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Article #211Re: sIFR - what does everyone think of it?
From: Don_McCahill
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:12
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:12
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It is based on Flash, and very few people don't have a Flash plugin on their system. A very few Flash haters might have removed it, but I think that there is a fallback (TR or something) that leaves the page viewable. I do know that it is preferable in that the text is searchable by search engines. A caveat ... it is only for display elements ... don't try to use it for blocks of text. I would rate it above using a GIF file to get a custom and unusual typeface in a heading or subheads. A page that uses it is <http://typophile.com/forums>
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