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Posted by Gιrard Talbot on 01/30/07 02:04
Travis Newbury wrote :
> On Jan 29, 8:06 am, "Logician" <s...@logicians.com> wrote:
>> I know Flash used to be condemned as a fad and not really taken
>> seriously for e-commerce websites. With the need removed for a Flash
>> plug-in, has Flash been more accepted?
>
> Flash is completely accepted for use on an e-commerce site.
I disagree.
"most of the Flash that Web users encounter each day is bad Flash with
no purpose beyond annoying people (...)
Despite such good intentions, most of the Flash that Web users encounter
each day is bad Flash with no purpose beyond annoying people. The one
bright point is that splash screens and Flash intros are almost extinct.
They are so bad that even the most clueless Web designers won't
recommend them, even though a few (even more clueless) clients continue
to request them.
Flash is a programming environment and should be used to offer users
additional power and features that are unavailable from a static page.
Flash should not be used to jazz up a page. If your content is boring,
rewrite text to make it more compelling and hire a professional
photographer to shoot better photos. Don't make your pages move. It
doesn't increase users' attention, it drives them away; most people
equate animated content with useless content."
Jakob Nielsen, october 2005, Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2005
"Flash collected the bronze medal for annoyance"
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/designmistakes.html
The Biggest Web Design Mistakes of 2004 - 12. Misusing Flash
Most of the time: no skip intro button, no way to turn off music, no way
to stop download, no reasonable way for the user to have full control
over the flash movie/animation. The frustration/powerlessness is worse,
more acute for people on dial-up connection.
"You have to watch a boring, soundless, twenty second flash intro with
no option to skip it. If you're still around when the content loads, the
pain doesn't stop. There is a lovely 8 or 10 second delay between when
you click one of the navigation options and when the content actually
arrives." Vincent Flanders
http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/biggest-web-design-mistakes-in-2004-part2.html
> It
> provides a standard controllable interface for a vast majority of your
> customers.
This is rarely the case.
> HOWEVER, it is NOT for ALL e-commerce sites. There must
> be a good fit between the client and the product. A lot of research
> needs to bo done in order to assure you do not hurt yourself.
>
>> A simple example of what I mean:www.9to5seating.com. This is a
>> catalog based site using Flash. Actually the code is quite simple to
>> write via an XML feed and then Flash can render it. But there are
>> issues of download time, and seo.
>
> Download time is a non issue if it is done right.
Absolutely disagree with you. Flash increases download time and is
almost always more cpu and RAM demanding than an HTML webpage.
> Actionscript and
> dynamic loading of images, sound, and information will make a Flash
> site no heavier than an html site offering the same content.
Absolutely not true.
GΓ©rard
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