RE: FLASH: General role of Flash in webdesign...

[Verhaegen Tom]

Hi,


As all new products flash has had a big problem, it was used in a

"explosive" way. The moment the flash product was released you saw hundreds

of sites using the flash technology just for the use of it. the result was a

lot of garbage, flash animations which had no content, who were plain ugly

and who distracted the visitors, as a result a lot of content providers saw

the flashtechnology as a treath to clean communication.

Now the flashtechnology has evolved (and also is users), and flash is more

than just an animation tool, it can be used in a lot of ways, i create

complete web-based programs with it, because of its compactnes,

platform-independency and ease of use.


The question is not what role Flash has in webdesign but what flash can do

for your webdesign. If your webdesign doesn't need flash then don't use it.


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Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 4:53 PM

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Subject: FLASH: General role of Flash in webdesign...



Hejsan!


I am currently trying to figure out how important the general role of

Flash is for webdesign issues.


The webdesign firm I work for, generally speaks against the use of

Flash for real website design. The great idol of my bosses seems to be

Jakob Nielsen (http://www.useit.com/), a purist in "webdesign".

Usability is very important in webdesign, but IMO you can combine it

quite good with Flash.


My views of web- and multimedia-design seems to collidate sometimes with

that of my "bosses". :(


So, what are your opinions? How important is the presence of Flash in US

webdesign?


Sincerely,


   Thorvald Neumann

   Medienentwickler


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