Re: FLASH: Posted without permission

[Jefferis]

On Mon, 27 Sep 1999 20:49:26 -0400, Sienna <

siennafiamg [dot] net

> wrote:


I think I realized part of the problem from some of the criticisms I 

received on my draft site. When people come expecting content and 

direction, they will be disappointed or angered if you are creating a 

movie for a movie's sake.  What I've decided to do is go more quickly to 

a menu for direction and set a button for enjoyment and pleasure - and 

make it known that this section is an art gallery.... not a menu driven 

area going towards a goal.   I think you will have two different types of 

people coming to a site: one that wants to be entertained and wants to 

wait for dynamic content, and one that wants to get from a to b. 


What's happening on the radio sites is that your bottom line concern 

[e-commerce] is going to suffer if you make your movie intensive graphics 

your opening to your overall site. But you can make a flash menu and 

content pages faster than regular html, if you keep them trim. 


I think for an entertainment media driven site like a radio station, 

however, they ought to consider providing state of the art graphics areas 

on their sites as an option, like a chatroom, forum, or game area is on a 

community/special interest site.  I think if you treat the site like a 

fork in the road and have two options, there is a place for both.


Jeff


>Guess I have to come out of the woodwork and comment on this.   I just

>spent the past 6 months using Flash on 2 radio stations because that's what

>they wanted.  Now they have changed their minds and I am having to redo the

>entire sites.  Starting from scratch.  

>

>If any of you are involved in creating radio sites, you may want to

>consider reading articles posted in a magazine called  e radio magazine....

>Even the eye4u site has grown old.  I always skip the intro to see the new

>stuff.  *sigh*  I don't want to give up the effects of flash but I also

>don't want ppl to stop going to a site because they are tired of seeing 

>flash.

>

>

>>>>The sites all looked terrific, but what is the future for Flash? Am I the

>>>>only one who already are a little tired of Flash sites? Or maybe it will be

>>>>be better when those using Flash think more about downloading time?

>>>>

>>>>But using Flash to create a Drop Down Meny will not make a big file I

>guess=



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