Ok I will avoid the entire Filbert/Macro relationship thing and get straight to the point....

Flash is not bad, the designers that used this have no idea how to design and develop using flash. It is a shame that flash is getting bashed as this is just a poor implementation of a good web development tool.... oh and Macro should not be holding this up as a poster child for flash use – do they not understand the concept of brand and brand equity.

Posted by: JB on August 20, 2002 12:11 PM

 

Flash isn't bad by default, but when Macromedia decides to promote such loser sites as examples of exemplary work, you can't blame people for thinking that Macromedia considers Flash as primarily a tool for creating, well, flashy pages without substance.

Seriously, asking people to register before even entering a site? That's the height of stupidity. Just who are the people at Macromedia judging these sites of the week? They seem to have no real world knowledge at all. Morons.

Posted by: MadMan - the real keeper of Webword on August 20, 2002 12:41 PM

 

Look at http://www.spark-online.com/issue34/media-romano.html

A little variety on the bad thing. Still 99% though. Ah for the days when Sturgeon's Law limited the bad to only 90%. Was there some deregulation thing I'm not aware of, of is technology different -- in a bad way.

Posted by: (the other)JS on August 20, 2002 02:16 PM

 

I looked at it. Did you want me to read it? Maybe the author should have used a descriptive title or subhead, or posted a summary at the top. I read the first sentence and still didn't know the subject matter. *click*

Posted by: Jack on August 21, 2002 09:22 AM

 

It's been said before:

http://www.flazoom.com/news/scapegoat_11012000.shtml

CHris

Posted by: CHris on August 21, 2002 01:21 PM