash buttons - not a good idea?

Hi guys
I've been advised in an earlier post against the use of flash
buttons. As someone relatively new to Adobe products I'm interested
to know how flash buttons don't seem to be supported but flash
moves or indeed flash websites are in abundance and seemingly have
no problems, or personally speaking I've not had problems viewing
such websites in the past. I'm not contending the opinion I was
given but as someone on a learning curve I think it would be
invaluable to learn how one works and not the other.
Also, what would be a suitable alternative to flash buttons,
I'm considering using jpg images which change on mouse-over using
javascript.
Mike

sigh - i was trying to be nonjudgemental. one may have a site
where seo is a nonissue and they know that their audience has the
latest flash-equipped browser (like mine, for example. while i
choose to not use flash for different reasons, i don't rely on
search engines as a meaningful source of business and/or leads.)
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I'll say it. It's the mark of the amateur, and DEFINITELY not
a good idea.
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"joeq" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> not saying they're a good idea or a bad one - but my
understanding is that
> flash buttons are a) potentially not accessible to all
your users, b) not
> indexable by search engines, and c) more labor intensive
to update. all or
> none
> of these things might matter to you based on the target
audience of your
> site.
>

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make them work), and I keep seeing posts (particularly by Murray)
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However, I was unable to find an explanation as to
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layman's terms? I'm very new to Dreamweaver and web development in
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users where accessibility is not a huge concern.
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Consider these scenarios -
1. I don't have Flash installed. I don't get the benefit of
your Flash
navigation element.
2. I am a search engine spider. I don't get the benefit of
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Need I say more? 8)
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"bhkate" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> I'm trying to figure out a problem I'm having with flash
buttons (mainly
> that I
> don't want users to have to click twice to make them
work), and I keep
> seeing
> posts (particularly by Murray) asking if the poster
knows that flash
> buttons
> aren't a good idea. However, I was unable to find an
explanation as to
>
why they are a bad idea. Can anyone explain this to me in
layman's
> terms? I'm very new to Dreamweaver and web development
in general. I'm
> developing an intranet site for a specific group of
users where
> accessibility
> is not a huge concern.
>
> Thanks!
>

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"Joe Makowiec" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 02 Apr 2008 in macromedia.dreamweaver, Tarvardian
wrote:
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>> Is there someplace I can go to find a list of widely
>> accepted attributes?
>
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>
>
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>
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>
>
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>
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>
> --
> Joe Makowiec
>
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"Biscuit666" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Hey,
> This is probably a really dumb question, but I cannot
figure out how to
> link
> my own imported flash button to a page on my site.
>
> If I select a button within DW, and click the edit
option I'm presented
> with
> the option of linking the button. If I use my own
button, clicking edit
> just
> puts me into Flash.
>
> I don't want to use the "getURL" within flash because it
insists on too
> many
> security checks which would really ruin a visitor's
experience to my site.
>
> Even in code view there is no hint as to a link
referenced, so I can't
> even
> fudge around with the code!
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> PS.--Adobe: maybe offer a "suggested username" when
registering for your
> forums - not really my preferred choice of nick, but got
fed up after 20
> attempts to choose one.
>
>

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