Using technology just because "it is there" is a hard thing to justify under any circumstances, especially if the impact on your customers (people viewing your site) is negative.
Flex offers nothing new to a site like this, and I personally believe the use of Flash here really detracts from the apparent aim of the site. The inability to bookmark pages, the painfully slow pre-loader, inaccessibility, the impact on search engine placement... These are all things usually important in what is effectively a brochure-ware site. Flash is an exceptional tool for introducing attractive / rich & interactive content; which is again missing from this site for the most. While the site is okay design wise, it's nothing exceptional, and given it is a Flash/Flex site, it seems a misuse of the technology IMO. Flex is a fantastic tool for building Applications, but not for building brochure sites. I think everything on this site could have been achieved in a couple of days work in XHTML, resulting with faster loading more accessible content and no Flash what-so-ever. If Flash is going to be used at all for web sites, it shouldn't be used just to replace existing static sites with Flash based static sites. Shell -----Original Message----- From: Ketan Bengali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08 April 2005 05:40 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] My Company's Flex Site Live Not denying the fact that it is a bold and I would say a necessary move by someone. The ball has got rolling. Just want to know from the guys who made this site their justification of using Flex. Regards, Ketan Bengali Scott Barnes wrote: >I'd wager there is more to the use of FLEX then this site? ie intranet >and external facade for publci and what not? > >still, bold move and kudos for that. > >On Apr 8, 2005 2:28 PM, Ketan Bengali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>May I know what have you gained by using Flex. >>This could well have been done using Flash >> >>I think site doesn't justify the use of Flex. May be I am wrong >>but can I know your justification for using Flex. >> >>Regards, >> >>Ketan Bengali >> >> >>James Ward wrote: >> >> >> >>>I want to thank everyone on this list for all the help over the past few >>>months! Just minutes ago we launched our all Flex site: >>> >>>http://www.pillardata.com >>> >>>Flex is beautiful and this community makes it even better! Thank you >>>all! >>> >>>-James >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>Yahoo! Groups Links >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
