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Posted by Harlan Messinger on 12/27/06 16:22
Travis Newbury wrote:
> cwdjrxyz wrote:
>> galt_57@hotmail.com wrote:
>>> Is this stuff justified? I usually find it annoying and keep it
>>> disabled.
>> I depends on what kind of site you have. For instance, flash clips(or
>> wmv, rm, etc) of movies are very necessary if you are trying to sell
>> videos on a site such as Netflix. They also are handy to demonstrate
>> how many other products look and work. If properly designed, they just
>> will not show if not supported or turned off, so someone can buy the
>> widget from the description only. Then for many private web sites they
>> may be quite useful, depending on your interest. At least in the US,
>> well over half of net users are connected with broadband. Thus most
>> will be able to turn on well designed media displays without undue
>> delay. It is nice to use a button to allow the media to be turned on
>> rather than autostarting, which can annoy many. Many flash displays are
>> set to autostart, but this need not be the case.
>
> One other point. A lot of people ENJOY Flash and WANT it. Everyone
> seems to forget that.
That makes sense for lifestyle websites, where users are the kind of
people who are there to hang out or have an "experience". For sites
where people go to buy toasters or books or get product reviews or
answers to questions orr otherwise just accomplish something and get ou,
animation and custom interfaces are mostly a distraction and a
hindrance, whereas no one who goes to such a site that doesn't have such
visual candy feels that their experience has been terribly diminished by
its absence.
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