Posted by Karl Groves on 10/05/07 15:00

Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in
news:BfOdnWH5jYz8sZvanZ2dnUVZ_hudnZ2d@comcast.com:

> SpaceGirl wrote:
>> On Oct 5, 11:07 am, Phil Payne <p...@isham-research.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> "etc"? Hardly, it completely limits "etc" Simple example an all
>>>> Flash site. The guidelines limit virtually any innovation on the
>>>> web.
>>> Quite the reverse. Thay make the innovation of handheld browsers
>>> MUCH more accessible.
>>>
>>> A million iPhones sold? How many Blackberrys? How many Nokia
>>> Communicators?
>>>
>>> And these devices are being used by people in the right
>>> demographics, with high disposable incomes. Most of the guidelines
>>> for making web sites accessible also make them handheld friendly.
>>>
>>> Flash is as obsolete as frames. Sorry - backed wrong horse. It's
>>> actually disabled on this machine.
>>
>> That's an extremely ignorant statement.
>>
>> Flash is the fastest growing online market. Flash video is THE single
>> fastest growing technology at the moment. I'm really shocked by your
>> statement.
>>
>
> Don't you know that any technology you don't like is obsolete?
>
> What he's ignoring is that most web surfing is NOT done on phones.
> also, I can't help it if his phone is old and obsolete. Maybe he
> needs to get an updated one.
>
> I agree flash use is growing. In fact, I want some flash on one of my
> sites (no, not the home page! - an interactive demo). But I'm not the
> graphics types. Gotta find a designer I can afford to sub to who can
> do this :-)
>
> Flash is overused in some cases, IMHO. But it is necessary for some
> things.
>

I must've missed a number of these responses, perhaps because I have
Google Groupers blocked.

From my experience, it appears that Flash use for an entire website (UI,
content, the whole thing) has dropped off the face of the earth. The
last time I saw Flash used in that way, it was for some boutique web
design firm, not a real information based website but rather little more
than eye candy.

Instead, I see Flash being used for things like Jerry mentioned:
presentations, Flash video or widgets. I think this is an appropriate
use of Flash in most cases. In these cases, however, Flash is becoming
superceded by its relative: Flex.

--
Karl Groves
http://www.WebAccessStrategies.com

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