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Jscript Direct Animation library

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    Jscript Direct Animation library

    Only just discovered this existed. Would far rather use a coded solution for the simple animations I need than fanny about with Flash.

    From doc is built into IE4 onwards like jscript generally. Anyone used it in commerial website? Could Netscape/Opera say view an animation.? Any other obvious problems? Don't want to spend time on it and find it's earwig.

    Any ideas on this? Much ta as usual.

    #2
    i think it requires some non-default ActiveX control installed, if I were you I'd use Flash

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      #3
      DirectAnimation

      Not really recommended.

      VERY microsofty (IE4 and up only). Uses a DirectX type rendering engine built into Internet Explorer.

      The project has been abandoned internally at Microsoft, as about 3 developers worldwide actually used in, and 30,000 developers went and learned Flash by Macromedia.

      Flash gives you a more widely accepted means of delivering web animation across platforms and browser versions.

      That's my advice anyway.

      DP.

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        #4
        Oh

        If you want to see what it can do in a few lines of browser script:

        mule.sworks.com/keng/da/multimedia/danim/jscript/showcase/tile.html

        mule.sworks.com/keng/da/multimedia/danim/jscript/exercises/geometry.html

        Nonetheless THIS TECHNOLOGY IS A DEAD END.

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          #5
          Buy this if budget is tight

          www.swishzone.com/index.php?area=home&product=max

          SWiSHmax is our most powerful Flash creation tool. With 230 new effects, a Javascript-like scripting language and support for dynamic content and input forms, SWiSHmax has everything you need to create fully interactive Flash presentations. At only $99.95, SWiSHmax is outstanding value!

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            #6
            Re: Buy this if budget is tight

            MSFT will have new vector flash-like competitor in Longthorn, naturally with very good browser support, however it will be many years before its well spread enough to target - by then flash will be built into mobile phones and what not.

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              #7
              Re: Buy this if budget is tight

              Ta chaps. The DA samples on the Visual Studio CD look good but from your comments I think I'll stick with Flash.

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