Comments below: David Blakey wrote:
> The Flash animation is not on HP's home page, of course. Even those of us > who oppose ill-thought-out implementations of Flash have pointed out (in my > case, ad nauseam, I thought) Guess not. Or I'm particularly deaf. I may have missed those discussions actually, because I took a several month break. > that a Flash or similar animation can be useful to make particular points at > particular times in the visitor's purchasing cycle. (I have written before > about the client whose Web developers included a Flash animation of the > white-board presentation that the client has used successfully to close > several deals.) But not on the home page. If I were sitting through a boring meeting (is there any other kind?) I would probably welcome a Flash presentation to liven things up. Now that you mention it, I almost always see Flash used as an intro to a site. And yes, that's part of the reason I find it annoying. I no sooner hit the place than I have to sit around and wait for something to load that I now have to wait for it to be over before I can get down to the business at hand (tortured English, that--sorry). > The sad factors that may be at work with the many inappropriate Flash > animations are: > > 1. The company is either run by geeks or allows the geeks free rein. > 2. The marketing department does not know that the Web is not just another > form of TV or cinema advertising. > 3. The art department does not know the difference between a good graphics > designer and a good Web designer. Excellent points. I'm beginning to see perhaps it's inappropriate use of Flash that I dislike, not Flash itself. I'm never going to warm up to animated gifs, though. Or music on sites, except in rare cases. Thank you for your time. Sherry ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
