Re: FLASH: Posted without permission Now Does Flash suck

[Kevin Jackson]

I've been following this thread and find it interesting that many are

complaining that the sky is falling because of the views of a few critics.

FLASH will not make a site good or bad. The content and the creator will do

that. You see people rip FLASH sites in here all the time that if you showed

to most people they would go crazy for.


1)    We have seen a lot of sites so it takes more to impress us.

2)    The critics at these sites have opinions. Nothing more. As a designer

take the part that makes sense, address it and make a better site

3)    If a Flash site doesn't change it is no different than an old magazine

(or for that matter most HTML sites) Who does want to see the same things

over and over. Give them a skip button. Change the content. Give them a

reason to watch and they will.

4)    You said "Sad to say, I have read the magazine which was given to me

by one of the radio stations I'm doing and I agree with the arguments about

flash, graphics and marketing." You didn't say what they said. Regardless

see point number 2.

5)   Then you said, "People are tired of Flash.  I hear it over and over and

over again how tired people are of Flash." I have never met anyone who has

said after seeing any Flash page I showed them that it didn't look as good

as HTML. Most people are really excited by it.


I think we are hearing from a lot of jaded people. They are probably the

same type that thought that TV and Moving Pictures were gimmicks and not

"real"  communication mediums. Flash and the Web will continue to evolve and

things will get to be clich�'s but I don't see people choosing lifeless

technology to the interactive experience which Flash can be.


Kevin Jackson

Triskelian Design

kjacksontriskelian [dot] com

BTW, many of the people who criticize Flash probably like the "creative,

artistic sites" on the web. I often find these the least user friendly sites

on the net and end up thinking why bother. They are generally loved by the

same type of people who created them. They are like the art films that play

in the small theatres to rave critical reviews while the masses of people go

to All-Star Wrestling. I think you can aim somewhere in between and develop

good content. (As far from Wrestling as possible, I hope)


As Barnum once said, "No one ever went broke underestimating the

intelligence of the American public." I think some of these people think too

much  instead of asking other people their opinion.




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