Re: Flash Loons

post2google@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

When are businesses going to understand that the purpose of a web
site is to communicate with customers or business parterns and NOT
so your "web master or "web engineer" can show off what they learned
down at the community college last week!



Close. The purpose of most web sites (not web *applications*, mind you) is marketing. Marketing, marketing, marketing. Unfortunately for you, John and Jane Doe are more attracted to pretty pictures and "gee-whiz" animation than they are to usability and real information. They both use Windows and Internet Explorer, and have Flash installed (whether they know it or not, because they don't bother to read browser pop-up windows before clicking buttons to make them go away).

Even more unfortunately, these are the people that companies care about because they are the vast majority and flash-haters are a tiny minority. The companies see you as a grumpy, Get-Off-My-Lawn type who is not going to buy their product anyway, because you're far too busy thinking about the Early Bird Special at Fresh Choice and boasting about your grandchildren :-)

I personally think flash has its place. I'm not going to go out of my way to block it, but I'm not going to go out of my way to make it work, either. I definitely agree that it's VASTLY over-used, especially in banner ads. Dear lord, I hate banner ads - it's a bit hypocritical that I work for a company that produces them :-P

Jeremy
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