[UPHPU] IE z-index bug and CSS vs. table layout

[Walt Haas]

On Tue, 2007-01-23 at 07:51 -0800, cole at colejoplin.com wrote:
> Wade,
> 
> >>> If so, I choose Flash.
> >>
> >> I am not against Flash if used appropriately. Navigation however is  
> >>  an example of when/where flash should not be used in my opinion.
> >
> > The avalanche map on the other hand would be an excellent application
> > for Flash.
> 
> I agree. As a general rule, I don't like to use Flash for menus,  
> navigation, or holding searchable content, because of seo. Every page,  
> and its content, should be crawled. But if I do want a link inside a  
> flash movie, I'd always make sure all links were in the markup  
> somewhere.
> 
> If the avalanche map is up-to-the-moment dynamic, all Utah conditions  
> can be seen at a glance. The point is to deliver the information, not  
> figure out elegant popups.

So for my education, how would you do this?  Generate the .swf file from
the DB whenever a browser visited that page?  How expensive is that?  I
have no experience generating .swf on the fly.

Thanks  -- Walt