Flash: Glitz Bad... Improved Communications Good!

[Constance Petersen]

Hi All,

Looks like there are some folks here who create Flash animations.

I think Flash is great when it's harnessed to help teach, make an illustration
clearer, etc. But I find it annoying when it's designed just to look cool.
Don't slow me down with that cr*p please--your web site couldn't possibly
interest me enough that I'll wait around for a slow loading Flash intro, just
to find out what, if anything, of substance your web site offers.

Here's an example that I consider good use of Flash: IKEA's How to Build BILLY
Bookshelves. To see it, reassemble the long url onto one line:

http://www.ikea.com/content/main.asp?tab=3&contentname=/content/furniture/spot
light/furniture_spotlight_billy_assemble.asp

Does anyone else have good examples to share? Or, for that matter, especially
bad ones?

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Constance Petersen
SoftMedia Artisans, Inc.
For useful, usable software and Web sites
http://www.smartisans.com/

[David Muster]

For a really bad example, check out www.bridgedale.com. It's slow, hard to
read, and there is no html alternate version.

[Constance Petersen]

Hi David,

"David Muster" <noemail@please.com> wrote in message
news:39d8b431@news.devx.com...
> For a really bad example, check out www.bridgedale.com. It's slow, hard to
> read, and there is no html alternate version.

Good example of "Glitz Bad". What a shame. :-(

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Constance Petersen
SoftMedia Artisans, Inc.
For useful, usable software and Web sites
http://www.smartisans.com/