Hey, why don’t we build the site in Flash!  It’ll be realy cool!

In any web development process, someone always wants to use Flash.  That’s understandable - you can make stuff move and dance around on the screen - but remember that Flash is also the basis of the most annoying ads on the Intertubes.  So lots of people use “Flashblock” with the result on the right.  Many other, portable devices, simply don’t handle Flash very well, again with the result on the right.

This screenshot is from an HP link about their little netbook.  Notice the complete lack of content?  It’s just a big, black square.  I bet they wish I were reading about their netbook instead of writing about how crappy their website is.

Doing entire pages in Flash may seem fun, kids.  Until somebody’s ad is poked out…

Posted by George on 07/15/09 at 07:02 AM
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