17 reasons why not to use flash
One of the main obstacles to enter the site a high ranking - the use of flash-technology.
Convincing the customer that the use of flash-technologies in the
development of the site is pointless, it is difficult. Most people
still prefer to learn not to outsiders, but from their mistakes.
Explains the main reasons for the use of flash-inexpediency technologies in the development of corporate style sites.
It happens that the development of sites rely on a solid
commercial structures inexperienced web designers. One of the mistakes
of web designers - the desire to incorporate into the site as much as
possible stunning special effects and animation.
In some cases, the entire site is developed, based on
flash-technology. These sites probably similar to the presentation, TV
commercials or on Christmas tree, decorated with garlands flashing.
Read two or three pages of this web site using a modem, may take 10-15
minutes.
Targeted website visitors do not come to see the new web design
and special effects, but for specific information about goods and
services.
The main disadvantages of flash-technology
1. Not all visitors to sites like the animation. Many visitors animation annoying.
2. Search engines (both domestic and foreign), as a rule, do not
index flash. The text inside the flash, in these cases will not be
indexed and added to the database search engine. Thus, the primary
objectives of this site (profit), the use of flash is not solved,
because the rating site obviously can not be high.
3. The long loading of pages on your site based on
flash-technology. Visitors can leave the site without having to wait
for the download, if they are browsing the website pages that are based
on flash-technology using a modem.
4. It is impossible to increase the font size. Often, the font is
small. Visitors to the visually impaired can experience serious
discomfort when viewing pages on the site, based on flash-technology.
Click the button to the browser to increase or decrease the font size
can not be. Site visitors have to read the text with font size of this
size, which it asked the web designer.
5. The moving text harder to read than the fixed.
6. Browser button "Search" on the flash-pages does not work.
7. To make any, even small changes required to change the entire flash module (video).
8. Merge into a single site pages based on flash, rather difficult. In some cases, impossible.
9. Unable to "otkrutit" flash-back spot. Browser button "back"
does not work. When you move inside the flash movie, standard methods
of "return" is misleading from the page, but is not expected to
previous state.
10. You can not turn off the picture (picture elements).
11. On a separate piece you can not put a bookmark.
12. Update flash-site is very difficult. For him not to develop
special software to change the text content. To change the information
needed web-designer.
13. Condition hyperlinks based on the flash, the same. In this
regard, not to change the color of hyperlinks to quickly identify where
you went, but where else were not. The system of navigation of such
sites is largely inferior to, for example, the use of rollover text.
14. Unable to copy the text present in the flash-page, if a web designer it was not specifically provided for.
15. Disabling flash difficult software company Microsoft, are part of Windows, using the browser.
16. Software, which developed flash-sites, c is not fully compatible with all browsers.
17. The disadvantage of connection (or total incompatibility) flash-technology with other programming languages.
1. Question
Why do many websites, especially foreign ones, are built entirely on flash-technology.
Reply
The main reasons a few:
1. If the site is foreign, it does not mean that it is technically
correct is developed. It is equal to any site just because they are
foreign.
2. Quality Ukrainian lines considerably inferior to foreign ones.
To view the site, built on the use of flash-technology, needed
high-speed Internet connection and download the flash-player. (To view
the flash-technology requires flash-plagin. As a general rule, it is
installed automatically when you first visit the flash-pages).
3. American, European, Japanese Internet users have much more room
as needed for loading additional software, and to speed browsing.
4. If you see a few sites built on the use of flash-technology, it
does not mean that these sites are many. In fact, the number of such
sites in the world, less than 1% and the number is constantly
decreasing.
2. Question
In which case the use of flash-technologies useful in the development of corporate style sites?
Reply
In almost all cases, the presence of flash-technologies in the web
makes it difficult to view. Successful examples of flash-technologies
in the web can be found rarely.
Application of flash-technology may be useful in the following cases:
1. Appointment of a site and a list of proposed site for goods and
services involves the inclusion of a site of special effects,
animation, etc., to make a striking impression on visitors.
2. We are known for the range of potential visitors to the site, their tastes and habits.
3. Visitors to the site have a broadband Internet connection (leased line).
4. We are aware that visitors to the site has an established software allows to view flash animation.
5. When the flash-technology accelerates, rather than slow loading pages.
6. When the flash-technology used on the site in a small animated
banner or a small animated training presentation of a process or
action. In most cases, instead of better and cheaper to include the
usual media files.
7. When there is no requirement to enter the site a high ranking
in search engines (on the site are not subject to the requirements of
the guaranteed possibility of indexing by search engines).
Note
The site of the company's flash-technology developer Macromedia (www.macromedia.com) using flash-technology in moderation.
3. Question
Why do some web designers will try to propose the use of flash-technologies?
Reply
The reason is simple:
1. Some web designers are just like that. These web designers have
not thought about what the consequences in terms of profit site, will
use flash-technology. The development of such sites is based only on
the tastes and allegiances of the web designer, rather than on common
sense and the need to develop an effective web site profitable.
2. For sites that have been developed with the use of
flash-technologies, are often willing to pay more money than sites
based on the use of technology html pages ( "normal" site). Mistakenly
believed that to develop a site based on flash-technology, it is much
harder than "normal" site.
3. Some web designers will just have to develop the site based on
flash-technology. It is connected with the fact that the employer is
required to use flash-technology and for anything else does not agree
to pay the money. Until the site will be developed for a taste of just
one customer (the head of the firm or, for example, an officer in
charge of advertising at the company), an efficient, competitive and
profitable at the site of such firms will not.
4. Some web designers use flash-technology in the development of
corporate style site just because they do not know how otherwise.
Conclusion
* The use of flash-technologies in the development of the corporate identity of sites in almost all cases is impractical.
* Create an efficient, competitive and profitable web site, using flash-technology, it is practically impossible