Comments on: Flash Breaks Everything

By: John Hunter

John Hunter — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:39:09 +0000

Right on. It is amazing how many sites obviously spent huge amounts of money fail to follow even the most basic usability principles. Back button must work. You must be able to send someone a rul to the specific “page” you are viewing (flash breaks this too). Very lame.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:44:40 +0000

I think Flash will find a way to evolve and solve most of these problems.

By: Leicester Creare

Leicester Creare — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:01:38 +0000

Flash shouldn’t be used to make an entire web-site. I believe that flash should be used in moderation, almost like a moving imagine or diagram, rather than anything substantial.

Unless something massive happens with Flash, I.E Adobe make flash work with things like the ‘back’ button, then I think its’ days are number, as AJAX and other methods are proving more accessible.

By: Duncan Rice

Duncan Rice — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:06:54 +0000

If google has taught us anything it’s that whitespace can be a good thing, trouble is we don’t all have the position to be able to do it.

Most of our sites need lots of content to get anywhere in the rankings and adverts to pay for them, so white-open spaces is out, but I most definately agree that overdosing on flash is not the way to go.

By: Joe Takkle

Joe Takkle — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:10:41 +0000

I completely agree with you on the bases of Flash. As a self proclaimed web designer I’ve alway enjoyed the whole design aspect of a website done completely in Flash yet it introduces some serious problems. It has no SEO or Search Engine value if a site is completely done in Flash. SE’s can’t read flash. As much as I enjoy the visual aspects it hurts to know that it has almost no value at all as far as google is concerned.