Comments on: Why I Will Never Use Flash in My Designs, and Why You Shouldn't Either http://fwebde.com/web-design/why-i-will-never-use-flash-in-my-designs-and-why-you-shouldnt-either/ Helping people to make fantastic websites, whether you are a designer, a developer, or someone just who loves websites. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:37:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anthony Emerson http://fwebde.com/web-design/why-i-will-never-use-flash-in-my-designs-and-why-you-shouldnt-either/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Anthony Emerson Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:45:37 +0000 http://fwebde.com/?p=103#comment-18 As someone who works for a search engine marketing company, I have a particular disdain for Flash-based sites. The non-standard GUI comment, in particular, stood out as a good way to describe the problem of commonly difficult navigation on these sites. Pages built entirely in Flash will be the animated GIFs of this decade: passe to the point that webmasters who used them will be ashamed of their work. But Flash has its place as an ADDITIONAL dynamic element. If the primary content on a page is text and images, having a small Flash element doesn't really hurt anything. It can make a site look more professional or maybe have a bit of an interactive element. As someone who works for a search engine marketing company, I have a particular disdain for Flash-based sites. The non-standard GUI comment, in particular, stood out as a good way to describe the problem of commonly difficult navigation on these sites.

Pages built entirely in Flash will be the animated GIFs of this decade: passe to the point that webmasters who used them will be ashamed of their work. But Flash has its place as an ADDITIONAL dynamic element. If the primary content on a page is text and images, having a small Flash element doesn't really hurt anything. It can make a site look more professional or maybe have a bit of an interactive element.

]]> By: Eric Bannatyne http://fwebde.com/web-design/why-i-will-never-use-flash-in-my-designs-and-why-you-shouldnt-either/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Eric Bannatyne Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:53:31 +0000 http://fwebde.com/?p=103#comment-5 Of course, there are some uses for Flash, such as for video like you mentioned. I mostly meant Flash sites where Flash is required to see the content. Also, when HTML 5 is supported by all browsers, the new video element can be used without any plugins. Of course, there are some uses for Flash, such as for video like you mentioned. I mostly meant Flash sites where Flash is required to see the content.

Also, when HTML 5 is supported by all browsers, the new video element can be used without any plugins.

]]> By: Justin D. http://fwebde.com/web-design/why-i-will-never-use-flash-in-my-designs-and-why-you-shouldnt-either/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Justin D. Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:31:48 +0000 http://fwebde.com/?p=103#comment-4 Nice post, but what about site like Youtube, which need Flash as a way for everyone to see videos? Nice post, but what about site like Youtube, which need Flash as a way for everyone to see videos?

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