Replicating Flash in jQuery
Someone recently pointed me to a very well designed flash website. (AccessTCA). The front page of the site has 3 divisions that slide based on which one is selected. This is a great method to qualify customers. Immediately you’ve divided them into three types of customer and can provide them easily with the information they’re looking for.
The problem with the page is that it is in flash. This is a major downside as far as SEO goes. While that company’s goals might not be to drive customers in from search engine, there’s no reason not to.
What I did to rememedy this SEO situation is reprogram a similar style page in jQuery. There are downsides to this. For one, the script is all but fool proof. Mousing over a different section while an animation is in progress will cause some odd behavior, and generally it can’t be expected to perform as intended.
Maybe there is a jQuery wiz out there who could make this script more robust, but until then you can check out the attempt here. See the source for all of the code.
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