Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 10/09/07 13:59

SpaceGirl wrote:
> Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>> SpaceGirl wrote:
>>> Travis Newbury wrote:
>>
>>>> What it's not good for:
>>>> Complete websites
>>>> text based information site (like, but not limited to sites like
>>>> google)
>>>> menus/navigation
>>>
>>> I disagree, and this is exactly what I was arguing. Flash COULD be
>>> used for ANY of those... it depends on context - meaning the
>>> audience, the
>>> content etc...
>>>
>>
>> And that's where I strongly disagree. That's when a website gets
>> really frustrating really fast.
>>
>
> Only because you don't understand the technology though. Flash doesn't
> need to be fancy. Sometimes it can offer something small and more
> efficient than HTML+CSS. While generally I'd agree that there are some
> things you shouldn't really try have Flash do, completely writing it off
> is terribly short sighted unless you are a secret Flash genius and know
> without a doubt "it won't work". Flash is -so- powerful these days, you
> can create practically anything in it (you could, for example, write
> your own web browser INSIDE Flash if you wanted); I know as a Flash
> person I'm not smart enough to say exactly where Flash's boundaries lay.
>

You keep saying this, talk is cheap. If the content is basically text
using Flash appears not to add value but lend to complications in
bandwidth (maybe not the initial download but the bottom line time to
display) and versatility for user accessibility unless carefully
engineered by the flash designer (although I have jet to witness an
example of this too)

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Take care,

Jonathan
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