Re: FLASH: A couple of cents............

[John Norcic at Cicron Consulting Australia]

I kinda agree with you in one aspect but not in another.


Unfortunatley due to limitations - usually mental - many people (im talking

about average websurfers) do not understand the concept of Flash, or the

true creative input it takes to develop ideas into marketable solutions. One

thing that needs to be bridged is the perception of design.  At what point

does one conclude that what someone has created is purposeful or not. Lets

back up a little and remember that both static images or vector type

graphics are an artform. You know, we all dont just create things for a

general public. Much of the work done by the people in the list is a form of

expression, and through this creative expression skills are both compared

and refined.  Personal achievement is still big in my books.


On the other hand I dont think I'd have a website, that was made entirely of

Flash. I like to give people the option of movin on through with what they

got, and Ill even go as far as saying that that a majority probably wouldnt

know how to install the plugin, (Ive worked for a ISP doing over the phone

tech supp - scary).


But to brighten your perspective on Flash - and the people that find it

useful. I just got a new contract with one of the top 5 international

companies to do some Flash work- for a online launch of a new software

product and there over the moon.  Organisations are now wanting to impress

there clients with how dynamic they are - and lucky for me and the people in

this list, they can achieve this.


Regards,

John

-----Original Message-----

From: Glenn Folkvord <

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Date: Friday, May 07, 1999 8:47 PM

Subject: FLASH: A couple of cents............



>Hi,

>

>I'd like to say something about all the cool Flash sites I've been

recommended lately. All have cool animations and spicy effects, but very

often I find that many sites are made just to show off. It's OK if you are a

web designer or Flash designer and need to display your skills, but after

all most websites are not used for displaying skills of the designers, but

they provide *content*. I started learning Flash one month ago and so far

I've only used it myself to display static technical drawings of certain

products my company is selling. When we're having 20 illustrations with tiny

details on one page, Flash is very useful because the loading time is fast

and the user can zoom in to view the details, so we dont need to display

large GIFs for the details to be visible. This is *useful* implementation of

Flash. Rotating stars, logos that break up and assemble themselves, 3D

animation of words that slide in from the left and what have you, I can

hardly see the practical use for !

>all this. I belive some are blinded by the small file sizes, "hey we can

cram in so much into a 300 K file, the user will have to watch a complete

movie before he find the info he's looking for".

>

>I'd like to know if there are any Flash sites out there that is using Flash

for more than just presentations and skill promotion.

>

>Just my 2 cents worth......

>

>Glenn Folkvord

>Krepro AS

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