Web Design- Dont Go Flash
Flash is a cool thing for people that first time they see it but after that it can get very annoying which is why a lot of people just tend to scrap it now. Once this initial “wow” factor has gone through you will start to see users dropping off like flies and this is because there are many problems when it comes to using flash.
99.9% of the time flash will give you very poor usability disease. There are some good designs of flash and it has to be said that when it is done right it looks simply fantastic but most of the time they are just awful websites.
So why does flash degrade websites?
Encourages Design Abuse
Breaks Fundamental Interaction Principles
Directs Attention For The Site’s Value
A huge mistske that people tend to make when they are thinking of having their site designed is that they seem to think flash is going to do their site some huge favours. Of course it will be a success if you have the budget but this is not likely as a decent looking flash site is going to cost you possible thousands upon thousands.
Another problem is the time it takes to design a great looking flash site. It will take a very long time to get the animation together and this is simply for the home page, imagine if you wanted the entire site to be flash?
A small bit of flash on the site can be very useful indeed and look brilliant but I would never say to go too far with it as it just takes too long to load.
If you are struggling to realise just how you want your site designed then I suggest getting a decent web design team involved.
Of course if you have a site and it isn’t doing well you could bring in the SEO team.
Tags: Flash Animation, seo, web design