It may be helpful to discuss with clients something that we should always be doing when developing Flash web apps anyway; alternative content. And I mean giving the non-Flash user something more than just a link to download the Flash plugin.
To respond to client concerns and provide a great user experience I think we'll be devoting more time and budget to building a non-Flash alternative, using whatever technology is appropriate, that provides a similar user experience to what we build in the Flash. Which of course will raise the question, "Why create a Flash version in the first place?" I think the answer to that will continue to be the reasons we've been using it all along: - gorgeous timeline based and programatic animation - video & audio, these won't be going away just because you can do it another way.. and when you can integrate video & audio with Flash's other capabilities, there's nothing else that can compete right now - a rich API that provides powerful integration with the web and desktop, which also makes it adaptable to whatever need the client wakes up with tomorrow - you can create a seamless exerience regardless of your target software and hardware platform (except for a few *ahem* exceptions). - a massive user share that I expect will continue to grow when v10.1 drops - a similarly massive developer base, including many open-source projects providing even more depth to the API - integration with Adobe's other products, and I don't believe that any of those will be dropping out of the market any time soon. In short, I think that developing richer alternate content (black & white) could be that little bit of shugar that helps a fearful client swallow the big Flash pill (kodachrome). :) (ps: Yes, I know I spell 'shugar' incorrectly.) ------------------------------ Andrew Murphy Interactive Media Developer amur...@delvinia.com Delvinia 370 King Street West, 5th Floor, Box 4 Toronto Canada M5V 1J9 P (416) 364-1455 ext. 232 F (416) 364-9830 W www.delvinia.com > -----Original Message----- > From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com > [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of artur > Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 11:55 AM > To: flashcoders > Subject: [Flashcoders] and now..CLIENT now hates Flash > > from my client ( an established design agency in NYC ): > > artur, > > I've been doing a lot of research and polling of colleagues. > > *Here's my takeaway:* > > - no one knows what's going on > - flash developers I've spoken to all are saying it's no big deal, > proceed with flash > - all designers are making an abrupt shift away from > flash, steering > their clients as a result > - clients are questioning flash even without prompting > - media has called for the death of it > > I think the answer is that Flash will need to change > ASAP, or else I > can't recommend it without looking like an ignoramus to clients. > That sucks, because I love Flash, but it's not where the > momentum is > moving. > > People still look at it as non SEO friendly. > > > they now want to do all future sites in html/css/jquery - > powered by WPress or Joomla/Drupal. > > any articles , facts, that i can point them to that may > change their minds? > > thanks > > artur > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
