Re: [vox] [vox-tech] webpage question

["Mark K. Kim" <markslist@MAPScbreak.org>]

I just want to point out a couple things, neither of which may be relevant
but may be helpful:

FYI, what you're about to use is Dynamic HTML (DHTML), not specifically
Javascript.  Javascript is used by DHTML for animation, but DHTML specs is
what determines the layers, coordinate systems, and such, and glues
Javascript as a part of the spec to make everything dynamic.  You'll need
to know that when you look for more resources on the web (google search
for "dhtml" instead of simply "javascript").

Also, Javascript is easy to learn if you know just C (except all functions
in Javascript are grouped into hierarchical names separated by ".").
Java will be difficult to learn knowing only C, however.  FYI, Java and
Javascript have nothing in common except for the name and their indirect
root in C;  AMOF, Javascript was invented separately from Java, and was
originally named "Livescript" (by Netscape), renamed only later when
another technology released slightly earlier, Java (by Sun), caught the
hype-fever.

-Mark

On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:

> begin Erik Mullinix <Hesp@rainworks.org>
> > The Key is in the files loaded the type of files and the order of them
> > loading.
>
> erik, i'm not sure this is workable.  since this is animation, load time
> for a set of images "off by 1 pixel" would be prohibitive.  i'd be
> loading something like 640 images.
>
> > However. what you want to do would best be done in flash.
>
> and i feel guilty working with javascript (may bill forgive me)! :-)
> iirc, the flash development program hasn't been ported to linux, and it
> costs $$$.
>
> i think rod was right on -- i think this can be done with javascript.
> the question is just to learn javascript.  i know dumb stuff like how to
> do onmouse/onfocus stuff and scrolling status bars.  perhaps i should
> roll up my sleeves and learn the language more fully.
>
> everytime i promise myself to not learn any more new languages,
> something like this always pops up.  i wonder if there are any php or
> better yet perl wrappers for javascript functionality...
>
> pete
>
>
> > hesp
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Peter Jay Salzman" <p@dirac.org>
> > To: "Marianne Waage" <yamara@plush.org>; "Linux User Group of Davis"
> > <vox@lists.lugod.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 10:52 AM
> > Subject: [vox] [vox-tech] webpage question
> >
> >
> > > hey marianne and rod,
> > >
> > > cropping isn't an option -- i was thinking of trying to figure out how
> > > to "animate" a background.  so having a background:
> > >
> > >     -----------------------------------------------------------
> > >     |                                                         |
> > >     |lo                                                    hel|
> > >     |ld                                                    wor|
> > >     |                                                         |
> > >     |  i think i shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree.  |
> > >     |                                                         |
> > >     -----------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > where the 2 ends "fit together" (symbolized by my hello world).
> > >
> > > then redisplyaing the background at different coordinates to give the
> > > illusion that you're walking or viewing something that moves.
> > >
> > > so i need to figure out 2 things:
> > >
> > > 1. how to display an image with putting a certain coordinate in the
> > > upper left corner of the browser window
> > >
> > > 2. how to constantly change the background image
> > >
> > > i think the answer lies somewhere in javascript.   i started playing
> > > around with javascript yesterday (http://www.dirac.org/eatery).  never
> > > mind the content.  the point was to learn some javascript.
> > >
> > > do you guys know enough javascript to help me out with this?
> > >
> > > pete
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