Flash or Flash or HTML layers, what are the pros and cons of each. I am trying to decide what one to use. I just don’t know which one to use. With flash I can align my images precisely. Is using layers the same, and do all browser’s show layers?

Thanks for any help

personally i dont like flash sites.. cant stand them..

i would def go for html layers.


they are easily manageable via a simple code and you basically dont need a specific software to modify the layouts etc.. etc..

almost all of the latest browsers (99%) support them and only the old ones dont render them properly..

benefits :

all mentioned above +

fast loading pages,
easily spidered by engines.
full control over layouts.
if u use an external css to control the layout - its ur imagination. change them all by just changing one file.
and most of all, you will have the good feeling that you have a cool site based on w3c standards and which looks and loads much better than others

edit : also if u using dreamweaver then you can use the layout mode(editor) to draw ur layouts and position your images and dreamweaver will automatically do the codes for you.

definitive HTML layers
;-)

html layers more search engine friendly than flash. But flash more attractive and apealing. May be a mixture of both.

Who are your target audience? I think this will dictate what you do.

If you ask a group of Flash developers they will favour Flash, other developers and non-Flash designers will favour an alternative such as CSS, but the site is not usually being created for the benefit of these groups.

Accessibility and marketing-wise I would favour a non-Flash solution but I'm not a Flash developer.