Comments on: Why Shouldn’t I Build My Site in Flash? http://www.simplewebtoolbox.com/why-shouldnt-i-build-my-site-in-flash/ tools, tutorials & strategy to simplify your online efforts Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:38:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert Bravery http://www.simplewebtoolbox.com/why-shouldnt-i-build-my-site-in-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Robert Bravery Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:27:52 +0000 http://landauclients.com/simpleweb/?p=31#comment-7 Bonnie,<br />I am a great believer in this. Fancy flash sites are just that, they're fancy, but difficult to find. I just lost a customer to another designer. He redid the site in flash. <br />Must admit it does look snazy, flashy, and great. Does all sorts of cool things.<br />But two problems.<br />1 You can't find the site on Google or any of the search engines. So what's the point of the website.<br />2 If he needs any updates or changes, he has to pay some flash developer to do it. mmm Very expensive route.<br /><br />But like you say, it does not mean you should not use flash at all. Everything in moderation and for a given purpose.<br /><br />I think of flash websites the same way as I think of creating an entire website as a jpeg image map file. You wouldn't think of doing that, would you? Bonnie,
I am a great believer in this. Fancy flash sites are just that, they're fancy, but difficult to find. I just lost a customer to another designer. He redid the site in flash.
Must admit it does look snazy, flashy, and great. Does all sorts of cool things.
But two problems.
1 You can't find the site on Google or any of the search engines. So what's the point of the website.
2 If he needs any updates or changes, he has to pay some flash developer to do it. mmm Very expensive route.

But like you say, it does not mean you should not use flash at all. Everything in moderation and for a given purpose.

I think of flash websites the same way as I think of creating an entire website as a jpeg image map file. You wouldn't think of doing that, would you?

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