Comments on: 10 Reasons (Other than SEO) Not to Build Your Website in Flash

By: Mike Tekula

Mike Tekula — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 22:33:02 +0000

Thanks Simon. I definitely agree that some designers push Flash without considering the implications. But clients also ask for it quite a bit – once you’ve seen Flash and all its impressive animation ability, regular HTML websites, even AJAX interfaces, seem pale by comparison. Until you learn about what’s going on behind all the sparkle.

By: Simon Miskimmin

Simon Miskimmin — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:57:35 +0000

Great work. Spread the word. It still amazes me that some Internet Marketers advise their clients to build a flash website, when the clear goals of the client are to be found on the search engines to generate new enqueries! Is it possible that many Flash sites are built not with the end client in mind, but purely as self-indulgence for the web designers to showcase their artistc talents?!?

By: Womantic14u

Womantic14u — Wed, 26 May 2010 21:30:35 +0000

Great article!

By: Mike Tekula

Mike Tekula — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:07:53 +0000

Thanks, Ed. I’d agree with your “make up” description for most uses of Flash. But there are cases and uses where Flash is the best solution – YouTube, for example, would never have taken off as it did without Flash as the basis for its video technology. However, for general web structure I don’t think Flash is the right technology, for all of the reasons in this post and then some.

By: Yasir

Yasir — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:32:16 +0000

I totally agree with you :)