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Posted by Krusty on 09/28/71 11:36
"Rob McAninch" <rob_13@excite.com> wrote
> Even for presenting multimedia only, Flash navigation is not a good idea.
> It distracts from the content, wastes bandwidth that your multimedia can
> use, and indeed creates navigation problems.
>
> Numerous usability articles on Flash from useit.com
> http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Auseit.com+Flash
Jakob's on board with Flash. The only issues he has with it is that it
encourages "bad design". Also, the article that says "99% bad" is over 5
years old. In the past five years, Jakob Nielson has *radically* changed his
opinion on Flash. In fact, I sat in on a seminar where he extolled the
virtues of Flash and spoke *very* highly of it for use for interface design.
So, blame the designer, not the product.
In fact, the Halo UI has actually been *approved* by Jakob, who feels it's a
terrific way to navigate.
In this year's "Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2005" he wrote the following:
"I view it as a personal failure that Flash collected the bronze medal for
annoyance. It's been three years since I launched a major effort to remedy
Flash problems and published the guidelines for using Flash appropriately.
When I spoke at the main Flash developer conference, almost everybody agreed
that past excesses should be abandoned and that Flash's future was in
providing useful user interfaces."
Again, blame bad designers, not Flash.
>> I run into a lot of websites that are primarily about music and have
>> Flash-only navigation. Blind people have as much interest in music as
>> the rest of us, don't you think? Probably more, I would guess.
>
> I would agree, didn't take the time to find an authoritative reference.
> But
> http://www.cnib.ca/eng/publications/pamphlets/lwvl/
> suggests that music, as a leisure activity, may be enjoyed more so than
> someone gifted with normal vision.
Again, don't forget that Flash is 508 compliant. Accessibility is not an
issue.
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