Re: [flasher] Re: Nielsen on Flash; not bad actually

[Jordan L. Chilcott]

Then he'd probably get bashed just for being Jakob. Unfortunately, his

statement below is very valid (I think that a few others would agree with

me). Many are merely showing off with Flash and not communicating with it.


We are having a similar thread on Dreamweaver, all because Tom G. answered

to a site check call and said plain and simple, "I don't get it!".


jord


on 1/26/01 12:13 AM, Kristopher Wainwright at

wainwrightkyahoo [dot] com

 wrote:


> 

> Laughing ....

> 

> I can, for some strange reason, foresee alot of Jakob

> Bashing again .... lol.

> 

> Kris Sends .....

> 

> 

> 

>

--- Gahlord Dewald <gahlordweedsmedia [dot] com> wrote:

>> 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:

>> 

>> 

>> 

>> ====== Forwarded Message ======

>> Date: 1/24/01 5:03 PM

>> Received: 1/24/01 7:04 PM

>> From: TheStandard.com

>

> <thestandards_buildreply [dot] thestandard [dot] com>

>

> To: gahlordweedsmedia [dot] com

>> 

>> 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.

>> ====== End Forwarded Message ======

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