Image swap with dhtml effects.

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Sonars_UK

Hi,

Is this the recommended way to do mouse over effects for buttons?

I say this as the hover buttons function is not widely supported now. Does
the image swap functon have the same effect?

Regards,

Sonars UK
 
Two entirely different functions.

Hover buttons use java applets which require
Java Virtual Machine.

Image swaps use javascript which runs in the browser.
Although they sound similar, Java ( JVM ) and javascript
are two entirely different things.
javascript is a stand alone scripting language.

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Hi,

Thanks for the replies. I should have prehaps phrased my original post
differently. I shall have another go!

Most of the websites I have designed use the hover button feature. I
understand on some new computer systems that the hover buttons will not
display.

Is this the same for mouse over/image swap effects or is that being phased
out as well?

Thanks in advance,

Sonars UK


MD Websunlimited said:
Hi Sonars,

While they do not quite work the same they are equivalent. You may wish to
Click to expand...
take a look at J-Bots Mouse Over Image component.
 
No. The issue with hover buttons is Java, which MS is no longer allowed to
distribute. Dynamic HTML image swaps do not use that technology. There are
other issues when using Dynamic HTML, as it uses javascript (unrelated to
java). See my other 1st reply for a sample

Mike
 
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Hi,
Howdy.

Thanks for the replies. I should have prehaps phrased my
original post differently. I shall have another go!

Most of the websites I have designed use the hover
button feature. I understand on some new computer
systems that the hover buttons will not display.

Is this the same for mouse over/image swap effects or
is that being phased out as well?
Click to expand...

No phaseout is underway for the mouse over/image swap
effect.

The issue with Hover Buttons that they were Java applets.
Sun Microsystems owns Java, and was trying to control
Microsoft by (1) making Java popular, and then (2)
requiring changes or limitations in Windows in order to
achieve Java compatability.

Of course, Microsof wouldn't stand for this, and avoided
the issue by no longer equipping Windows with Java.

No such issues are pending with the mouse over/image swap
effect.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
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This is a better way of doing it. Seeings you can use images, it allows for
a lot more customization. On the following sample I used a gif image, and
then an animated gif on the rollover. One thing which may present itself
when you do this is a delay on the moseover, as the image needs to be
loaded. This can be overcome but inserting the second image somewhere else
on the screen and setting the appearance to a pixel size of 1x1. (Learned
that last week- here of course)

http://www.lannonfire.com/Beta/bomb.htm

Mike
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Hi,

Is this the recommended way to do mouse over effects for buttons?

I say this as the hover buttons function is not widely supported now. Does
the image swap functon have the same effect?
 
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