Build a site using Flash or not?

by **TheGrooveking** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 8:45 pm

M. Balmer wrote:Flash is also cool if your name is Gordon...

Get it right, for you it's "Flesh Gordon".

TheGrooveking

by **TheGrooveking** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 8:46 pm

ToneFreak wrote:I forgot about the SEO... won't be doing flash.

But I noticed you ignored my input.....

TheGrooveking

by **apeshape** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:44 am

First. Ask yourself what you want to achieve.
Secondly. What are the real benefits of Flash you can't do with other techniques.

Trend is to use AJAX within pages to load/scroll through certain parts, transitional effects, overlays etc etc. That way you can still be accessible to search engines and for users to use the back button as a navigational tool.

Unless you're into information graphics, advanced storytelling. Go with regular HTML/CSS. Animation, just for the sake of it can be tiresome after a few visits.

Most good pages these days are built strictly with CSS/Javascript and that gives you a lot of freedom for what you want.
That being said. Any serious page should have a fallback solution for those without Javascript turned on. It's a bit more common than you might think.

But I love the good stuff as much as anyone else. Here are some great examples of how to use Javascript/AJAX
http://www.webdesignerwall.com/general/ ... eb-design/

by **Diabolical Bastard** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 2:43 pm

Yes to flash, no to pastels...