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  • April 5, 2011 at 11:40 pm #32244
    ArchDesignLabs
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    Hey everyone,

    I have started conceptualizing an idea for a new company and I am looking to set up a site that, without too much detail given, is very interactive and “movie-like”. I absolutely hate flash and find it to be few buggy and very taxing on laptops, tablets, and phones. Is there an alternative to flash that is either in the works or out that provides the same functionality without all of the site and processor taxing that currently occurs?

    Thanks

    April 6, 2011 at 12:37 am #52181
    cleecanth
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    HTML 5 or Silverlight are pretty much your only other options. Neither of which is as ubiquitous, unfortunately.

    April 6, 2011 at 1:44 pm #51985
    ArchDesignLabs
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    Does HTML5 actual allow for the implementation of interactive videos?

    April 6, 2011 at 2:40 pm #51987
    DogsGhost
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    video tag + canvas tag + js in HTML5 can do some interactive stuff, though IE 8/7 you won’t get support.

    April 6, 2011 at 6:57 pm #51955
    mikelegacy
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    HTML5 currently is still in a very new state. Mix that with people who don’t update their browsers you may have a problem. It’s unfortunate, because I find HTML5 to be way more sensible than flash as a whole.

    You’ve basically got a double edged sword, it’s either you lose the IE 8/7 people with HTML5, or you lose ALL the mobile phone users with Flash. It’s not fair really.

    April 7, 2011 at 2:47 pm #51864
    zackw
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    You can mimick most flash animations (which is what I’m guessing you want) with javascript and its generally more light weight and browser compatable, mootools is a good javascript library for animations

    April 7, 2011 at 7:42 pm #51876
    ArchDesignLabs
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    @mikelegacy Yeah it really is a double edge sword I have a wonderfully elegant idea that basically cant be available to more than 50 percent of individuals on the web which is crap!


    @zackw     If I make a video per se will I be able to snip the video apart and implement javascript to handle the video and interactivity? I personally dont think so, but please inform me if I am wrong.

    April 7, 2011 at 8:05 pm #51877
    cleecanth
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    You could always do HTML 5/JS with a fall back to Flash. Granted, that nearly doubles your work.

    April 8, 2011 at 3:03 pm #51741
    ArchDesignLabs
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    @cleecanth it certainly does but that might be the only solution for now!

    April 8, 2011 at 3:11 pm #51729
    bmccombs
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    I’d recommend using Javascript. Flash is a slowly dying breed. Html 5 and CSS3 will be very useful, but until Microsoft integrates them completely, you will miss a large chunk of the IE people (annoying).

    April 9, 2011 at 4:37 am #51692
    ArchDesignLabs
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    yeah I am basically learning that nothing really works how it should and flash is complete garbage…

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