Comments on: Why Flash-based websites are bad http://unitstep.net/blog/2006/08/06/why-flash-based-websites/ the home of peter chng Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:16:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Peter Chng http://unitstep.net/blog/2006/08/06/why-flash-based-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-101399 Peter Chng Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:14:45 +0000 http://unitstep.net/blog/2006/08/06/why-flash-based-websites-are-bad/#comment-101399 Hey Andy, I agree 100%. There's nothing inherently wrong with flash - it's great for websites like YouTube or Google Finance where it plays an important part in delivering content and interaction. However, using Flash to deliver loads of text or other information that display just fine in HTML is a waste. Hey Andy,

I agree 100%. There’s nothing inherently wrong with flash - it’s great for websites like YouTube or Google Finance where it plays an important part in delivering content and interaction. However, using Flash to deliver loads of text or other information that display just fine in HTML is a waste.

]]> By: andy http://unitstep.net/blog/2006/08/06/why-flash-based-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-101175 andy Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:15:37 +0000 http://unitstep.net/blog/2006/08/06/why-flash-based-websites-are-bad/#comment-101175 Even though this post is two years old, i couldnt agree more. I do not blame the flash programmers for the site, because flash is fun to write, but I blame the people paying them to make a website. I am in the market for a new vehicle, and out of the 36 different brands websites I visited, only two sites had minimal or no flash. www.lexus.com and www.mercedesbenz.com I went to fords website, and the main page took 41 seconds to load on an 800kbs connection. That is simply insane! I think the only acceptable use of flash, is for gaming. Even though this post is two years old, i couldnt agree more.
I do not blame the flash programmers for the site, because flash is fun to write, but I blame the people paying them to make a website.
I am in the market for a new vehicle, and out of the 36 different brands websites I visited, only two sites had minimal or no flash. http://www.lexus.com and http://www.mercedesbenz.com
I went to fords website, and the main page took 41 seconds to load on an 800kbs connection. That is simply insane!
I think the only acceptable use of flash, is for gaming.

]]> By: A.S. http://unitstep.net/blog/2006/08/06/why-flash-based-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-52809 A.S. Mon, 09 Jul 2007 13:35:51 +0000 http://unitstep.net/blog/2006/08/06/why-flash-based-websites-are-bad/#comment-52809 Aside the poor design. Flash is pretty much a pointless medium when trying to get information from a site. They are flash only websites which could easily be achieved non-flash and unviewable on devices which do not support it. What happened to the old guidelines where websites could be viewable in any browser.... When a site is completely flash-based, no matter how 'flash' it is - it is automatically a poor design because it remains only accessible to people with flash installed. Mobile devices have poor flash support and with this a growing market (mobile internet) surely, more thought should be into sites that have mobile accessibility....I just can't believe that some so-called trained/expert web developers overlook this. Cowboys I say.. Aside the poor design. Flash is pretty much a pointless medium when trying to get information from a site. They are flash only websites which could easily be achieved non-flash and unviewable on devices which do not support it. What happened to the old guidelines where websites could be viewable in any browser…. When a site is completely flash-based, no matter how ‘flash’ it is - it is automatically a poor design because it remains only accessible to people with flash installed. Mobile devices have poor flash support and with this a growing market (mobile internet) surely, more thought should be into sites that have mobile accessibility….I just can’t believe that some so-called trained/expert web developers overlook this. Cowboys I say..

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