Flash, Director and Java Usage
Flash is cool. Java, cooler. Director, awesome! But it brings a host of disadvantages to a site using it -
- Can't be indexed by search engines - Especially sites that are fully based on flash, search engines will have trouble indexing them with the exception of Google - which does its best to index but always turns out much worse than a non-flash site.
- Big download = Long Wait - If you are using a flash movie as a splash image, put a "Skip Introduction" link outside the flash in HTML code, not in the movie itself, as it will bar users without flash from entering.
Examples of good usage of the above technologies- As a movie the user expects (eg. an introduction movie)
- An animation of a process diagram
Examples of bad usage - As the main navigation bar in every page. This will prevent users who don't have the plug in unable to navigate to any of your pages). Search engines would also not be able to index your site properly.
- As an animated logo in every page.
- As an static image with background music or sound effect, especially when the user is not expecting it (Imagine a 2 second Whoosh sound repeatedly playing from the top left logo while you are reading this article)
07-14-2007, 02:27 AM
Top Web Design Mistakes EXPOSED! - #3 
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