Re: FLASH: About Flash in Sweden and perception

[Mary Brzys]

Hi Nigel,


Beauty is in the eye of the beholder! Hey 3D and video aren't the end all

be all, do it better than anything else!!! Linear animation can hold it's

own right up there with 3D and it's a hell of a lot quicker to illustrate

in Flash than 3D. I've done 3D to Flash, (not so bad, once you get the hang

of it) I've done stop motion claymation (easy but tedious, and it takes

forever!!!) 3D animation and animated gifs, whoopdy do da day! Oh boy oh

boy I've got me a spinning engine on my page, wow wee! Go make your CDs,

off with ya! Thanks I'll stick with Flash and the web!


Mary Brzys


Nigel Randsley-Pena wrote:


> David,

>

> Some comments, if I may.

>

> 'Content _should_ be king.'

>

> If we are talking about a sie that wishes to convey information yes,

> quite true.

>

> 'The bottom line is...it (Flash) still cannot stand up to 3D animation

> and high-end ... CD-rom or video special effects. It doesnt matter what

> you produce, it cannot compare to video...'

>

> Don't follow you here, Flash is a 2D creation tool, forget 3D. If it's a

> 2D tool use 2D specific animation tricks. But don't try to compare it

> with 3D animation tools. Video ??? We are talking about web tools are we

> not ?

>

> 'I haven't seen a flash site yet, including my own, that was worth the

> DL'

>

> Can't agree again. I think your site is well worth the DL. I would never

> visit it for content's sake, but enjoyed it to the full because of it's

> very rich content. It tells a lot about it's creator.

>

> '...simply because, for what its worth, it doesn't come close to what

> we're used to in the "Video" world...'

>

> Dave, Dave, blas� doesn't become you.

>

> 'The new Star Wars better have a good plot...'

> I don't think even the best of plots would make it worth viewing, so I

> guess I agree with you on this one.

>

> 'the wrong and inexperience use of it(Flash) could sabotage it's name.

> My biggest pet peeve is designers that design using Flash for the simple

> sake of using it.'

>

> Again I would have to agree. But the same argument applies at other

> levels, replace Flash with HTML and you're still correct.

>

> 'I cant begin to name how many flash sites ... only to sift through

> links with absolutely no content except ...'

>

> Welcome to the world of media. Take a magazine or a newspaper or a TV

> programme cut out all the ads and the irrelevant information, that is

> remove the noise, what are you left with ?

>

> 'Designing function around form is not the way to produce ergonomically

> friendly flash web sites. I always design form around function. If the

> function does not require flash, why in the world would you use it?'

>

> Yes indeed. But 'ad captandum vulgus' does work like that.

>

> 'I only wait for semi large Flash sites to load ...Over 400k, I won't

> wait.'

>

> Pity isn't it. I also wonder why a simple concept like streaming is so

> hard to understand. The worst thing Flash has is that 'if frame is

> loaded' thinggy. It allows sloppy Flash creation. I compare it to goto

> in a programming language. If you use it something is wrong. Is that so

> hard to understand ?

>

> 'Ive seen Stock brokers on the net using flash. huh?'

>

> OK, you like your stock brokers dressed in grey suits and they should't

> smile. Not everyone is of the same opinion. You're off target on this

> one. I would recomend a Flash/Generator created site for a stock broker.

> Realtime online personalised content for your clients, with full

> graphics and all ? Can't you just imagine the stock broker salivating ?

>

> 'Flash, IMHO, should be used for dynamic internet presentations for

> products,

> services, and entertainment purposes(i.e. games, etc.) nothing else.

> Flash(at

> the moment) was not intended to contain large databases.'

>

> Sorry but this I can only say is total BS. Flash can handle large

> databases, today, right now. David ! You slipped again !

>

> 'Right now Flash is the only answer to animated, interactive interface

> design

> for web delivery.'

>  Yes, so it is, but I don't believe you can't see that it's not only for

> that.

> Flash is very good for delivering content.

>

> Nigel

>

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