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Flash is a cool thing for people that first time they see it but after that it can get very annoying which is why a lot of people just tend to scrap it now. Once the first look it will start to get very old very quickly to people and they will start to get a bit annoyed by how long the site is taking to load.

99.9% of the time flash will give you very poor usability disease. I will say that when a site actually gets it right it is very good indeed but the majority of the time people cannot get it right which is how the problem comes to be.

What is it about flash that pushes people away?

Encourages Design Abuse

Breaks Fundamental Interaction Principles

Directs Attention For The Site’s Value

One of the big mistakes that people make when thinking about having their site designed is that they think flash animation is going to attract people to the site. Of course it will if it is a decent looking bit of flash but the chances are you are not going to have the budget to have a great lookign flash site built.

Another problem is the time it takes to design a great looking flash site. It will take a very long time to get the animation together and this is simply for the home page, imagine if you wanted the entire site to be flash?

There is nothing wrong with having a small bit of flash on your site; in fact I would really recommend having a small amount on the site because it does look pretty cool.

If you are struggling to realise just how you want your site designed then I suggest getting a decent web design team involved.

Of course if you have a site and it isn’t doing well you could bring in the SEO team.

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