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Who knows, but it’s really peeing me off.
Who knows, but it’s really peeing me off.
Also, are you implying that it doesn't take skill to create flash? In a way, it's true, just as you don't need skill to create a basic webpage, but to make an optimised flash presentation, clear, but something that grasps the viewer's attention and offers more scope than an HTML page would...that takes skill.
> Who knows, but it’s really peeing me off.
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Most things do, dont they Turbonutter!
I think Multimedaia has its role on the Web, but Flash seems to be something we designers are either totally for, or totally against.
Personally, I think that bad design is more likely using flash, that it can sometimes be hard to navigate especially people used to normal HTML websites, and that it takes up resources that could be better spent improving the site's core value.
We all know that if a web page is fast and it takes loads of time for it to appear that the user is just going to press the back button and look elsewhere for business. This is why I feel that Flash can also lose visitors before they have even seen the site.
I do however think flash can be used very well in proportions, like banners or buttons. As they dont take up as much time to load.
Im not sure quite how flash websites optimise there sites for search engines but surely they must find it difficult, because the page will not consisit of any text only an image and probably hasnt got the space to fit in meta tags and alt tags.
So how do they do it?
A website can have the best flash in the world, but if no one sees it, its not much use!
I'm not sure how Flash is created, but from what I've seen, it has got to have much more kknolage involved than making HTML Pages .. .after all it can to so muc more than be used for animation, that from what I've seen, that seems to be it's most popular use.
Ive seen a lot of sites with small bits of flash which do work, but on the whole as soon as it says loading I go elsewhere.
Can't be bothered to wait.
And I'll think you'll find that neither can most of the people out there.