On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 06:59:44PM -0700, Jason LaRiviere wrote:

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> 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.
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Jason Dixon

DixonGroup Consulting

http://www.dixongroup.net/