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Who doesn't? Seriously, flash is only good for two things: - Embedding movies and animations - Delivering Internet games Both of these things can usually be
by astine 19y ago
Who doesn't?
Seriously, flash is only good for two things:
- Embedding movies and animations
- Delivering Internet games
Both of these things can usually be done without flash. Doing anything else with flash does positive harm to the usability of the site. If all your site does is provide information, don't use flash. I shouldn't have to have some proprietary, third-party plugin to read text or view simple images. In the long run, it will be you who loses out.
- angstrom 19y agoI shouldn't have to have some proprietary, third-party plugin to read text or view simple images. Would that make http://www.scribd.com http://www.scribd.com the antithesis to your statement? It solves the problem of viewing documents that would otherwise require a special plugin or application.
- technoguyrob 19y agoNo, because he preceded his statement with "If all your site does is provide information." It is fair to assume if you provide information, you can choose the format for providing that information. That is, you don't have to provide PDF's, you can put it straight into the HTML. In fact, that's his entire point. Whether it's a PDF or a Flash file, that's not necessary. It's just text, so it should be rawly embedded into the page.
- paulgb 19y agoThere is no need for flash just to view a document. Just convert it to an image on the server. I hacked together a script that did this in an afternoon once, so it is doable. Using flash has some benefits, but it's not impossible without it.
- radley 19y agoYeah, totally. Why use a picture when a thousand words will do?
- astine 19y ago>> I shouldn't have to have some proprietary, third-party plugin to read text or [i]view simple images.[/i] You don't need flash to view pictures.
- eugenejen 19y agoI disagree with you at one point. A site that provides information may not want the information to be indexed. For example, an escort girl's website may just want to show portfolio of pictures to her potential clients, but she will not want Google to index them. Information is to be consumed by human. Sometime we may just want to keep machines to access it.
- aflag 19y agoI agree, but I hate the idea of delivering movies with flash. There are plenty more flexible options out there. It's much more enjoyable to watch videos on my favorite media player.