Posted by The Tactician\" Luke Michaels on 01/20/40 11:37

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.

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.

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"The Tactician" Luke Michaels
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