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27th February 2007 - Link Blog

swf Image Replacement. Really neat idea: unobtrusively replace an inline image with a SWF, then apply effects like rotation, rounded corners and drop-shadowns. Shame it suffers from Flash-Of-Unstyled-Content.

Posted 27th February 2007 at 7:51 pm

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