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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Well there can be many reasons, mine was
because I wanted it to be able to be search engine friendly, don’t google
it though as it doesn’t come up </span></font><font size=2 color=navy
face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:navy'>J</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Also if the user wants content under the
menu which isn’t flash then there will probably be a whole bag of issues
with that as well. Never tried it personally as I have tried to steer clear of
it. If the content was all flash then they could, as you said, do a drop down
menu driven by an external xml file. I did one when I built the animal site ( <a
href="http://www.animal.co.uk/">http://www.animal.co.uk</a> – does not
use the swfobject ).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>From a personal point of view I always prefer
building navigation systems in flash as they are more appealing and you have full
control in how they behave and interact with the user.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>By the way I wouldn’t say your dumb,
just intellectual challenged </span></font><font size=2 color=navy
face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:navy'>J</span></font><font
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color:navy'> he he<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
swfobject-bounces@lists.deconcept.com [mailto:swfobject-bounces@lists.deconcept.com]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Jim Berkey<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 21 June 2006 12:40<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> swfobject@lists.deconcept.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [SWFObject] SWFObject
Digest, Vol 3, Issue 26</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>What am I
missing? After following this thread for a while, I see a flash author trying
to jigger a css dropdown menu to work cross-browser on top of a flash file. Am
I dumb(rhetorical- please don't answer)? - why don't you just create the
menu - much more elegantly (imho), within the flash file? Is there a design
restraint that I'm not seeing? The menu can even be xml driven if it
will change often.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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On 6/21/2006 at 12:00 PM Gordon Newell wrote:</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Brion,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><div style="z-index: 2"
id="header"> (I added the style="Z-index: 2")</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>and</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><div style="z-index: 1"
id="flash1"> (I added the style="Z-index: 1")</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>It works ;)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Gordon.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
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swfobject-bounces@lists.deconcept.com
[mailto:swfobject-bounces@lists.deconcept.com] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Brion Keith Mills<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, 21 June 2006 9:53
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> swfobject@lists.deconcept.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [SWFObject] SWFObject
Digest, Vol 3, Issue 26</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thanks Jason,<br>
<br>
However, when I changed to: </span></font><font face="Courier New"><span
style='font-family:"Courier New"'>so.addParam("wmode", "<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>opaque</span></b>");</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> I got the same results.<br>
<br>
I'm beginning to think this is hopeless. Here's the link to the Flash in
question: <a href="http://65.115.104.39/1105Media/index_v3.html">http://65.115.104.39/1105Media/index_v3.html</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 6/20/06, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Jason
Grunstra</span></b> <<a href="mailto:jgrunstra@gmail.com">jgrunstra@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:</span></font></span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>wmode = "opaque" typically gives better frame rate
performance, and<br>
will also allow you to display layers overtop of Flash<br>
<br>
> Subject: Re: [SWFObject] SWF Object and CSS drop menus<br>
> did you try wmode = "transparent" ? <br>
><br>
> On 6/20/06, Brion Mills <<a href="mailto:bmills@101com.com">bmills@101com.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Hello Geoff,<br>
> ><br>
> > Let me first start off by both thanking and congradulating you on
your <br>
> success with swfObject.<br>
> ><br>
> > I am contacting you regarding an issue that was brought up in your
"Why<br>
> don't you use FlashObject?" post.<br>
> ><br>
> > In the comments section, a user addressed the problems with Flash <br>
> transparency. I implemented your suggestion to place the fo.write after
all<br>
> of the parameters. I did that and it worked partially.<br>
> ><br>
> > I am using a CSS drop menu, with a touch of javascript. FF of course <br>
> doesn't cause any issues. However, IE6 doesn't agree with this at all.
Upon<br>
> rolling over the menu, the flash movie still forces the menu items behind<br>
> it. I have tried a number of z-index solutions with no success. <br>
> ><br>
> > If you have the time, could you please show me a contextual example
of how<br>
> this should work?<br>
> ><br>
> > Thanks again for all of your hard work!<br>
> ><br>
> > Brion <br>
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