Rotating images

[whatson]

These days people tend to avoid flash, so what is the best alternative method for having e.g. a banner with some rotating images?

[phranque]

one option is an animated gif.

using javascript you could cycle through an array of similar-sized images, replacing the src attribute value of an image element at regular intervals sufficient to simulate animation or rotate at a readable speed as required.
you might also want to preload those images into browser cache so that the first cycle of animation isn't slowed by the individual image downloads.

[lucy24]

OK, I give up. Do you mean "rotating" as in revolving (turning or visibly moving), or do you mean "rotating" as in cycling through a rota of images at intervals of 10 seconds or a minute?

[phranque]

it's essentially the same problem, just the display time of each image changes.

[swa66]

Aside of the problems with flash ...

Is it also not a reaction of the visitors that the web designers want to avoid: the more it moves, the faster the visitor looks for the back button ?


You have other options: transitions in css is about the first I come up with, but other options exist as well such as svg animation (yeah, "that" browser won't do svg to start with)

Ref:
CSS3 transitions: [w3.org...]
SVG animation: [w3.org...]

[whatson]

I mean rotating as in cycling through images, perhaps the image also contains some text on top of it, is hyperlinked, and has back and forward buttons to scroll through the images.
This is fairly simple stuff though right?

[rainborick]

The web is full of JavaScript slideshows that will do that. Search on "JavaScript slideshow captions".