The Flash Hall of PR Shame
The
Flash Hall of PR Shame
Following quite a bit of correspondence from 'aggrieved' parties listed in the 'Flash Hall of Shame', I thought it might be useful to outline the criteria behind the Flash Hall of Shame or more accuately the 'Flash INTRO hall of Shame'.
If a visitor takes the time to type your URL, or if they click on a link to your company, why do you think they would be interested in sitting through an advert? Why do people insist on abandoning sensible, familar HTML navigation for Flash buttons that have no names and take ages to load? Or worse take over my browser and/or Windows?
Flash has its place. It is very effective for presentations, demonstrations and tutorials, but it's not a replacement for good web site navigation and it shouldn't be an excuse for forcing a visitor to sit through an advert - after all we're visiting your site already!
Rather than simply taking my subjective opinion on the matter, why not read what the creators themselves say about usability. In particular, note point number three.
And of course nothing illustrates it better than Skip Intro.
Finally, I've always believed that good web design caters for the lowest common denominator, and there's nothing worse than waiting for a Flash Intro while your modem is chugging along on a dial-up connection!
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