FLASH: bad design with Flash

[Robert Warnke]

Hi John,


: > I have a big wish for the Flash Player:

: > It is very important for the user to have a full control about his

: > browser and the plugins.

: To expect that if you hit the stop button and the Flash animation will

: stop and you will be able to see just HTML then the site must be an

: HTML/Flash hybid site such as Marc Hoffman's

: http://www.jps.net/dartfrog/sampler/.


this is unfortunately not true. The Stop-Button work not right.


: Not all sites should be all Flash

: or even use many graphics but some are suited to this purpose and can

: give the visitor a more pleasing visual experience.


This is very impolite and the visitors will leave often this sides.


: Many designers use animations and Wait-for-Frames to provide a visual

: indication or amusement for a piece while it is downloading so their

: animation will play as designed. Others just waste your time but I don't

: believe you have the knowledge (at least not yet) to determine which is

: which.


I think you have no knowledge about the difference between interactivity and

animation. In my interactivity are no time for amusement.  Do you have a

time delay in the brake of your car? I hope you have a good amusement.


: > My wish is please make it possible to skip over or to switch off this

: > stupid stuff.

: This may or may not be possible depending on the site designer's

: implementation of what he wants to do. Putting in a bypass animation is

: only possible sometimes. The decision is in the Flash designers hands

: and not the users.


And this is the big mistake of macrodemia to allow this. The results are a

lot of bad Flash-sides (see Macromedia sides too).


: > A good user interface is for me:

: > - NO time delays or animation between the interactivities. This is

: > very impolite!

: I agree I create Flash to stream and play virtually instantly under

: normal Web conditions but I fill time with animation to try to make the

: waiting process seem less like waiting.


Do you see a little animation in the time delay of the brake of your car?


: It is possible to design a hybrid site (Flash & HTML) to do as you wish

: but many sites are going to rely on Flash for all of their content. This

: will change when there is a single downloadable Font system possibly in

: generation 5 version browsers. Currently you have the option on many

: sites to choose Flash or HTML. Other sites are not going to give you

: that option and you don't have to visit them if you don't want to.


Of course it is possible to make hybrid sites. First I create a good

HTML-Code and if I have time I'll make a Flash file. I think the probability

that I 'll find such a side without good HTML-Code is fortunately very

small. The search engine can't see this sides. A big "thank you" for the

designer of this sides.



Robert Warnke

Berlin (Germany)

http://rowa.giso.de






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