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WebWord Weblog Posting Posting Date: February 12, 2003 I don't hate Flash; I just hate what it does to designers -- "But I'm tired of dealing with the effect it has on those designers. Too easily, it becomes their first line of defense to "save" Web projects that appear to be going astray. It absorbs all their design energies and entices them to disregard the basics -- and simple beauty -- of well-planned hypertext interfaces."
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Widget choice was also an issue for GUI systems. Perhaps some character based systems were more simple and easier to use when there was less choice? Posted by: Daniel Szuc on February 13, 2003 02:59 AM
Have to agree with Daniel on this one..... http://www.1heluva.com/cgi-bin/join.cgi?refer=1035 Posted by: Squig on February 13, 2003 04:52 AM
I disagree with the author. I hate Flash. The only time I selectively enable Flash in my browser is to play a game someone wants me to see. The fortunate side effect of my behavior is that I am never bothered by Flashvertisements or crappy site designs. I've never encountered a Flash-driven site that contained information I must have. If I'm casually browsing and hit Flash, I just walk around it and keep going. Posted by: The Accidental Browser on February 13, 2003 11:12 AM
OK, I'll broaden my definition of "games" to mean "entertainment." Flash is good for a few cheap laughs. When I want serious animated fun, I watch The Simpsons and Adult Swim. Posted by: The Accidental Browser on February 13, 2003 01:08 PM
If Flash or Macromedia development tools can provide richer applications/interfaces that can remove the restrictions of the browser, HTML's widget set and can download the web based applications fast enough to the users door - there may be some nice opportunities here. Guess thats what Java has also been trying to achieve, but the interface refresh rate and download time has always been an issue. Posted by: Daniel Szuc on February 14, 2003 12:38 AM
I installed PopUpCop on my PC a few months ago, and one of the things I disabled was autoplay of Flash. Instead of the Flash movie, you get a blank yellow area. You can choose to play the Flash movie by clicking in the yellow area. Two things have hit me since I started this. 1. How many page components there are on a wide range of sites which are built in Flash. They stand out as yellow blocks, and some sites are absolutely splattered with them. I'm sure I didn't notice as many Flash components when I was just letting them play. 2. How rarely I actually click on the yellow areas to start the autoplay. Are the site designers wasting their time? And are they wasting their client's money? Posted by: Alan Fisher on February 14, 2003 04:33 AM
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