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Posted by Chaddy2222 on 01/07/06 07:53
"The Tactician" Luke Michaels wrote:
> Rob McAninch wrote:
> > Followup set to alt.html, the only relevant group.
> >
> > Glenn Knickerbocker>:
> >
> >> On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 12:02:06 GMT, "\"The Tactician\" Luke Michaels"
> >> <benserwa@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> website in Flash is alright if you don't have a lot to say,
> >>> text-wise, and just want to present multimedia, or if your primary
> >>> goal is for the website to be dynamic, eye-catching, and
> >>> attention-grabbing. The people who can't see your site probably can't
> >>> see that kind of multimedia anyway or don't care.
> >
> >
> > 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
>
> I find this stuff extremely humorous... it all just seems like designers
> are scared of going outside fundamental design prinicples for the
> purpose of artistic manipulation of the interface.
I can tell you that a lot of people wouldn't give a stuff about
"Artistic Manipulation" or what ever you choose too call it.
As a forinstence, I would not go to a car dealers website too look at
buying a car, only to be faced with hard to use navigation and little
round thingies bounceing all over the place.
I would just want too look at what they were celling and maybe get a
price or two.
So in that case, the "Artistic B.S". Is just a waste of time.
>
> All I'm saying is, Flash is great if you want to fuck with navigation in
> ways you can't otherwise, and perhaps such changes in navigation are not
> fundamentally 100% efficient but they can be more exciting, more
> engaging, and more artistic.
That's fine for an art site, but not good for anything else.
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Regards Chad. http://freewebdesign.cjb.cc
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