Nielsen on Flash; not bad actually

[Gahlord Dewald]

I thought you might all get a kick out of this. I'm still drinking out of my

fuck->jakob_nielsen mug, mind you. But here's a quick bit from the standard:




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TIS: One of the things you've said is that 99 percent of the time

Flash is bad. But how do you differentiate between Flash as content

and Flash in design?


JN: I think the question is, Do you have content that lends itself

well to an animated presentation? And often there is. Customer service

would be a good example if you're showing someone how to repair some

equipment. Unfortunately, this is theoretical. Right now, Flash is

very rarely being used to actually communicate things. It's more used

for showing off. Instead, you should animate some movement, or

something that actually shows a change.

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