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Asked: 2026-05-14T19:21:53+00:00

I just been looking at the Steam website and noticed it doesn’t use Flash.

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I just been looking at the Steam website and noticed it doesn’t use Flash.

What technologies are being used to create the page? For example the slide bar to scroll through the different games, how exactly is that happening?

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    Javascript, and lots of it. From the page’s head:

    <head> 
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> 
    <title>Welcome to Steam</title> 
    <link href="http://cdn.store.steampowered.com/public/css/styles_storev5.css?v=221260115" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> 
<!--[if lte IE 6]> <link href="http://cdn.store.steampowered.com/public/css/styles_storev5_ie6.css?v=3855293424" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
 <![endif]--> 
<!--[if lte IE 7]> <style type="text/css"> .iepoupfix{ display: block; } </style> <![endif]--> 
    <script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.store.steampowered.com/public/javascript/swfobject.js?v=3216748271&l=english"></script> 
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.store.steampowered.com/public/javascript/prototype-1.6.0.2.js?v=1627908004&l=english"></script> 
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.store.steampowered.com/public/javascript/scriptaculous/scriptaculous.js?v=1333279996&l=english&load=effects,controls,slider"></script> 
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.store.steampowered.com/public/javascript/javascript.js?v=853265233&l=english"></script> 
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.store.steampowered.com/public/javascript/main.js?v=199395227&l=english"></script> 
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.store.steampowered.com/public/javascript/jserrorreport.js?v=19341832&l=english"></script> 
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.store.steampowered.com/public/javascript/header.js?v=318945778&l=english"></script> 
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.store.steampowered.com/public/javascript/search.js?v=630051104&l=english"></script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.store.steampowered.com/public/javascript/cluster.js?v=4033443305&l=english"></script> 
    <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" title="Steam Search" href="http://store.steampowered.com/public/open_search.xml"> 
</head>

    Notable libraries: Scriptaculous. Prototype. swfobject.js! Strangely that last one is actually supposed to be useful for embedding flash, though I’m not sure if it’s in use on that page (perhaps just elsewhere on the site for movies or audio).

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