* Jason Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-07-17 00:54:15]: > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 06:59:44PM -0700, Jason LaRiviere wrote: > > > > Flash has a place on the web, just like any other rich media format. It > > should be used responsibly, as semantically as possible, and degrade > > nicely for those who care not to use it. I make every effort to use it > > within these guidelines, and present them as gospel to my clients. Many > > (most?) modern web developers do too, except for the ones at a Flex > > conference who still think drawing entire websites in Flash is a good > > idea. Shame on them, but they are a dying breed. > > Flash has one huge technical benefit. There are a number of sites that > generate large amounts of dynamic images. Doing this in a fast and > efficient manner requires an enormous amount of computing resources. > Using flash pushes that work out to the client where it can be rendered > on their own system. > > -- > Jason Dixon > DixonGroup Consulting > http://www.dixongroup.net/ >
What sort of websites are those? no wonder I have not seen them--no flash! Even if you could deliver something meaningful with flash, the bandwidth and CPU time wasted when plain HTML would do is nothing short of a crime in my book. My friends keep sending me youtube videos but I tired of their inanity (mostly the videos) and don't watch them anymore. I can't remember the last time that flash improved my computing experience. Finally, I hate to rattle the paranoia sabre... but flash is just another way into a box on an increasingly hostile web. -- Travers Buda
